NationStates Jolt Archive

the scholastic year.

Finals week. The big enchilada.


How many, how difficult, how long do you have to study and how long have you procrastinated it?

I've got Accounting 522 and Astronomy 161. Business Law and African History were last week, so I'm pretty much in the clear. I mean, earnings per share and share-based compensation are only so difficult...

In college I was always that asshole who never studied and got a 95% on the tests...

In college I was always that asshole who never studied and got a 95% on the tests...

That's me in accounting...

That's me in accounting...

Aint it cool?

In college I was always that asshole who never studied and got a 95% on the tests...

I did that in high school.

Unfortunately, the only way to learn in engineering is by application. : /

I did that in high school.

Unfortunately, the only way to learn in engineering is by application. : /

Thats how I cruised through school period actually. I'm excellent at learning things; esoecially if I can apply them (I hate Math but enjoyed Drafting for instance, so I took applied math). Difference betwen high school and college is I went from a C student to a 3.8 student :p

In college I was always that asshole who never studied and got a 95% on the tests...Me. I generally borrow somebody's notes the night before the exam, read for two hours and get A's. I like to call it the "Konata" method, although I seem to be better at it than she is. ^^

That said, I only have two finals this semester. Moving from Pre-Med Biochem to Creative Writing (quite a jump, I'll admit) meant that I spent a lot more time writing interesting papers (I was even able to submit many of my forum posts as journal entries :D) and a lot less time understanding Organic Chemistry and penning lab reports.

I would never have made it as a doctor and accidentally killing somebody would be...unfortunate.

Gah, we're lucky in the UK. The arse-end of the autumn term tends to be time when all the courseworks get handed in, not when we've got exams (I assume that's what you mean). All our exams happen in the summer, still a good few months away.

I did have to do about 9000 words in three weeks, though. It wasn't fun, but now I feel like a free man and am seriously tempted not to turn up to any lectures next week and spend my time playing computer games, watching TV and being intoxicated.

Gah, we're lucky in the UK. The arse-end of the autumn term tends to be time when all the courseworks get handed in, not when we've got exams (I assume that's what you mean). All our exams happen in the summer, still a good few months away.

I did have to do about 9000 words in three weeks, though. It wasn't fun, but now I feel like a free man and am seriously tempted not to turn up to any lectures next week and spend my time playing computer games, watching TV and being intoxicated.
In Sheffield we do half our exams in January and the other half in June, with coursework being handed in usually about 2/3 of the way through the semester. Luckily my deadlines this semester were staggered over about two months.

In college I was always that asshole who never studied and got a 95% on the tests...
I can do that for American history, but not much else.

I've actually been very good with my work so much so I only have one 3500 word essay to do and 2 weeks to do it. Good times.

I've actually been very good with my work so much so I only have one 3500 word essay to do and 2 weeks to do it. Good times.
Gah, every year I plan to do that sort of thing. Doesn't usually happen. I was better this year than the last, though.

Although I don't think I can help to be better this year, as I contrived to fail last year.

In college I was always that asshole who never studied and got a 95% on the tests...

I did that in one of my classes this semester, hell I reckon I didn't even have to rock up to any of the lectures and I still would have gotten a good mark. And yes it does feel good.

Get a copy of the exam, run out screaming "Andre, Andre, I've got the secret documents!!"
Talk the entire way through the exam. Read questions aloud, debate your answers with yourself out loud. If asked to stop, yell out, "I'm SOOO sure that you can hear me thinking." Then start talking about what a jerk the instructor is.
Bring a Game Boy. Play with the volume at max level.
On the answer sheet find a new, interesting way to refuse to answer every question. For example: I refuse to answer this question on the grounds that it conflicts with my religious beliefs. Be creative.
Run into the exam room looking about frantically. Breathe a sigh of relief. Go to the instructor, say "They've found me, I have to leave the country" and run off.
15 min. into the exam, stand up, rip up all the papers into very small pieces, throw them into the air and yell out "Merry Christmas." If you're really daring, ask for another copy of the exam. Say you lost the first one. Repeat this process every 15 min.
Come into the exam wearing slippers, a bathrobe, a towel on your head, and nothing else.
Come down with a BAD case of Tourette's Syndrome during the exam. Be as vulgar as possible.
Bring things to throw at the instructor when s/he's not looking. Blame it on the person nearest to you.
As soon as the instructor hands you the exam, eat it.
Every 5 min. stand up, collect all your things, move to another seat, continue with the exam.
Turn in the exam approx. 30 min. into it. As you walk out, start commenting on how easy it was.
Get the exam. 20 min into it, throw your papers down violently, scream out "Fuck this!" and walk out triumphantly.
Arrange a protest before the exam starts (ie. Threaten the instructor that whether or not everyone's done, they are all leaving after one hour to go drink.)
Show up completely drunk (completely drunk means at some point during the exam, you should start crying for mommy).
Comment on how sexy the instructor is looking that day.
Come to the exam wearing a black cloak. After about 30 min, put on a white mask and start yelling "I'm here, the phantom of the opera" until they drag you away.
If the exam is math/sciences related, make up the longest proofs you could possible think of. Get pi and imaginary numbers into most equations. If it is a written exam, relate everything to your own life story.
Try to get people in the room to do a wave.
Bring some large, cumbersome, ugly idol. Put it right next to you. Pray to it often. Consider a small sacrifice.
During the exam, take apart everything around you. Desks, chairs, anything you can reach.
Puke into your exam booklet. Hand it in. Leave.
Take 6 packages of rice cakes to the exam. Stuff at least 2 rice cakes into your mouth at once. Chew, then cough. Repeat if necessary.
Masturbate.
Walk in, get the exam, sit down. About 5 min into it, loudly say to the instructor, "I don't understand ANY of this. I've been to every lecture all semester long! What's the deal? And who the hell are you? Where's the regular guy?"
Do the entire exam in another language. If you don't know one, make one up!
Bring a black marker. Return the exam with all questions and answers completely blacked out.
Every now and then, clap twice rapidly. If the instructor asks why, tell him/her in a very derogatory tone, "the light bulb that goes on above my head when I get an idea is hooked up to a clapper. DUH!"
From the moment the exam begins, hum the theme to Jeopardy. Ignore the instructor's requests for you to stop. When they finally get you to leave one way or another, begin whistling the theme to the Bridge on the River Kwai.
After you get the exam, call the instructor over, point to any question, ask for the answer. Try to work it out of him/her.
In the middle of the test, have a friend rush into the classroom, tag your hand, and resume taking your test for you. When the teacher asks what's going on, calmly explain the rules of Tag Team Testing to him/her.
Bring cheat sheets FOR ANOTHER CLASS (make sure this is obvious... like history notes for a calculus exam... otherwise you're not just failing, you're getting kicked out too) and staple them to the exam, with the comment "Please use the attached notes for references as you see fit."
Stand up after about 15 minutes, and say loudly, "Okay, let's double-check our answers! Number one, A. Number two, C. Number three, E...."
Fake an orgasm. When interrupted, apologize, and explain that question #__ moved you, deeply.
Wear a superman outfit under your normal clothes. 30 minutes into the exam, jump up and answer your phone, shouting "What? I'm on my way!!". rip off your outer clothes and run out of the room. strike a pose first for added effect.
If your answers are on a scantron sheet, fill it out in pen.
Bring a giant cockroach into the room and release it on a girl nearby.

I wish I was in a position where I knew I was going to fail anyway because some of these are fucking gold.

I've got Accounting 522 and Astronomy 161. Business Law and African History were last week, so I'm pretty much in the clear. I mean, earnings per share and share-based compensation are only so difficult...

Accounting, Astronomy, Business Law, African History.....

What in the hell kind of degree are you getting in the end?!

Get a copy of the exam, run out screaming "Andre, Andre, I've got the secret documents!!"
Talk the entire way through the exam. Read questions aloud, debate your answers with yourself out loud. If asked to stop, yell out, "I'm SOOO sure that you can hear me thinking." Then start talking about what a jerk the instructor is.
Bring a Game Boy. Play with the volume at max level.
On the answer sheet find a new, interesting way to refuse to answer every question. For example: I refuse to answer this question on the grounds that it conflicts with my religious beliefs. Be creative.
Run into the exam room looking about frantically. Breathe a sigh of relief. Go to the instructor, say "They've found me, I have to leave the country" and run off.
15 min. into the exam, stand up, rip up all the papers into very small pieces, throw them into the air and yell out "Merry Christmas." If you're really daring, ask for another copy of the exam. Say you lost the first one. Repeat this process every 15 min.
Come into the exam wearing slippers, a bathrobe, a towel on your head, and nothing else.
Come down with a BAD case of Tourette's Syndrome during the exam. Be as vulgar as possible.
Bring things to throw at the instructor when s/he's not looking. Blame it on the person nearest to you.
As soon as the instructor hands you the exam, eat it.
Every 5 min. stand up, collect all your things, move to another seat, continue with the exam.
Turn in the exam approx. 30 min. into it. As you walk out, start commenting on how easy it was.
Get the exam. 20 min into it, throw your papers down violently, scream out "Fuck this!" and walk out triumphantly.
Arrange a protest before the exam starts (ie. Threaten the instructor that whether or not everyone's done, they are all leaving after one hour to go drink.)
Show up completely drunk (completely drunk means at some point during the exam, you should start crying for mommy).
Comment on how sexy the instructor is looking that day.
Come to the exam wearing a black cloak. After about 30 min, put on a white mask and start yelling "I'm here, the phantom of the opera" until they drag you away.
If the exam is math/sciences related, make up the longest proofs you could possible think of. Get pi and imaginary numbers into most equations. If it is a written exam, relate everything to your own life story.
Try to get people in the room to do a wave.
Bring some large, cumbersome, ugly idol. Put it right next to you. Pray to it often. Consider a small sacrifice.
During the exam, take apart everything around you. Desks, chairs, anything you can reach.
Puke into your exam booklet. Hand it in. Leave.
Take 6 packages of rice cakes to the exam. Stuff at least 2 rice cakes into your mouth at once. Chew, then cough. Repeat if necessary.
Masturbate.
Walk in, get the exam, sit down. About 5 min into it, loudly say to the instructor, "I don't understand ANY of this. I've been to every lecture all semester long! What's the deal? And who the hell are you? Where's the regular guy?"
Do the entire exam in another language. If you don't know one, make one up!
Bring a black marker. Return the exam with all questions and answers completely blacked out.
Every now and then, clap twice rapidly. If the instructor asks why, tell him/her in a very derogatory tone, "the light bulb that goes on above my head when I get an idea is hooked up to a clapper. DUH!"
From the moment the exam begins, hum the theme to Jeopardy. Ignore the instructor's requests for you to stop. When they finally get you to leave one way or another, begin whistling the theme to the Bridge on the River Kwai.
After you get the exam, call the instructor over, point to any question, ask for the answer. Try to work it out of him/her.
In the middle of the test, have a friend rush into the classroom, tag your hand, and resume taking your test for you. When the teacher asks what's going on, calmly explain the rules of Tag Team Testing to him/her.
Bring cheat sheets FOR ANOTHER CLASS (make sure this is obvious... like history notes for a calculus exam... otherwise you're not just failing, you're getting kicked out too) and staple them to the exam, with the comment "Please use the attached notes for references as you see fit."
Stand up after about 15 minutes, and say loudly, "Okay, let's double-check our answers! Number one, A. Number two, C. Number three, E...."
Fake an orgasm. When interrupted, apologize, and explain that question #__ moved you, deeply.
Wear a superman outfit under your normal clothes. 30 minutes into the exam, jump up and answer your phone, shouting "What? I'm on my way!!". rip off your outer clothes and run out of the room. strike a pose first for added effect.
If your answers are on a scantron sheet, fill it out in pen.
Bring a giant cockroach into the room and release it on a girl nearby.

I might go back to uni just to try those.

I might go back to uni just to try those.
Guaranteed a 2:1 if you do.

I wish I was in a position where I knew I was going to fail anyway because some of these are fucking gold.

Just go to the exam for a class you don't actually do :) (make sure they don't record your student number before you do it!)

You crazy Americans! We in Aus finished our exams mid-November! I've been on holidays for a month!

Just go to the exam for a class you don't actually do :) (make sure they don't record your student number before you do it!)

lol, I was thinking about that and this one "Walk in, get the exam, sit down. About 5 min into it, loudly say to the instructor, "I don't understand ANY of this. I've been to every lecture all semester long! What's the deal? And who the hell are you? Where's the regular guy?"" Would be the perfect one to do it in, I could just go to another uni and do it, haha.

You crazy Americans! We in Aus finished our exams mid-November! I've been on holidays for a month!

Same man lol, and it feels good. Don't you Yanks have to head back after the Chirstmas and New Year holidays?

Accounting, Astronomy, Business Law, African History.....

What in the hell kind of degree are you getting in the end?!

I'm guessing veterinary medicine.

I've got Chemical Engineering 408 (process dynamics and controls), Chemical Engineering 411 (plant design I), and Chemical Engineering 421 (reactor design). 411 and 421 will be fine. 408 will kick me all sorts of directions.

How many, how difficult, how long do you have to study and how long have you procrastinated it?
No more finals for me. I've passed my final finals, and while I'm still at university theoretically till end of March, there's nothing else to do but celebrate the end of forever!

100-page final exam thesis paper, 3X 4h written exams, 3X 30min oral exams, 2X 1h oral exams.

I'm done. "School's out forever" - for now, 'cause I'll return to school as a teacher. Hehehe.

Get a copy of the exam, run out screaming "Andre, Andre, I've got the secret documents!!"
Talk the entire way through the exam. Read questions aloud, debate your answers with yourself out loud. If asked to stop, yell out, "I'm SOOO sure that you can hear me thinking." Then start talking about what a jerk the instructor is.
Bring a Game Boy. Play with the volume at max level.
On the answer sheet find a new, interesting way to refuse to answer every question. For example: I refuse to answer this question on the grounds that it conflicts with my religious beliefs. Be creative.
Run into the exam room looking about frantically. Breathe a sigh of relief. Go to the instructor, say "They've found me, I have to leave the country" and run off.
15 min. into the exam, stand up, rip up all the papers into very small pieces, throw them into the air and yell out "Merry Christmas." If you're really daring, ask for another copy of the exam. Say you lost the first one. Repeat this process every 15 min.
Come into the exam wearing slippers, a bathrobe, a towel on your head, and nothing else.
Come down with a BAD case of Tourette's Syndrome during the exam. Be as vulgar as possible.
Bring things to throw at the instructor when s/he's not looking. Blame it on the person nearest to you.
As soon as the instructor hands you the exam, eat it.
Every 5 min. stand up, collect all your things, move to another seat, continue with the exam.
Turn in the exam approx. 30 min. into it. As you walk out, start commenting on how easy it was.
Get the exam. 20 min into it, throw your papers down violently, scream out "Fuck this!" and walk out triumphantly.
Arrange a protest before the exam starts (ie. Threaten the instructor that whether or not everyone's done, they are all leaving after one hour to go drink.)
Show up completely drunk (completely drunk means at some point during the exam, you should start crying for mommy).
Comment on how sexy the instructor is looking that day.
Come to the exam wearing a black cloak. After about 30 min, put on a white mask and start yelling "I'm here, the phantom of the opera" until they drag you away.
If the exam is math/sciences related, make up the longest proofs you could possible think of. Get pi and imaginary numbers into most equations. If it is a written exam, relate everything to your own life story.
Try to get people in the room to do a wave.
Bring some large, cumbersome, ugly idol. Put it right next to you. Pray to it often. Consider a small sacrifice.
During the exam, take apart everything around you. Desks, chairs, anything you can reach.
Puke into your exam booklet. Hand it in. Leave.
Take 6 packages of rice cakes to the exam. Stuff at least 2 rice cakes into your mouth at once. Chew, then cough. Repeat if necessary.
Masturbate.
Walk in, get the exam, sit down. About 5 min into it, loudly say to the instructor, "I don't understand ANY of this. I've been to every lecture all semester long! What's the deal? And who the hell are you? Where's the regular guy?"
Do the entire exam in another language. If you don't know one, make one up!
Bring a black marker. Return the exam with all questions and answers completely blacked out.
Every now and then, clap twice rapidly. If the instructor asks why, tell him/her in a very derogatory tone, "the light bulb that goes on above my head when I get an idea is hooked up to a clapper. DUH!"
From the moment the exam begins, hum the theme to Jeopardy. Ignore the instructor's requests for you to stop. When they finally get you to leave one way or another, begin whistling the theme to the Bridge on the River Kwai.
After you get the exam, call the instructor over, point to any question, ask for the answer. Try to work it out of him/her.
In the middle of the test, have a friend rush into the classroom, tag your hand, and resume taking your test for you. When the teacher asks what's going on, calmly explain the rules of Tag Team Testing to him/her.
Bring cheat sheets FOR ANOTHER CLASS (make sure this is obvious... like history notes for a calculus exam... otherwise you're not just failing, you're getting kicked out too) and staple them to the exam, with the comment "Please use the attached notes for references as you see fit."
Stand up after about 15 minutes, and say loudly, "Okay, let's double-check our answers! Number one, A. Number two, C. Number three, E...."
Fake an orgasm. When interrupted, apologize, and explain that question #__ moved you, deeply.
Wear a superman outfit under your normal clothes. 30 minutes into the exam, jump up and answer your phone, shouting "What? I'm on my way!!". rip off your outer clothes and run out of the room. strike a pose first for added effect.
If your answers are on a scantron sheet, fill it out in pen.
Bring a giant cockroach into the room and release it on a girl nearby.

I wish I was in a position where I knew I was going to fail anyway because some of these are fucking gold.
You made me laugh very, very hard with your list. Thanks for sharing!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Pergament.jpg

If your answers are on a scantron sheet, fill it out in pen.



Not entirely relevant, but...

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/scantron.png

I have 3 presentations this week, plus two papers this week, and then finals are next week. Not really looking forward to any of it. Only one semester left though.. Woo hoo.

I dont study and just let what happens happen, i mean if you have to study for four hours before you get something to stick in your head for ten minutes than you should be paying more attention in class, you could do much more useful things with your time

3...my Human Growth & Development one was cancelled, thank god...Writing Three Pages for Every Goddamn chapter...wouldve sucked total balls...17 chapters btw...

But, luckily that one's gone...leaving the only one im worried about being Public Speaking...cause I think we've only had maybe two or three weeks worth of total class time, The Professor mustve been scheduled for every meeting/forum on the Coast...ridiculous...

English and Sociology oughta be pretty okay though...I have to write a Paraphrase of ten poems and then make a big artsy book of them...

and Sociology is supposed to be hard, but, ive aced all the tests so far, and I get to bring my study guide with all my notes written on it, so Im expecting to ace that one too...



Unfortunately im Still in the process of Procrastinating for all of those, lol...

Discrete Mathematics - dont know what the hell is going on.
Physics (electromagnetism and some relativity) - ditto
Applied Linear Algebra - easy sauce
Data Structures and algorithms - tough, but I'm prepared
Economics 101 - easy sauce, just regurgitate capitalist rhetoric and memorize a few equations (CPI, GDP deflator, etc) and technical terms

4, two on monday, 2 on tuesday. And unfortunitlly, I have 90%-93% in all my classes, so my As all hinge on my finals grades :(

I submitted my term paper for the hardest class Ive ever taken in my life last week. I have an 89% in that class, so, again, my final grade is dependent on that paper.


So much pressure.

Accounting, Astronomy, Business Law, African History.....

What in the hell kind of degree are you getting in the end?!

Accounting. GECs make for some fun course combinations.

I have four, but one is a take-home and for another one he's given us the questions already.
Engineering Calculus 1 exam on Wednesday, Intro to Women's Studies exam on Thursday, take-home exam for Arts/Humanities Honors due at noon on Thursday, and Acquisition of Knowledge exam on Friday.
I'm going to study for the calculus exam now.

Four finals in 2 weeks. Organic chemistry, quantitative analysis, Music and Film, and Greek Myth. I'm pretty much guaranteed an A in quantitative analysis. I have either a high B or low A in the other 3, so I'll need to do some studying next week.

I've done 4 on one day...

Not entirely relevant, but...

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/scantron.png

lol

You made me laugh very, very hard with your list. Thanks for sharing!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Pergament.jpg

lol, never had that before *steals image*

2, this semester. I'll study for about 2 hours for each of them. I missed more classes this semester than I probably should have.
Unfortunately the one is at a somewhat inconvenient time, but not as inconvenient as it could be.

I dont study and just let what happens happen, i mean if you have to study for four hours before you get something to stick in your head for ten minutes than you should be paying more attention in class, you could do much more useful things with your time

You know how to do it, except instead of doing more useful things with my time I usually watch TV.

I have 5 exams over 5 days (Legal Writing, Family Law, Contracts, Torts, Intro) and I only get a book in one, and that's for Family Law. the front half is clipped shut, leaving only the back with the statutes. Every other class has a cheatsheet, including Torts. I typed it up... and managed to cram all my Tort notes onto a single page without excluding anything.