Just to point something out. Some schools do have a policy where if you don't show to the first week of class they drop you. Mine is one such school.

But your right, you have to prioritize. As far as school goes, I can probably get permission from my one Prof to miss that week. But for someone taking multiple classes it may be alot harder to get that permission.

The hard part for me is getting that time off from work. I work in Public Safety at a university, and getting time off during that week is very hard. I might just have to call in sick every day from Colorado.

Personally I'd rather take 5 days off, insted of 4 days with the holiday. I get paid alot to work the holiday.

No matter when it is schedule, hopefully I will be out ther with eveyone this year.