1. Any student who is scheduled to take an examination that
conflicts with another examination may request that one of such
examinations be postponed to the earliest possible time and date
thereafter available in the examination schedule without creating
another conflict. A ‘conflict’ exists only when an examination
begins less than 24 hours after the commencement of the prior
examination. Any rescheduling based on a conflict requires the
written permission of the Senior Assistant Dean for Students no
later than the expiration of the drop/add deadline of the
registration period. The examination schedule shall be provided
with registration materials, and students will be expected to take
the schedule into account when registering for their courses.
Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations, any student who is
scheduled to take four or more examinations on consecutive days
shall be entitled, upon request, to postpone one of such
examinations to the designated ‘make-up’ day as described in
resolution 2, below.
2. A student who is unable to take an examination because of
extraordinary personal circumstances may be permitted, upon
request, to postpone taking the examination. A request for any such
postponement must be made in writing (when feasible) to the Senior
Assistant Dean for Students and supported by appropriate
documentation. 'Extraordinary personal circumstances’ are limited
to such rare matters as a personal medical emergency, death or
medical emergency in the immediate family necessitating the
student’s assistance, or victimization or providing assistance in a
serious crime or accident. Appropriate documentation for a personal
medical emergency shall consist of a signed letter from a medical
professional on professional letterhead explaining the student’s
medical condition and containing a statement that, in the
professional’s opinion, the student’s medical condition would
severely affect the student’s ability to perform adequately on the
examination. Appropriate documentation for other extraordinary
personal circumstances shall consist of a writing or writings that
sufficiently establish the basis for postponement. In the
discretion of the professor teaching the relevant course, a make-up
examination for the examination that has been postponed because of
extraordinary personal circumstances shall be administered either
on a designated ‘make-up’ day immediately following the regular
examination schedule (or, in emergency circumstances, as soon as
possible thereafter) or when the course is next offered.
In order to protect the integrity of the anonymous grading
procedure, a student who has been directed to take a make-up
examination on the ‘make-up’ day may not disclose his or her
identity to, or discuss the circumstances with, the professor
teaching the relevant course until after grading has been
completed.
3. A student who has been granted permission to postpone an
examination based on a conflict or extraordinary personal
circumstances will be required to sign a statement attesting to the
fact that he or she has not discussed the content of the
examination with any other student prior to taking the examination.
Such statement is not required where the student has been directed
to take the examination when the course is next offered.