<p>I had no idea when any of my finals overlapped until I got the syllabus after I’d already registered for the course and most of the other courses were full. If you are supposed to be responsible for not taking classes with conflicting exams (the dates of which can change at the discretion of the professor ANYWAY), seems to me exams would have to be set in stone and posted in the course guide. At least at my school, neither of those are true.</p>