After all, we only have the weekend to study between the end of classes and the beginning of finals. According to the registrar, this weekend is broken into two reading days. As many of you probably already know, a reading day is simply a day set aside for studying for finals. One may wonder why the registrar even bothered to give this Saturday and Sunday this name. It turns out that most universities and colleges have reading days during the weekdays.
Some universities even have an entire reading week.
Since most colleges have reading days, it probably would not look good for Berry if the registrar simply said that there are no reading days. I imagine that is why the registrar calls the last weekend before finals reading days. The weekend simply is not enough time to study for five or more finals. As a student who is double majoring in physics and mathematics, I understand this only too well. I imagine that some people would argue that no one would get anything done with the additional reading days.