back-to-back final exams...advice?

[koogles]

By the end of the semester, I'll have 3 back-to-back final exams in two upper division bio courses and a psychology course schedule within about 20 minutes of each other.
Is this generally doable? I really like the psych course and am hesitant to switch to another just so I don't have the 3 exams on one day, but my friend suggested switching out of the psych to clear up my exam schedule.

Maybe because of some stroke of luck, I've never had back-to-back finals before and am curious if it really adds more stress during finals week?

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[funkymunkytoes]

Sometimes the professors will let you take it at another time. Try that out, but if it doesn't work, that exam load is still doable.

 

[235009]

at my school it was a school policy that you couldn't have three midterms or final exams on the same day....check whether your school has the same policy. if they do then one of your professors will be obligated to let you take the final some other day.

 

[Raryn]

at my school it was a school policy that you couldn't have three midterms or final exams on the same day....check whether your school has the same policy. if they do then one of your professors will be obligated to let you take the final some other day.

Ditto, at my school if you had three finals on the same day the professors were supposed to let you take one of them at a different time.

 

[Jolie South]

If you can't switch any of your finals, my advice would be to keep up with the material and start preparing early for your exams. Be prepared for all of them.

There's nothing worse than going into a 2nd or 3rd final thinking you bombed one of the previous ones. It's a massive demotivator and distractor.

 

[alwaysaangel]

Depends how good you are at cramming. Generally you're going to want to make sure that you keep up in your courses and don't need to cram too much. Then drink a lot of caffeine and go for your final reviews!

I had 4 finals in 2.5 days once (one evening the day after classes got out, 2 the next day and one the next morning). I was up for like 72 hours straight with like a few 1 hrs naps. I wouldn't recommend you do that - I started hallucinating at the end and had phone conversations I don't remember. The 17 hour sleep I had when I finally went to bed was the best EVER!

 

[drelizabeth292]

you should be fine-i would just make sure that you arent cramming at the last minute for them. make sure you start early and good luck!