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===Critical reception===
The episode received mixed reviews from critics. Eric Goldman of [[IGN]] rated the episode "good" at 7.6, saying, "as far as being a fun, nostalgia-packed episode, that may be the very last one, it mostly worked."<ref name="ign">{{cite web|last=Goldman|first=Eric|title=Community Review: Not Without My Study Group|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/10/community-advanced-introduction-to-finality-review?abthid=518c49f0778c162029000037| work=IGN|date=May 9, 2013|accessdate=May 10, 2013}}</ref> Gabrielle Moss of TV Fanatic was positive, saying, "this episode was an excellent tribute to the slow-burn character development of Jeff Winger."<ref name="tvfanatic">{{cite web|last=Moss|first=Gabrielle|title=Community Review: Not Without My Study Group|url=http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/05/community-review-not-without-my-study-group/| work=TV Fanatic|date=May 9, 2013|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}</ref>
Alan Sepinwall of [[HitFix]] was less favourable, stating, "The actual non-dream graduation ceremony was sweet, but nearly everything leading up to it was a mess."<ref name="hitfix">{{cite web|last=Sepinwall|first=Alan|title=Season finale review: 'Community' - 'Advanced Introduction to Finality': The folly of evil|url=http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/season-finale-review-community-advanced-introduction-to-finality-the-folly-of-evil| work=HitFix|date=May 9, 2013|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}</ref> Emily VanDerWerff of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' was negative and rated the episode a D, saying it was, "no longer a show that's capable of much beyond repeating elements it thinks the audience will like over and over again."<ref name="avclub">{{cite web|last=VanDerWerff|first=Emily|title="Advanced Introduction to Finality" S4 / E13|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/advanced-introduction-to-finality,97134/| work=The A.V. Club|date=May 9, 2013|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}</ref>
In a retrospective ranking of all 110 episodes of the series, Cory Barker of [[TV.com]] ranked this episode last, describing it (along with season 4's "[[Conventions of Space and Time]]") as "everything you loved about ''Community'', only broken apart into a million pieces, and reconstructed without a soul".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/news/greendale-forever-ranking-all-the-episodes-of-community-143378138401/ |title=Greendale Forever: Ranking ALL The Episodes of ''Community'' |last=Barker |first=Cory |date=June 11, 2015 |website=[[TV.com]] |access-date=May 15, 2020}}</ref>
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