College Finals???

Do you guys have your college finals this week or sometime around here?

I was studying with someone and they pointed out that my finals are 40% of my grade and I nearly fainted.

I HATE finals. HATE HATE HATE.

I developed this HATE last year when I got 10 points on average below my previous grade in all my classes - i.e. I was a 85 student, I get a 72 final, I end up with a grade barely making it into the 80s.

I HATE that crap. You should be judged on your performance throughout the course. If I get a C all my privileges will be taken away (single room among them).

Well that is my rant. Is there anyone here who LOVES finals?

Do you study like crazy? Or just relax and get into the mindset? Are you wringing your hands? Are you cursing under your breath?

How do you feel about leaving campus or ending school and the people you've met? I don't usually worry but I met someone I like a lot this semester.... plus I always worry I get rusty and stupid while I'm on vacation.... Ni Ne? (as will be on my Chinese Final, meaning; and you?)

Finals are the worst. Just had my hardest one this morning though and it seemed to go pretty well so fingers crossed. 

VanVanVan wrote: Finals are the worst. Just had my hardest one this morning though and it seemed to go pretty well so fingers crossed.

Which reminds me, in my school at least you don't get your grade back for quite a while.... and they don't come through at the same time. Still I think my old school may have been worst..... It was like a month there.....

I generally did fine on my final exams, but I didn't enjoy the stress of taking them, especially when they comprised so much of my final grade.  I was always a bad at studying, never did any work outside of class unless I had to.  I guess I absorbed enough during the class time to get by with a B average most of the time.

Grad school was even worse - I cared even less about studying because I already had a professional life and was working a lot of hours in addition to nearly full-time classes. 

Finishing your last final exam, however... that was a feeling of liberation and relief that I kind of miss.

All of my exams are going to be comprehensive ...  ... Jesus H. Christ. And for the new material on Circuits I have to practice Thevenin and Norton equivalents ... AGAIN ! And I have to remember how to build my own serial driver in 8051 and ARM7 for CPE301. F$$$$$$$$$$%k. This is where my tactic of tackling the material shortly before an exam (so that the info would stay fresh in my head) ain't gonna work. Luckily, most exams here are 20% of the grade, unlike what our old pal RoyFairbank has  . Think Ummagunna come out with an A, an, A, a B, and a C.

Edited by Dayvenkirq - May 07 2012 at 14:12

Finals are stressful but I generally do pretty well because I study like a machine.

HolyMoly wrote: They should make you re-take the final again a year later, to make sure you've really retained the knowledge.

Most professional certifications require refresher courses for that very reason.

Equality 7-2521 wrote: I didn't really study. The semester itself is a preparation for the final. I can't study really. My mind wanders too much. I like new material, not pouring over things I already know.

That was pretty much how it went for me, my "cram" was more touch up/focus on certain areas.
I also can't study...but thankfully picked up what was needed naturally over the semester.

If I ever didn't I was pretty much f**ked. There's no place to be or anything to do that can get me to study, I always failed It's just not in me

I've been out of college for many years but this was my final exam:

Slartibartfast wrote: I've been out of college for many years but this was my final exam: