# What do you do with exams? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 20, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-exams/361380 "2006-06-20T01:46:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Alistair\_McCello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Alistair\_McCello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alistair_McCello)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-exams/361380/21 "2006-06-21T01:37:46Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] What do you do with exams? [/quote] I forget about them until fifteen minutes before class, cram in a scan through my notes, and then take the exam. In the mid-west here. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-exams/361380/22 "2006-06-21T03:11:40Z")
In the actuarial profession, we “sit for” exams. It sounds a little pompous at first, but you get used to it. Of course, in my case, mostly I just “fail” the exams. ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-exams/361380/23 "2006-06-21T03:20:24Z")
(New Jersey). At college, I/we “take” exams. As Freddy mentioned above, however, I “sit for” (future tense) my actuarial exams, or “write” them (any tense). ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-exams/361380/24 "2006-06-21T04:39:56Z")
[QUOTE=Freddy the Pig] Of course, in my case, mostly I just “fail” the exams. [/QUOTE] I can definitely relate to this, having failed a few of my actuarial exams along the way. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-exams/361380/25 "2006-06-21T06:42:51Z")
I’m from Louisiana, and live in Texas. I _take_ exams. I’m familiar with all the other terms, but almost never hear them used locally. It might take me a moment to correctly interpret “writing an exam” in this context, since I would first parse it as “composing an exam”. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-exams/361380/26 "2006-06-21T07:42:20Z")
Here in Melbourne, you definitely **sit** for exams. And at the end, you have **finished** , _not_ done them. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-exams/361380/27 "2006-06-21T19:49:36Z")
I was born and raised in Cleveland, OH and I’ve always taken exams. My wife is Canadian, raised and schooled in Windsor and Toronto. She writes 'em. I have a couple of Indian friends who sit exams. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-exams/361380/28 "2006-06-21T20:00:42Z")
I take exams, and have never heard any of the other terms used in verbal communication. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-exams/361380.md?page=1)