The Spiker
Calm until it isn't. A couple of weeks carry almost everything, then it goes quiet again.
What is a semester type?
Your semester type is the shape of your workload across the term, based on when your graded deadlines actually land. OVR IT, the academic recovery engine for ADHD college students, reads your syllabus and plots every week as a bar. The pattern that emerges is your type: front-loaded, back-loaded, spiky, or steady.
The four types
There is no good or bad type. Knowing yours tells you where the pressure is hiding, so you can plan for it instead of getting blindsided.
The Big Finisher
Your load stacks toward the end. The back half is where the term is won or lost.
The Fast Starter
You front-load. The hardest stretch comes early, then it eases off.
The Marathoner
Steady the whole way. No single week breaks you, but it never lets up.
How you get yours
Upload your syllabus
OVR IT is syllabus-aware: it reads each course PDF and pulls out every deadline, exam, and grade weight. You verify before save, so nothing lands wrong.
See your whole semester on one track
Every week becomes a bar, taller where the load is heavier. Grab the playhead and scrub the term to see what locks behind you and what is still coming.
Get your type and your next move
OVR IT names the shape of your term, shows the one move that protects your grade, and hands you a card you can share.
Why it helps
Most planners ask you to map your own term, then punish you the week you fall behind. OVR IT is recovery-first: when a heavy week gets away from you, it helps you reset and gives you one clear next move instead of a wall of overdue tasks. Your semester type is the start of that, a single honest picture of what you are actually up against.
See your semester type. Start free.
Upload a syllabus, verify what OVR IT pulled out, and watch your whole term land on one track in under five minutes.
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