Victory a Long Time Coming

Beginning over two months ago, a few of my classmates began campaigning for a drastic change to our academic calendar.  Without going into excruciating detail, let me explain briefly.

At Einstein, our spring break is always - always - centered around Passover (since Yeshiva's a Jewish school, many of our students are orthodox Jews, etc., etc.).  This spring, Passover is exceptionally late (coinciding, as it almost always does, with Easter).  That puts us second-years in an awkward position, since we come back from spring break for literally two days of class and two tests, and then immediately begin studying for the boards.  Awkward because it means we only have five weeks for boards study (whereas most other schools have six or more).  Awkward because it means students who would like to go home for the holiday and for boards study will have to (potentially) fly twice in a very short time ($$$).  Awkward because it would necessitate studying for classes - or the boards - or both - during what is supposed to be a break.

Two months, two surveys, multiple meetings, and a gazillion e-mails later, we got what we wanted.  The deans, the executive committee, and the course leaders will allow the schedule change now that we have shown that over 95% of our class is in agreement with the proposed changes.  (Sidenote: It's next to impossible to get 95% of medical students to agree on anything, so you can imagine how big of a deal many people thought this was.)  Now all of our classes finish on April 15.  We don't begin third year until June 13.  There's plenty of time now - over eight weeks - to study for boards.  How do I plan to spend those three extra weeks?

Vacation.  Probably.