College Finals???
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Topic: College Finals???
Posted By: RoyFairbank
Subject: College Finals???
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 13:01
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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?) |
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 13:07
Eh, don't bother, no jobs out there anyway. 
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Posted By: VanVanVan
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 13:07
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Finals are the worst. Just had my hardest one this morning though and it seemed to go pretty well so fingers crossed. ------------- "The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 13:09
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I enjoyed finals. I don't think there should be tests at all, but I especially don't think they should exist during the semester. Just don't do poorly on the final. Then you don't have to worry about what % of your grade it determines. 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. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 13:09
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..... |
VanVanVan wrote:Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 13:11
Since we are both aspies (that is what the test said, wasn't it?) I wonder if that is a common trait. I find it difficult to study old material, my mind wanders, exactly as you say. I find it easier to improvise from my knowledge. This used to work fine in my old school, I regularly aced tests..... Here, I may have to spend more time. I'm usually the first one out without exception. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 13:18
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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. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Gamemako
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 14:00
 So you should be judged on meaningless drivel on which 98% of students cheat, not on whether you've actually left the course with the knowledge you were supposed to acquire? I hate this stupid crap. Waah waaah judge me lightly so I can keep being rewarded for nothing! There is one singular goal to each class: to impart on you some modicum of knowledge. The purpose of having a grade at all is purely to assess whether that knowledge has actually been acquired. There is no "performance" over the course. At the end, you know what you need to know and deserve an appropriate grade, or you do not and should either retake the course or change your course. All prior testing is merely practice which is totally meaningless in the long run -- if you have forgotten the information you were tested on, then your professor should forget the grade you got on it. You've been spoiled by a system which has coddled the hell out of you. ------------- Hail Eris! 
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 14:09
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.
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Posted By: Gamemako
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 14:47
In Australia, most final exams are 60%. You can justify that if the rest of the grade is comprehensive projects. Otherwise, it should be 100%. Don't you find it a little unsettling that you are annoyed when your scheme to avoid retaining knowledge is foiled? ------------- Hail Eris!
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Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 15:00
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Finals are stressful but I generally do pretty well because I study like a machine. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 15:03
They should make you re-take the final again a year later, to make sure you've really retained the knowledge. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Gamemako
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 15:20
Most professional certifications require refresher courses for that very reason. ------------- Hail Eris!
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 17:06
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Nope, no finals for me this week, last or next. This is because I'm done with school Not sure anyone loves finals... Reckon I was pretty typical: crammed in a short amount of time prior (depending on this class varied how much time I gave myself) or in the case of papers, (yeah my final year I had no test finals, all papers) I did em a few days before hand. Didn't stress.... I mean you know when they are coming, and if you choose to leave yourself 3 days to prepare, well no point in being angry  Can't avoid it anyway, just prepare and be calm as possible.Yeah, it's sad leaving the people you like. I never had tons of friends but of course miss the ones I had. We keep in contact much as possible and have some trips planned. I assume you mean a female and no advice there, in fact as a student I demand you teach me  |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 17:14
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 |
Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 19:10
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I am supposed to be studying right now and I'm on Prog Archives and listening to Foreigner, well known as the least intellectually stimulating band in human history. God help me. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 20:42
I've been out of college for many years but this was my final exam: ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 20:50
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I finished my last one tonight!! BOOYA!! (I'm sorry I said "BOOYA!!") ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 22:45
A dock was your final exam? Were you in a rowing team or something?
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 22:56
You should try failing school. Then you don't have to take finals any more. Off topic, but why do I have a spanish banner ad for M&Ms on this page?
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Posted By: Gamemako
Date Posted: May 07 2012 at 23:42
Now, I'm not an architect, but I don't think my AutoCAD can turn renders into drawings. ------------- Hail Eris!
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Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 08:38
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I just did my first final.... I only had to bullsh*t 30% of it, so I should be getting an 80%. That is the Fairbank Equation Grade=100-Bullsh*t%+(1/3*Bullsh*t%) |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 09:00
That wasn't done on AutoCAD, it was an ink on mylar perspective I drew for my last class which was a design competition for a riverboat center for New Orleans. But it was basically my final final. I was part of a team. Wasn't the winner but I got a C. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 11:04
Why couldn't you simplify it
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Posted By: Gamemako
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 12:49
I always used 1/4 to account for things I thought I knew but got wrong (by misreading the question, for example).
Ah yes, the infamous Senior Design Class. Had my own as a chemical engineer. My group won, but there were only 9 groups. ------------- Hail Eris!
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 13:34
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Unbelievable. Our CPE301 lecture guy is trying to explain to us certain specifics of a UART he himself does not entirely understand. ... ... Go figure.
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 18:18
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I somehow got all As for the past 2 semesters and graduated summa cum laude on Saturday. I am not very smart so this is like what. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Gamemako
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 18:22
This is why college GPA does not correlate to job performance! //EDIT: OK, that sounds bad. I'm just saying that it GPA doesn't actually mean much of anything. Congratulations anyway.  ------------- Hail Eris!
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 18:23
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stonie is more successful than me now fuuuuuuuuuuuu ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 18:25
I don't know. I actually have a couple gig, somehow. Not paying yet, but who knows for the future. These days you kind of need to be able to give the first hit away for free almost. If I manage to get a job doing what I do, I'm going to chalk it up to some random celestial event. Stumbling into success... ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 19:30
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I have a math final in high school tomorrow that's making me pee myself, is that similar?
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Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: May 08 2012 at 20:39
you have very good taste in women for a high schooler. Ellen Page  She is like the Greek Statue version of every girl I've ever liked jumbled together, essence imparted. Audrey or whatever her name is... she's cute too. But enough about me (and Ellen). I can't remember high school, so I can't say if the finals were stressful. Which probably means they weren't as bad. Then again. I was never so nervous as before this round, because of how bad I did last time, and the differing types of classes involved for me this time. I had 3 finals today and I wrote a 700 word letter to a friend. I'm pooped. Chinese food and star trek was a worthy reward. |
Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 14:40
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Today I packed up my provocative secret Communist posters and threw away 50 pounds of paper from the last two semesters. I'm moving out tomorrow around noon time and I go back to rural/suburban fusion on a literal island of boredom. And I have the worst and hardest final still to do! And I only have 3 bucks in my bank account! That's It! And...... oh wait there's nothing else. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 14:55
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Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 19:00
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I'm lucky. I'm in middle-school HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow">  The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 19:17
I started listening to Floyd in middle school. I was like twelve. I got really obsessed with them (and remained so), but I got scared when I watched the Wall movie. Maybe it was too young, but then I had listened to edgy adult music since I was 0. Even before that I was into Talking Heads (Psycho Killer!) |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 19:20
I was 12 when The Wall first came out in the theaters, and my dad took me to see it, my first "R" rated movie. I loved the Floyd and the movie was cool but parts of it spooked my socks off. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 21:54
Live and let die, huh? "Enjoy it while it lasts ... 'cause it never does." - Lou, "Wall Street".
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Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: May 09 2012 at 21:57
I'm also 12, although, not to sound pretentious or anything, I've always been more mature than the rest of kids my age. I'm not a huge Floyd fan but I saw The Wall on Youtube about two years ago. I'd already seen my first R rated film by then (Excalibur). And yes, Talk Heads are AWESOME! ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow"> The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 10 2012 at 00:04
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Sweet Moses, I have a CPE301 exam tomorrow, yet instead of studying I'm just chillin' ... making and editing imitative, sub-par, and under-produced music: http://www.fileden.com/files/2012/4/9/3289959/0-3-classical-excerpt-dissonance-mp3.mp3" rel="nofollow - http://www.fileden.com/files/2012/4/9/3289959/0-3-classical-excerpt-dissonance-mp3.mp3
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Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: May 10 2012 at 09:37
I had my final final today and I bullsh*ted well over 60% of it, so I should barely pass if I'm lucky. Where I was supposed to draw in Chinese characters i just drew dense shapes very small that looked a little like characters.... think the teacher will notice? School is done now and I leave here in 30 minutes, just waiting for my ride. I can't wait to get home to my keyboard and record another primitive imitation "album." I think all prog fans have the urge to record music, even if they are not musicians at all (me). I'm going to make it sound like the Beach Boy's smile, because my last one I tried to do was harsh and eighties like, I didn't have enough time to complete it though so I haven't had a proper one in a year. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 10 2012 at 12:56
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^ So, there was a kind of pressure other than the commercial kind ... ? 'think I did well enough on the CPE301 exam. If come out with a B in this class, that's cool with me ... which is probably what I will come out with since I usually don't do very well on the CPE301 exams. If I get 50/100 or above on the exam, I'm good, though I think I got, like, 60/100 or above. |
Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: May 10 2012 at 13:02
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Just finished mine. My Math Logic was a cake, but Computer Science Algorithm Analysis was a pain. Got A- for the former and C for the latter. Just enough to Graduate with a 3.05 GPA.
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 10 2012 at 13:22
^ Unfortunately, I suck at computer math logic on a regular basis, so I'm kind of scared of the CS365 exam. |
Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: May 10 2012 at 14:49
You should be proud of yourself. 3.05 is very good and credible. I always hated those people who had perfect grades. Lower 3.00s is as high as a person can get reasonably, unless one is a teachers pet or a genius. I myself managed to get up to 3.60 in Community College after four years, but last semester at university I was only 3.25. This semester I'm just aiming for 3.00. I would be very very happy if I keep around 3.25, I'd feel at ease with the universe, well, not really, but I'd feel better. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 14 2012 at 14:35
I remember I finished my Core Humanities 202 exam. 'think I did very well. I might get 80 or above ... probably 85 ... or 90. A 90/100 would be nice  . A B for the class is cool with me  .BTW: Just finished my Computer Science 365 exam. Don't listen to he who says "Don't study" ! 'think I failed 2-3 problems out of 14. I hope I will get something like 55 or above ... something like 78/100 (maximum). I don't care if I get a C for the class ... especially since there is no chance for me to get a B. I should learn how to care more about my GPA in the real-time.
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Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: May 14 2012 at 14:39
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^ Out of my four classes I got back grades which were Upper Level History Class: A- General Science Class: A Chinese Class: B Lower Level History Class: ??? I might get a C in that last class  But at least my GPA will be above 3.00 no matter what EDIT: unless I got a D or below I guess.... 
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 14 2012 at 16:26
Y-y-ikes. Which one is more likely, though?
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Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: May 14 2012 at 18:11
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UPDATE: I thought it best that I check my school account before I posted, and I got a B-. Good compromise pick. But damn that teacher and his hard grading. I did the best I could, I swears it! SEM 1 A B B B 3.25 SEM 2 A A- B B- 3.35 TOTAL: 3.30 At my old school, I think I've mentioned, I ended up at 3.60.  SCHOOL CONCLUDED.... For three months..... |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 14 2012 at 18:31
| ^ D#$n. I got 2 C's in the past two semesters ... I think. Let's see how my last exam, Electrical Engineering 220 (Circuits), will go. |
Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: May 14 2012 at 18:31
Computer science..... what is that? Core humanities.... what is that? What weird course titles. The science of computers of the computation of science? What does humanities mean in this instance and what is the core of it? Is it like discussing how human's have to keep their core temp up, like Kramer says on Sienfeld? |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 17 2012 at 01:33
^  .Computer Science - all things computer-related, from high-level stuff like C++ and Java to computer math logic to simulation physics (or simulation physics to computer math logic; it can go parallel) to god knows what since I haven't gone all the way through. Now, why is it core? Why is it humanities? Beats ta f$%k outta me. I was wondering about that myself. I would do a research on that one if I wanted to spend time on that. Core Humanities is basically a name for a course that encompasses the history and literature of various cultures, mostly Europe. 201 takes on Ancient times and Medievalism. 202 has a different take on those periods and goes all the way to the Enlightenment/Romanticism/the emergence of capitalism and communism/French Revolution/Industrial Revolution.
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 17 2012 at 01:45
| BTW, just got through my EE220 (Electrical Engineering) exam. Man, it was harder than I thought it was going to be. Only today I've realized why I don't do as well on exams as I would hope: I don't relax, I don't take my time, I just overthink several things, thus wasting time. Well, there is also another factor: I work on my music instead of studying. But I think I did well enough to get a B- or C+ for the class. |
Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: May 17 2012 at 08:01
I also rush through tests. 9/10 times I am the first one out of a test. It's actually kind of bizarre. I had someone tell me last week that the whole class was jealous when I got up and turned my test in so early. But your right, it can impact your performance when you don't take your time, so I tried to be slightly slower. Usually I just know the answer or I can bullsh*t one at rapid speed. You have a LOT of computer and engineering classes. Is that your major? I couldn't think of anything more stressful than all that equipment and programming, but then I am a history major (I want to be a professor ). Studying is really hard and takes a lot of discipline. The last two semesters I have studied with very pretty girls (pure luck), and that helps a lot. Just ask girls if they want to study with you. It's actually quite efficient with two or three people doing the review. |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 17 2012 at 13:19
Wow ... I wish I knew how to do that.
Yup, CS is my major quite so right. I listen to other people's music and make own music, and I play computer games. My interest in the computers came up when I was only a boy, 7-8 y.o., so it's the best scientific discipline (that is, the coolest one) that I know of so far. And f#$k, no! I don't wanna be a professor. I'm not planning on spending more money just to get a Ph. D. so that universities would want me to join them in educating those ... people. I'm a bit misanthropic. I want to make tight computer games, man. Of course, that takes willpower and deep thought about own future and resources, but my passion for music prevails. I'm afraid I'm gonna end up as a hobo or something.
Oh, man, I always found girls irrelevant and unimportant in my life. They would do nothing to me but indeliberately distract me from my studies. Usually, I would just put something on, like PFM or Tull or classical music on YouTube and focus on the material at hand, but girls ... such a distraction. By the way, what are lower-level history and upper-level history? The history of poor and the history of aristocrats?
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). Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 17 2012 at 16:00
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Just received some results. Got 182/200 for the CH202 exam, which kicked my overall grade up to 89.1, which ideally would mean a B+, but I suppose the guy just rounded it up to an A . For CS365 ... on the exam I scored a 75/100 ... yay
! ... which kicked the grade for that class up to 78.4/100. Hope everything will go cool with CPE301 and EE220. |
Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: May 17 2012 at 16:10
The reason one should always pair girls with exam study is nothing to do with their physical "attributes" but everything to do with the fact they are usually prepared and work well in study groups in my experience. They are not competitive about studying either. (Guys can be chest thumping and overly cautious)I have found study groups work a lot quicker than one person can, plus its fun. That the girls I studied with happened to be gorgeous was pure luck, as I said, though then again I might say that about any girls. I've also studied with guys in groups before, they really stink at that. It should always be one guy personality type and the rest girls - that's what works I think... or maybe two guys and three or four girls. Guys have messed up habits when working in groups, like they are looking over their shoulder.Okay, I've said alot about studying, only because I had fun with it this year. I'm overly analytical. About lower level and upper level history. Lower level (100 level classes), basic sh*t like Western Civilization I and II, America to 1865, America after 1865. Not much fun. I've taken tons of these types of classes, and accidentally just retook one and got a bad grade. I swear my degree account said I needed to retake it! Then it corrected itself, b*****d computer. By then I was already halfway through. Upper Level (300 level): stuff like Slavery and Abolition, Modern Germany, U.S. Diplomacy, etc. advanced classes with high work loads, high expectations, and specific focuses. Funny you only need a few of those at my University, they mostly want you taking endless arrays of 100 level sh*t (not even relating to your major!).  Luckily I'm done with that stuff I hope for the rest of my life. EDIT: removed egotistical sounding text  |
Posted By: Zombywoof
Date Posted: May 17 2012 at 16:33
I was always fortunate enough to get exemptions in high school. Those were the days. Ear training kicked my butt this semester. ------------- Continue the prog discussion here: http://zombyprog.proboards.com/index.cgi ... |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 17 2012 at 16:38
| ^ Ear training? Are you in a music school? |
Posted By: Zombywoof
Date Posted: May 17 2012 at 16:41
I'm at a University which offers music classes. I'm a music tech major, so they put me in ear training. My professor didn't tell me I had a D until about a month before school was out. I tried my best (two tutors a week) and improved, but not enough to bring my grade up. ------------- Continue the prog discussion here: http://zombyprog.proboards.com/index.cgi ... |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 17 2012 at 16:55
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^ Oh, sh... . Man, I would never forgive myself ... . Too bad they don't offer music tech over at my university. The computer science guys there deal mostly with robotics, motion detection, and behavioral analysis. So, is there a high demand on music-tech-related jobs where you live?
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Posted By: Zombywoof
Date Posted: May 17 2012 at 17:25
Unfortunately not, but there are always shows going on that need sound guys. Under usual circumstances, I would feel the same way, but I feel slightly at a disadvantage that I wasn't made aware of the low grade until nearly the last minute. I really only had two grade opportunities to bring it up. ------------- Continue the prog discussion here: http://zombyprog.proboards.com/index.cgi ... |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 17 2012 at 17:29
| ^ They don't grant you access to your grades on the Web? |
Posted By: Zombywoof
Date Posted: May 17 2012 at 18:03
They do, but my professor rarely updates. ------------- Continue the prog discussion here: http://zombyprog.proboards.com/index.cgi ... |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 17 2012 at 18:04
| ^ Well done, professor. |
Posted By: ScorchedFirth
Date Posted: May 18 2012 at 05:53
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studying like mad, or they won't let me stay for a 4th year of mathematics
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 18 2012 at 12:05
| ^ What's your major? |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 19 2012 at 02:09
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Breaking news: got 62/100 on the final for CPE301, which means -> a C for the class ... fooh ... . Fooh ... let's see what I'll get for the EE220 final.
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 19 2012 at 11:43
| Ah! Finally a grade for EE220: got an 82.05/100 for the final on Circuits, which, according to the class' grading policy is B+. Overall grade: 84.18%. Looks like I've just come out with an A, a B, and 2 C's. Quite lower than what my expectations have been, ... oh, well. |
Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: May 19 2012 at 20:59
If its a straight A,B, and double C, then the GPA is something like 2.8. So close to 3.0! You only need one B instead of a C. 3.0 is usually the gateway to privileges....... 3.20 + is deans list at my school. I usually get that. 3.8 or something is like area 51 to me, I don't know what's there, but I bet its good! Everyone there must have really big brains, pulsating with throbbing veins.... .or really big boobs.   |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 19 2012 at 21:36
... no, wait ... why am I laughing? ... Wyeh! ... Oh, well ... .Considering my success at TMCC (Truckee Meadows Community College), so far my current cumulative GPA is 3.339, so I'm sweet  . |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: December 14 2012 at 20:07
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I feel shattered after my CS326 (Programming Languages, Concepts, and Implementation) exam. It's like as if some of the stuff on it we haven't even covered in depth ... which, I think, we haven't. Think I'm gonna get at least a C- for the exam and for the class, though I don't want that to turn out.
Think I also did rather ... OK on the CS281 (Introduction to Game Development) exam. How I don't want a really low grade on that one. And if I do, then I will come out with a C+, at least. Great. Just for the semester when I did not plan to come out with any C's. When am I ever gonna use ALL of this information? As for the Math 330 (Linear Algebra) exam, think I did very well. I may come out with a B for the exam and for the class. |
Posted By: Mr. Mustard
Date Posted: December 14 2012 at 20:20
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I've got a Physics, Calculus and Pathophysiology test and an English paper due next week. Oddly I prefer studying for exams; papers seem like too much busy work... ------------- 
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: December 22 2012 at 22:29
I didn't at the time, but now that I think back to it, ... I just wish I could spend a little more time on them.So, good news: I got B+ for CS326 (Programming Languages, Concepts, and Implementation) (think the guy was just being generous ... Merry Christmas!) and MATH330 (Linear Algebra) and an A- for CS281 (Introduction to Game Development). Waiting for the hideous results for CS477 (Analysis of Algorithms).
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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: December 23 2012 at 11:07
I don't take them anymore. I give them. It's something an instructor should be giving serious thought to - how much weight to give to the components of students' grade. One line of thought is that students may not show immediate mastery of x, y or z because they're in the middle of the learning process. They should not be penalized heavily if they started out relatively poorly, but successfully demonstrated learning by the end of the course. On the other hand, students can be demonstrating achievements in learning throughout a course, and it's a shame to see any of them blow it on one stressful occasion. It's different for different students, but instructors have to go by what's on the syllabus. I normally try to balance out the final and the rest of the course. Thinking about myself as a student, I think I had more term papers than finals, frankly. Those were my headache. |
Posted By: AnnaDanielle
Date Posted: February 05 2013 at 09:30
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I despise finals, but I know they have to be done, and I know that I have test anxiety which sucks more. haha So I try to do really well throughout the rest of the course so it doesn't screw me up that much. Although this is just my first year of college, we'll see... haha ------------- I would never cheat in a relationship... That would require TWO people finding me attractive. ..I can barely find one. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: February 05 2013 at 10:56
| Reading these posts, my nostalgia level for final exams is identically zero. |