Are you going to travel abroad for a while? Maybe family circumstances or work do not allow you to be present at the educational institution during the examination session? Or maybe you just want to arrange an extraordinary vacation for yourself and have a good rest? There are a lot of reasons for leaving the session ahead of schedule.

How to pass the session ahead of time?

The session is the process of passing exams and tests. But the early session has its own characteristics.

From the usual it has such differences as the conditions for passing exams, preparing documents and preparing for tests and exams.

Exam conditions

You will be allowed to an early session without any problems with good academic performance. Therefore, before packing for vacation, take care of the absence of debts for the past semesters.

If you do not have any outstanding tests and exams for previous sessions, then no one can refuse you to collect signatures.

How to prepare documents

If the curator of your group (or the dean - each university has different rules) is not against your early delivery of the session, then now you can start collecting the necessary documents. You can get samples of the necessary papers in your dean's office or at your own department.

The first document is your personal statement. In the application, in addition to the required details, you must indicate the reason for the early passing of the exams. Moreover, it is desirable to show such a reason that would impress every teacher, so it will be easier to close the session.

The next step is to collect signatures. Thus, teachers express their consent to take tests and exams out of turn. Talk to each of the teachers and agree at this stage when it is best for you to meet for the test. Coordinating the dates and hours of meetings with all teachers, you eliminate the possibility of missing something.

After all the necessary signatures have been collected, follow the dean's office to receive a referral to pass a specific test or exam. With the received runner, you need to go to the teacher and pull the exam ticket.

All the advantages of an early session are obvious, because you pass the exam during the educational process. If the reason for passing it is indicated as very serious (for example, childbirth or a planned operation), then teachers, as a rule, meet halfway and either ask easy questions, or they can just give an assessment without an exam.

But not all such a mode of passing exams may be available. Teachers need to get around, agree, draw up a surrender scheme. It is possible that the teacher will simply forget about you, and you will lose your time waiting for him, or maybe he will reschedule the exam at an inconvenient time for the student at the last moment, and he will have to adapt. And the possibility of writing off or peeping in this case is completely excluded.

But if you are not afraid of the difficulties associated with passing exams ahead of schedule, then feel free to start organizing an early session. As a reward, you will receive free personal time and implement your plan, and students are no strangers to difficulties!

By the will of the ministries of education and by virtue of ancient traditions, the student takes the session twice during the academic year. Its terms are predetermined in advance and the maximum that can change is the shift of the first and last exams a day forward or backward.

However, life is unpredictable.

Early delivery of the session

It may also happen that for some reason you need to pass the session ahead of schedule. This usually happens for reasons such as childbirth, hospital treatment prescribed by a doctor, coincidence of session dates at two universities, and even a business trip call from work.

In order to obtain permission for an early session, you need to write an application to the dean's office. Specify the required application form there.

However, in any case, your reasons for postponing the session must be documented.

Before you go to the dean's office, try to arrange in advance with the teachers. Collect their signatures stating that they agree to take a test or exam from you at an inopportune time.

In general, practice shows that in this case, not only relationships with teachers are very important, but also your reputation as a student. In the majority of universities, permission to pass the session ahead of schedule is given to those students who passed all laboratory work, intermediate tests, practical and control tests on time. Good attendance will also be a plus. Therefore, if you know in advance that you will have to pass the session ahead of schedule, make sure that all affairs at the university are in order.

Early delivery of the diploma and state

By the way, the big problem is the delivery of the thesis and state exams before the deadline. It is not enough to write a paper or do it well, you also need to agree with the dean's office and teachers. Of course, they can go towards you, but there is no guarantee that they will want to. Worst case, you'll have to wait a year. Usually such problems concern those girls who are preparing to become mothers, and the time of childbirth falls just in time for state exams.

However, if fate, the dean's office and teachers are on your side, then there is nothing to be afraid of.

True, here you need to plan everything in advance: agree with those who will take your exams. You need to allocate time so that you can learn the subject. This is not the case when you can write off. If you have already decided to take the session ahead of schedule, you will have to teach.

But the most important thing is to be positive.

Then things will get better. If you are in harmony with yourself and the world, then the chances of getting a lucky ticket increase!

While studying at a university, students go through two sessions every year, and no one is immune from a situation where early exams are the only way out of a non-standard life situation, but a transfer is possible only if there are good reasons.

Reasons for leaving the session early

To be sure that the dean's office will meet halfway, before writing an application with a request to allow early exams, you need to make sure that the reason is really good. The student's request will be granted:

• in case of an urgent trip abroad for the purpose of education, treatment;
• coincidence of exams in different universities;
• if they are sent on a business trip from their place of work;
• for family reasons, such as pregnancy and childbirth;
• in employment with the need for constant presence;
• if urgent hospital treatment is required.

Other reasons are also possible, most importantly, they must be weighty and have documentary evidence.

The transfer of exams is possible when studying full-time and part-time

Is it possible for everyone to pass the session ahead of schedule?

To be eligible for an early session, the student must not have academic debts for the previous period.

Also, positive decision-making is influenced by:

• high student performance;
• no debts for the past semester for laboratory, control and other types of work;
• the presence of intermediate offsets;
• absence of violations of discipline and absenteeism.

So, if you know in advance that you will need to take exams before the deadline, you should take care of closing all debts.

Sample application letter for early exam

To obtain permission, you must write a statement explaining the reason and attach documents confirming the need to pass the session in advance.

The application is made in the name of the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and must be considered by the leadership of the institute or university.

Early session

It should indicate the following information: full name of the student, faculty and course, as well as the reason for postponing exams.

Having a good reason, a properly drafted application, and good academic performance during the semester is a reliable guarantee of satisfying a request to reschedule a session. If a student has an academic debt, and the current grades in the journals are low, then the university management has the right to refuse early delivery.

Application for an early session

Early delivery of the session is a pipe dream. This is the opinion of many students, or rather, approximately 70% of first-year students and 50% of subsequent-year students.

How to cancel a session early

Why is the percentage of those who doubt senior courses less? But because they have already encountered the passing of the session and understand that it is still possible to pass it ahead of schedule. But is it necessary? Let's try to understand this difficult issue.

Many people think that passing a session early is beneficial in all respects. There is a lot of time for your personal affairs, and your head no longer hurts about tails for exams. This is of course true, but nevertheless, there are also disadvantages to the early delivery of the session, which we will talk about a little later. First, let's dwell on how to pass the session earlier, because there is a certain schedule that must be followed.

Every year, a student is supposed to take two sessions - the final checks of the knowledge acquired during the semester. There are also such cases in some universities, when the session has a longer term, but is rented once a year. But sometimes during their period there are various kinds of emergency situations that make it difficult to pass exams and tests according to the schedule established by the university. In these cases, the best way out of this situation would be early surrender of the session. There are also situations when a student is sure that he will not be able to pass the session on time, and not everyone wants to be late with the delivery, because in most cases, after passing the session of all students, teachers also go on vacation and it becomes almost impossible to find them. There are many funny stories in student practice when, due to the fact that a student had an exam debt, he even had to look for a teacher in his house, constantly calling him on the phone, only for him to take his ill-fated exam or test.

So, when a student plans to pass the session ahead of schedule, he needs a good reason for this. Moreover, this basis must be necessarily documented. If a student is sure in advance that it is impossible to attend a scheduled exam or test, then he needs to make sure that the valid reasons for the early passing of the session are documented.
So what can be the reason for the early delivery of the session?

moving to study in another city or country for study.
pregnancy or childbirth of a student.
work that requires constant presence on it.
disease. For example, a student has certain medical procedures scheduled for the duration of a session, so they may request an early turn-in.

Of course, these are not all the reasons. When a student plans and writes an application for early surrender of the session, he needs to convincingly justify the reasons for his decision. The application must be accompanied by documents confirming the need to pass certification ahead of schedule. It is written in the name of the vice-rector for academic affairs and submitted to the dean's office with subsequent consideration by the rector of the university.
The decision can be made in the negative direction if the student has negative grades at the time of application. associated with poor performance. That is, if you know in advance that you will need to take the session in advance, then you should take care of your academic performance.

It is also possible that you can pass some exams automatically if you just agree with the teacher. Then you will not have to fill out any applications, and you will not have to provide for the fact that all exams will be passed ahead of schedule. if you manage to pass some exams automatically, then you will have fewer "tails" for the session.

Advantages and disadvantages of early delivery of the session

There is no need to even talk about the advantages of such a session. Firstly, if you pass the session in advance, then you will have more time for your own life and for your personal affairs.

Secondly, you can gain a certain prestige among teachers and students, since not everyone is given the opportunity to pass the session earlier, namely, not everyone has the skills to do this.

Like it or not, there are also many disadvantages of early delivery.

In most cases, such sessions are given in a shorter period than scheduled ones. Hence the first minus - the difficulty of passing at such a pace. Each exam is given only a couple of days.

the second minus is that when the session is given in advance, it is assumed that you will be alone with the teacher, that is, it will definitely not work to write off. Moreover, the teacher may have a biased attitude towards you, because you stood out from the general mass of students when you took the initiative to pass the exams in advance.

When you consider all the pros and cons of taking exams early, don't forget that it can be an impossible task for you. So, in most cases, students choose to pass the session on a general basis.

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Question: Hello!

8. Early delivery of the session, retake and liquidation of academic debts

I am a 3rd year student at the Faculty of Psychology at St. Petersburg State University and in the 2016/2017 academic year I am leaving for the University of Helsinki on an academic exchange program. However, the semester in Helsinki starts on January 12 and I don't have time to pass the winter session before I leave. Is it possible to pass the winter session ahead of schedule (in December), or can I take it only when I arrive, requesting an individual schedule?

Answer of Ekaterina Gennadievna Babelyuk, First Vice-Rector for academic, extracurricular and educational work of St Petersburg University:

According to Article 34 of the Federal Law of December 29, 2012 No. 273-FZ “On Education in the Russian Federation”, students are granted academic rights to a direction for training and conducting scientific research on selected topics, internships, including as part of an academic exchange, in other educational organizations and scientific organizations, including educational organizations of higher education and scientific organizations of foreign states.

In accordance with paragraph 14.11 of the "Rules of Education for the Basic Educational Programs of Bachelor's, Specialist's, Master's and Secondary Vocational Education at Saint Petersburg State University", approved by order of the First Vice-Rector for Academic, Extracurricular and Educational and Methodological Work No. 470/1 dated January 29, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the rules of study), after returning to SPbU, a student who has completed an academic exchange is provided with an individual schedule upon personal application in accordance with the procedure established by SPbU. An individual study schedule is provided to the student by order of the rector or other authorized official for a period not exceeding the end of the next intermediate certification (the date of monitoring the implementation of the curriculum).

At the same time, clause 4.4.1.1.2 of the rules of study establishes that if a student knows in advance that he or she will not be able to attend the test (examination) for a valid reason, confirmed by documents, including in the event that the timing of the intermediate certification at SPbU coincides with the beginning of the period of study in another educational organization, he can be provided with an individual schedule for passing tests and exams.

Thus, in order to consider the possibility of passing tests (exams) for the winter intermediate certification of the 2016/2017 academic year at a time different from the time set in the schedule, you need to submit a personal application to the staff of the training department along with a document that is the basis for providing an individual graphics in accordance with paragraph 4.4.2 of the training rules.

I draw your attention to the fact that education at St Petersburg University is carried out not at faculties, but according to basic and additional educational programs (see Why are there no “classes at faculties”?).

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Question: Good afternoon! I would like to know what grounds are needed for early submission of the winter session, in what period does the early submission of the session take place and what is needed in order to pass the winter session ahead of schedule? Thanks in advance!

Answer

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Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Lavrikova Marina Yurievna: Intermediate certification is carried out strictly in accordance with the approved schedule of tests and exams, which is brought to the attention of students and teachers. Only in exceptional cases can a student be given the opportunity to pass tests and exams ahead of schedule.

On 01.10.2012, Chapter 4 of the Rules for Studying the Basic Educational Programs of Higher and Secondary Vocational Education at St. Petersburg State University, approved by the Order of acting Rector dated August 16, 0212 No. 3480/1 (hereinafter referred to as the “Rules of Education”), which determines the procedure for conducting intermediate certification at St Petersburg University.

If the student knows in advance that he will not be able to attend the test (exam) for a valid reason, documented, if one of the following reasons exists, then the student may be provided with an individual schedule for passing tests (exams):

• sending a student by the University to participate in educational and scientific activities during the interim assessment;
• sending a student by the University to study at another university (hereinafter referred to as the host university), if the timing of the intermediate certification coincides with the beginning of the period of study at the host university;
• sending a student studying under a military training program to training camps during an intermediate assessment;
• departure of the student during the interim certification for international, Russian, interregional sports competitions, training camps, competitions, olympiads and other extracurricular activities to represent the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, the University;
• sending a student during the interim certification for sanatorium treatment, including as an accompanying person;
• planned inpatient treatment (or surgery) of a student during the interim assessment, as well as the upcoming birth of a child by female students during the interim assessment.

The Rules of Study can be found on the official website of St Petersburg University www.spbu.ru in the section "Learning activities".

If the reasons why you want to pass the interim attestation ahead of schedule correspond to one of the grounds listed in the list, then you should contact the Deputy Head of the Educational Department in the direction of jurisprudence Alexandra Yuryevna Shmidt.

You can find the location of the Educational Department in the direction of jurisprudence here.

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Early delivery of the session

Good day, dear reader. If you are reading this article, then most likely you are interested in knowing how you can cancel session early. For many first-year students, it is not even clear what just a session is, and then there is also an early one. If you are one of those who came to a higher education institution only this year and want to learn how to take exams before the main course, or if you have been studying for more than a year, but have never thought about taking exams ahead of schedule before then this article is especially for you.

Before we tell you "from and to" about the procedure early session, let's think, why are some students so eager to take exams before others? Are they the smartest or kamikaze? Most likely, they are neither one nor the other. Just due to life circumstances, they need to close the examination sheet as soon as possible.

The reasons may be very different. Here are just a few of them:

1) departure abroad;

2) family problems;

3) work;

4) I just want to go on vacation as soon as possible.

We did not just bring this list. We'll still need it. And now let's finally talk about the procedure itself. early delivery of the session.

Early exams are nothing more than a regular session. True, with some peculiarities. Like almost everything in this world, an early session takes place according to certain rules.

Rules for early surrender of the session:

1) conditions for early delivery;

2) preparation of documents;

3) preparation for exams.

Now let's talk more about each of these points.

1. Conditions for early delivery.

If you want to cancel session early, then the most important condition is your current academic performance. Therefore, if you are going to fly south, then make sure that you do not have academic debt for previous sessions.

For first-year students, we explain: academic debt is when a student did not pass one or more exams and / or tests in previous sessions.

If you are “clean”, then purely formally you cannot be banned from collecting signatures (we will talk about signatures a little later). Therefore, take care in advance that you do not have problems due to past debts.

2. Preparation of documents.

After you have received oral permission for early surrender from the curator of your group (or the dean - each university has its own rules), you can start collecting documents. Here we hasten to please you - there will be few "papers". Only 2 documents. You can get them in your dean's office (or at the department.)

The first document is your application (a blank sheet of paper). Most likely, you will be interested to know what to write in it. Duck, here, in this application you must write your student data (name, faculty, specialty, course) and the reason why you decided leave a session early.

Remember our list of possible causes. This is where it came in handy for us. Choose any of the above reasons or write your own. Let's tell you a big secret, it is better to write such a reason that more than one teacher “cannot resist”. Tell me, where does the teacher? You'll soon find out. In the meantime, remember that the more convincing your reason, the easier it will be to get all the necessary signatures.

So we got to the most "difficult" part of preparing documents for early delivery - the collection of signatures. What other signatures? Signatures of your teachers, with whom you will take the session ahead of schedule. Why, you ask, complicate the life of a student and do such formalities - to collect signatures from teachers?

Everything is simple here. You just need to understand what all this is for. And this is necessary so that each teacher, having assessed your current state of affairs (precisely for this semester), gives his assessment of whether you can pass the session, and even in advance. Maybe you slept all semester and didn't go to lectures. Then forget about the early session!

Or maybe there is such a situation. Since you pass the session ahead of schedule, then, accordingly, the exams will be held for you earlier than the standard deadlines for passing the session. This is clear. But it may happen that some teacher will not be able to take your exam ahead of schedule simply because he will be away during the deadline for early delivery of the session. Maybe he subtracts all his hours and goes to the country, because he, in fact, owes nothing to anyone. Worked out and everything.

But, if among his students there is at least one student who wishes cancel a session early, then this teacher is obliged to accept it, provided that everything is in order with your current academic performance.

That is why you will be obliged to bypass all teachers, without exception, from whom you need to take this or that subject.
Once you have collected signatures from all teachers, you will need to get a few more signatures. Most likely there will be 2.

The first is from the dean of your faculty (or another person from the faculty), and the second is a signature from the person responsible for the curriculum in your faculty (this person just needs to know how many people this semester intend to take the session ahead of schedule in order to make a schedule early session).

After you collect absolutely all the required signatures, you take this document to the department, and in return you receive 3 (bonus) documents - your personal examination sheet.

Why personal? The thing is that usually the statement is given one for the entire group of students. But since If you decide to take the session ahead of schedule, then you should be given a separate statement only for your grades.

3. Preparation for exams.

If you successfully overcome all bureaucratic circles, then you are done. But collecting all the necessary documents is only half the battle. This is just a preparatory stage. The most "berries" are yet to come. Before you rest a few more weeks than your classmates, you must work at the maximum speed during these most additional weeks of your future rest. You need to prepare for several exams in a short time.

Therefore, we tell you in advance, calculate your strength so as not to overwhelm your early session. Although it is early, it is, first of all, the same session. A session is the most important event in a student's half year. After all, you don’t want to rest with the thought that you didn’t pass the exams well.

In this regard, you will need to properly plan your preparation for a fairly large number of exams. And keep in mind that when you take exams ahead of schedule, the gaps between two exams can be very small.

If during the usual exams, the average interval between two exams is 3-7 days, then with the early passing of the session, it can reach only one day. For example, you take Economics on Wednesday and Organizational Behavior on Friday. So get ready. There will be no one to blame but yourself if you fail miserably in an early session.

Pros and cons of leaving a session early

Now you have a general idea of how to cancel a session. Now let's point out the main pros and cons of early exams.

pros

1) Speed

You will not have time to really get nervous, as the session will already come to an end. Many students do poorly in exams just because they are very worried about the outcome of the exam. The time before the exam is a real torture for them. They spend it not on preparing for exams, but on all sorts of nonsense, just not to think about the upcoming “torments”. As a result - a bad grade, deprivation of a scholarship ...

So, if you belong to such a number of people, then we advise you to take the session ahead of schedule. Better to be nervous for one week than almost a whole month, why bother yourself like that?

2) Additional holidays

Although we said that you need to prepare for an early session at an accelerated pace, after passing it, you will have several weeks more free time than your comrades. Students do not need to be advised where to spend their free time. They know so well

Minuses

1) Bureaucratic red tape

If you want to take the session ahead of schedule, then you will have to “run a little” to collect all the necessary documents (see above)

2) Intensive training

Be prepared to immerse yourself in your studies for a few weeks. you have to prepare for all the exams almost at the same time

Conclusion: If you want cancel a session early, then you should “prepare” the reason for your early surrender in advance. This may be a departure to another country, etc. The main thing is that this reason should be valid, otherwise you may be denied early exams. Close all your previous debts, otherwise you will not see an early session. Also tune in to the fact that you have to "plow" for about a month, i.e. collect the necessary documents and prepare for exams, so that later you can rest when the rest will “climb the wall” from fear of exams.

That's all, thanks for reading the article to the end.