Missing a week of college for a honeymoon?

I guess it really depends on your program, instructors, and your academic standing. I wouldn’t miss an entire week of class that close to the end of the semester, but maybe with advance notice your instructors could help you make up the material before or after your trip?

You could always do a smaller getaway like a weekend somewhere and then a bigger trip some other time

I wouldn’t miss a week of school for a honeymoon unless it’s online (which it does not sound like this is the case) and you can get your work done ahead of time. If you don’t think it’s a good idea to miss, talk to your FH. It’s about compromise and what is best for BOTH of you.

I would say your FH is being a bit unreasonable here - a weekend getaway, sure, but asking you to miss an entire week of class right before you graduate is unwise. Sure, you've been accepted to your grad program, but those acceptances are usually contingent on successful completion of your undergrad. I personally wouldn't jeopardize it to go on a honeymoon (which, again, you can do literally anytime.)

It just depends on your coursework. I had senior design presentations, papers due, and job interviews. That's a really busy time. We weren't learning any new material because it was so close to graduation (May 5th) but I wouldn't have wanted to miss that winding down time with my friends.

...no. Honestly if my fiancé couldn’t understand putting school before vacation, we’d have a bigger issue.

In school I had professors with a variety of attendance policies and I’ve definitely been in classes where it would be impossible to miss a week and still excel. Since this is next spring, I’d imagine you don’t know your classes and professors yet, so it feels impossible to plan on a hope that they won’t have an issue (what happens if you run it by the professor at the beginning of the semester and they say a hard no regarding making accommodations ?), and do you know what the typical final exam schedule usually looks like?

i, frankly, would be unwilling to miss one of the last few weeks of my classes.
Would he consider compromising with a weekend / overnight getaway immediately after thenwedding and a big trip later ?

A LOT of schools will automatically fail you after the third day! Definitely look into the absence policy for your school and instructors. My fiance is finishing his education and we waited until we could both take time off and not risk our education and employment for our wedding. I'd tell your fiance to calm down because a honeymoon isn't worth failing a whole semesters worth of classes over.

I wouldn't do this. Maybe go away for a night or two and then take a longer vacation between May graduation and grad school start date. Your FI is being unreasonable.

I would wait until after you graduate to go on your honeymoon - your FH needs to realize that school is important and that it's unreasonable to expect you to take a whole week off. Maybe as a compromise you could do a small two-day getaway right after your wedding (missing one day of school at most) and then take a bigger trip later in May.

I think it's risky because of finals. Maybe your safest bet would be taking a mini trip right after your wedding. Go somewhere a driving distance away and spend 2 nights or so then have your real honeymoon after graduation

I'm a college professor, because of NCAA compliance issues and federal student loan requirements, I am required to take attendance and have fairly strict attendance policies (NCAA & federal regulations have implications for non-student athletes and students not receiving federal student aid, because all students should be held to the same standards). After a certain number of absences, a student fails the class regardless of their academic performance. As an instructor, I'd just think this was a really poor choice on your part to plan to miss a week of classes -- especially near the end of the semester. Can you make that choice? Of course, but there may be some pretty serious consequences. I agree with a pp who mentioned most grad school acceptances are contingent on maintaining a given academic standard and successfully completing degree requirements. I would not risk that to take an immediate honeymoon. If it's truly the only thing that matters to FH, I'd plan the wedding for the small window between your undergrad graduation and the start of your grad program, even if that means compromising on the venue, etc.

That sounds like a bad idea to me. Why don’t you move it up earlier to be during spring break, so you won’t miss school. Missing school in the last couple weeks could mean missing finals exams which you may not be able to make up. Otherwise you have to postpone the honeymoon.

It sounds a bit selfish to me. I get it sucks, definitely want my honeymoon straight after too but i wouldn't put my partner's degree in jeopardy as a result.

Could you get married at Easter break or summer break instead?

Or have a local holiday straight after and then have a bigger one later on?

I would ask all of my professors. With my senior schedule I would have been missing 7 class periods, and my professors likely would have understood. I missed class for much less.