Gina, to be completely honest with you.. It's easier to take the exams now, then later. It's easier to stress about them now, and then really have time to mourn after, than delay them and be stress about so many other things..

Both my father and mother passed away within a year of each other. I was still in school for both. My dad's passing was December 28th, 2014, so I was still on christmas break. Coming back to school.. It was fine because i had some days to really sit and i guess absorb everything, though I was still in shock.

In Jaunuary of this year, when my mom passed, I started right back in to school. I took a few days off, but. It was necessary yknow. It's my mother. It was rough, but after my tests that I had completed, I felt a lot better and I was able to cry, mourn, whatever I needed because I knew that I didn't have to go up and get a study book.

I can honestly say, don't push it back too far. If you need to for funeral and stuff, just do it for that. Nothing else. You will perform better at the very start because your body is still in shock and it's kind of like nothing happened until it hits you.

For me, after my mom died i went back to school and we started on the 8 stages of grief for health lol. That one was rough, i probably cried through about 5 of those lessons, but I never asked to be excused, or do them at a later time. The more you wait, the worse it'll become.

that's my advice.

ALSO. TAKE THE 5% JUST IN CASE SO IF YOU GET A RLY HARD EXAM YOU HAVE AN EXTRA 5% WOOP