A timeline

My drop-dead date for graduation in May is March 28. I have to schedule a final oral examination by then (three weeks in advance), which I presume means I have to have a thesis draft in my committee's hands by that date as well.

Failing that, I have to have my final oral examination by May 19 (scheduled in the last week of April), lest I have to register for classes in the summer. If I have to do that, I probably won't have a teaching assistantship waiting for me, which means no in-state tuition waiver, no tuition covered by the graduate college, and no tuition covered by the department.

Is it getting warm in here?