postpone midterm: three tests in one day

[Jessey Bernstein]

Hi everyone!
Thank you for your help with my last question (I was the "new teacher"). In case you were wondering since my last post, my first in-semester class is going well. Very time-consuming, but well! There are 100 students in there, and the best part is that slowly but surely there is more class participation, and it even comes from a variety of students, which is wonderful. Our in-class midterm is next Thursday, and I just received a question from a student that leaves me not sure what to do:

"I have a concern regarding the upcoming exam in psychology. On that very same day, I am taking two other exams, which means that as the exams are scheduled, I have three exams in one day. I have been speaking to my professors in all three classes and am trying to see what can be done about this. Is it possible to move the PSY101 exam for me, preferably
later than the scheduled date?"

He seems to be a conscientious student, with the little I know of him. I know this issue has been broached on TIPS before, but i couldn't find any key words that brought me to the topic (which made me think carefully about what to write in the subject header today!). What are your opinions out there? I don't mind letting him do the make-up (which will be the following week), but I realize that could be unfair to other students who also have lots of work to do. What do people think about allowing him to take the midterm on the very next day (i.e., Friday), which gives him a night to recuperate?

Thanks for any input,
Jessey

Jessey Bernstein, M.A.
Graduate Student
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY


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