Taking a final early

Taking a final early

Hey, guys I’m In an unfortunate situation right now where I have a music festival I bought tickets too conflicting with my finals.

During May of last year, I bought tickets to EDC Las Vegas 2025. I thought the event was happening the weekend after my finals and I figured it would be a great way to celebrate finishing my classes. Unfortunately I read my school calendar wrong, and just now realized that the festival is actually the weekend right before my finals.

This is a huge blow and obviously puts me in a dilemma in regards to my finals. I’ve talked about it with my friends, and they all think that I should say that I have a wedding that I need to attend to. I was just curious to hear from you guys, if you had a student explain the same context/situation I’m in regarding the festival, is there even a chance you would let them take the final early? I know the general consensus here would be to not lie, since the entire concept of taking a final early relies on trust, but I just feel like I’d be shooting myself in the foot telling the truth.

We are only a couple weeks into my semester, and the event/finals isn’t happening until May, so this wouldn’t necessarily be last minute. I would love to not to use a made up excuse, but I just feel like profs. will be less sympathetic about a music fesitval. And yes, I ultimately know this is my fault for getting into this; I felt very dumb when I realized it was happening before my finals.