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Anybody know why university reading week a week earlier than college?

 
Old 01-08-2010 at 02:00 AM   #1
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Anybody know why university reading week a week earlier than college?
Just wondering why this is.
Old 01-08-2010 at 06:49 AM   #2
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the timing is so they can give us the family day holiday without interuption of monday classes. aka they can give us less time off
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Old 01-08-2010 at 07:33 AM   #3
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Also, having every post-secondary student off at the same time would create a critical mass of drunken shenanigans, likely causing a large part of the world to dissolve into chaos.

Old 01-08-2010 at 09:33 AM   #4
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We are also off a week before other Universities too !!
Old 01-08-2010 at 10:03 AM   #5
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It makes sense that they give us the week with Family Day in it off but on the other hand it would be nice to have an extra day. That said it would suck if you had like a night class on Mondays or something then you'd be missing a huge chunk of lecture time, so situations like that are probably why the just want it to be 1 week off as opposed to a week and an extra Monday.
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Old 01-08-2010 at 10:46 AM   #6
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lots of universities got an extra week off for christmas and their spring break is one week after ours.
Old 01-08-2010 at 11:00 AM   #7
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That's odd. I think Mac is the one with the normal break, not the other schools. Reading Week generally falls on the same time as Family Day.
Old 01-08-2010 at 03:09 PM   #8
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Four years ago reading week was on the second week of the Olympics - this year it's on the first week. Made it easier for me to watch hockey. =/
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Old 01-08-2010 at 03:18 PM   #10
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Whats the last exam date this semester? Does anyone know?
Old 01-08-2010 at 03:44 PM   #11
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Whats the last exam date this semester? Does anyone know?
April 28 I believe.
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Old 01-08-2010 at 03:44 PM   #12
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Whats the last exam date this semester? Does anyone know?
OK, this is one of my pet peeves. I don't want to be rude, but people need to learn how to find this kind of information themselves. Try the registrar's website.



... http://registrar.mcmaster.ca



... http://registrar.mcmaster.ca /regis...sessional.html



... Fine, it's the 28th of April. But it took me like, 2 seconds to find it, and I didn't have to wait for someone to reply on MacInsiders.

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