And although an MIT student typically covers the entirety of multivariate calculus over a semester, I had started only five days before.
Honestly, for most people that would be an advantage. For all that professors say not to cram the final, the reality is that *short* term memory is such that a week of focused, structured cramming will get you through most exams. You might even manage a reasonably high grade if you can keep your anxiety down well enough (which is where most students fall apart because for them it actually matters). It's not until youre sitting in the next class a month or three later that it comes back to bite you in the ass.
