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How close are you to graduating?

randomuser
edited February 2009 in General
Is anyone else near the end finding you just don't give a shit anymore...?

It seems like my effort went up after first year, stayed steady in year two and three, and now that I'm at the end I can't force myself to do anything.

What have you found is the relationship between your year and motivation?
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  • IVTIVT
    edited February 2009
    1/2 way

    i can't wait to get to where you are where effort doesn't matter anymore :teeth:
  • Agentbob
    edited February 2009
    randomuser;48048 said:
    Is anyone else near the end finding you just don't give a shit anymore...?

    It seems like my effort went up after first year, stayed steady in year two and three, and now that I'm at the end I can't force myself to do anything.

    What have you found is the relationship between your year and motivation?
    Didn't you just finish your thesis? I'd say your level of giving a shit is probably higher than most students.

    I'm the same as you, but I've been taking classes ever since I go into SFU with no semester break. I'm going on coop this summer for 8-12 months, so hopefully I'll be able to rewind by the time I get back.
  • IVTIVT
    edited February 2009
    i think randomuser is and undergrad. I don't think she did a thesis
  • randomuser
    edited February 2009
    Honors thesis...you'd be surprised how much you can not care and still do good. I've done one too many full day study / research sessions to make up for a week of nothing.

    I havent been taking semesters off since first year either, maybe thats what it is.
  • siuying
    edited February 2009
    yeah.. i actually find i come back with more motivation and focus for the semester if i take the summer off (took my first summer off last year)..

    i'm graduating soon.. but it's not like i don't give shit anymore.. more like what the hell did i spend my 3/4 years on... oh the inferiority.. =S
  • JayDub
    edited February 2009
    End of my third year and I will have about 101 credits.

    I graduate in three more semesters.
  • randomuser
    edited February 2009
    JayDub;48070 said:
    End of my third year and I will have about 101 credits.

    I graduate in three more semesters.
    You forgot to mention your motivation level.

    I also work full time which might be sucking the life out of me, full time school + full time work is brutal after a while. Then again, money is great.
  • buflibufli
    edited February 2009
    my 1st year i put in more effort then i normally would (which my gpa reflected)
    2nd & 3rd year i slacked major ass given how high my gpa was after 1st year lol
    now im picking up the effort again cuz im actually interested in some of the subjects but overall i really dont care that much
  • JayDub
    edited February 2009
    randomuser;48073 said:
    You forgot to mention your motivation level.

    I also work full time which might be sucking the life out of me, full time school + full time work is brutal after a while. Then again, money is great.
    While you work, I row. The amount of time I spend rowing a week is equivalent to having a job. Six times a week in the mornings and then five evening work outs too.
  • schmoey
    edited February 2009
    First year.. far far away from graduating.
    I thought my first semester was great, I loved it. Second semester so far... not so much. Losing motivation already =\
  • randomuser
    edited February 2009
    JayDub;48080 said:
    While you work, I row. The amount of time I spend rowing a week is equivalent to having a job. Six times a week in the mornings and then five evening work outs too.
    How do you feel though? Arguably I could see myself rather going to the gym and out running more than I could working full time and going to school.

    I'm not arguing which is harder, I'm just curious how everyone feels, motivation wise. Does all that make you less or more wanting to be in school?
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    I am in my third and a half year and have 82 credits as we speak. I can easily graduate in a year.

    Believe it or not, I am highly motivated right now because I am nearing the end of my program and much of the hard stuff (if there are any) have already been dealt with. What this meant is that my workload will only get easier as I head into fourth year. Also, I have decided to reduce my workload by over 50% in the remaining semesters for other priorities in life. Finally, the death of the Canadian Studies Center and the anarchy of the Political Science bring me much joy and motivation.
  • nicole
    edited February 2009
    I've been going full-time since Fall of 2007 so technically I suppose I'm mid-second year, nearing third? I'm in co-op right now and taking one distance ed course...as easy as the DE course is, I find I'm not motivated at all. I'd rather be working and I just don't really care about the course, but I have to find some time to complete assignments.

    When I take five courses, I'm usually pretty motivated. My first semester of four courses I felt I almost had too much spare time and needed the extra course to concentrate. We'll see how the summer goes!
  • JayDub
    edited February 2009
    randomuser;48086 said:
    How do you feel though? Arguably I could see myself rather going to the gym and out running more than I could working full time and going to school.

    I'm not arguing which is harder, I'm just curious how everyone feels, motivation wise. Does all that make you less or more wanting to be in school?
    Oh definitely not, I don't want to get into a fight of "I am much better than you because I do all this." That's not true, I just wanted to point out that I also am committed to something else besides school.

    How do I feel motivation wise? Not bad, I usually take a lot of random classes out of pure interest so half of them are really interesting to me.

    I have to keep my day to day pretty organized so I can get everything done on time so I guess my motivation is, "if I don't do it now, I won't be able to later and then I will get a big fat zero."
  • vonnie
    edited February 2009
    Well, technically I only have 3 more studying semesters. But I'm on co-op for 2 sems right now, and going to do 1 more, so it's going to be another 2 years till I graduate.

    If I didn't do co-op I could grad this year...

    Since I'm on co-op, not really motivated to do much... just want to get paid.
    But when I was in school, I'm pretty gung ho about getting work done and stuff.
  • Magnificent_BastardMagnificent_Bastard
    edited February 2009
    This is my last term at SFU, and then I graduate =( I'm at 68 credits now, and I'm getting my last 10 this term. Looks like I can't be a TalkSFU member anymore if I'm not an SFU student.
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    Magnificent_Bastard;48133 said:
    Looks like I can't be a TalkSFU member anymore if I'm not an SFU student.
    Who said anything about you can't be a TalkSFU member once you graduate? Our mod Imelting and Administrator Simon are SFU alumni.
  • Magnificent_BastardMagnificent_Bastard
    edited February 2009
    Well, Simon owns the site, and imelting smells, so that explains everything.
  • meeshmeesh
    edited February 2009
    In first year I worked really hard. Got a decent GPA.
    Now although I still do give a crap, I don't put much effort in anymore. Getting much higher GPAs.

    At the moment, I'm generally not motivated to do anything. getting started on menial tasks takes me a long time.. Like starting from last Monday I had to mark quizzes for students, which takes about 30mins in total. I finally got off my ass to do it today. *sigh*

    Edit: forgot to add how close I am to graduating. technically i could graduate Fall 2009 (graduating credit total: 136). but right now i'm taking my sweet precious time in school and i really have no clue. maybe 2011 because i want to take some time to work/travel.
  • triMOON
    edited February 2009
    7.5 weeks
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    My parents have been egging me to get into PDP and become a teacher once I finished my History and Humanities Double Major Program. Should I? Even if I am, I will be getting it from UBC.
    triMOON;48528 said:
    7.5 weeks
    Be careful, SFU may throw you a curve ball and inform you that a few of your credit didn't quite transfer and you have to stick around for another semester. This happend to one of the girl in my HUM 340 class last spring.
  • hikin
    edited February 2009
    if your not sure you want to become a teacher then dont.
  • Guest1
    edited February 2009
    Student0667;48657 said:
    My parents have been egging me to get into PDP and become a teacher once I finished my History and Humanities Double Major Program. Should I? Even if I am, I will be getting it from UBC.



    Be careful, SFU may throw you a curve ball and inform you that a few of your credit didn't quite transfer and you have to stick around for another semester. This happend to one of the girl in my HUM 340 class last spring.
    I've been thinking about becoming some sort of a teacher as well... But I really don't want to teach high schoolers =T So professor...? =T

    I thought you needed to major in Education to teach (I have two friends majoring in Education, one is going to teach elementary, one is going to teach high school history) but I just googled the PDP, and found out about another program, the PQP. It says "...The Professional Qualification Program (PQP) at SFU is a 12-month program located in the lower mainland designed to support teachers who have previous teaching experience or qualifications from outside Canada to enter the teaching profession in BC...." it seems good for me because I'm planning to teach English in Asia for a year or two, but I wanna come back to good ol' Canada.
    However, the PQP seems to be for immigrant teachers... I'm a born and raised Canadian but I'm planning to go to Asia to teach English and then come back and teach (maybe)... I should talk to an advisor about this, ha.

    Thanks, Student, another thing I need to look into now, hahah.
  • triMOON
    edited February 2009
    Student0667;48657 said:
    My parents have been egging me to get into PDP and become a teacher once I finished my History and Humanities Double Major Program. Should I? Even if I am, I will be getting it from UBC.

    Be careful, SFU may throw you a curve ball and inform you that a few of your credit didn't quite transfer and you have to stick around for another semester. This happend to one of the girl in my HUM 340 class last spring.
    I've checked, double checked, tripled checked and talked to an advisor twice about it. I'm at 110 credits and doing the final 10 right now.
  • fox
    edited February 2009
    im slowing down like crazy... im about 3/4 of a year behind (due to taking only 3 courses at a time) and now with coop, im really behind. i guess part of it is that im losing motivation.

    inspiration anyone?
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    fox;48961 said:
    im slowing down like crazy... im about 3/4 of a year behind (due to taking only 3 courses at a time) and now with coop, im really behind. i guess part of it is that im losing motivation.

    inspiration anyone?
    My two eldest cousins are university graduates and they now have a life that I can only dream of. Is that motivating for you?
  • vonnie
    edited February 2009
    ^ What do they do?
  • Student0667
    edited February 2009
    vonnie;49048 said:
    ^ What do they do?
    I don't talk to them much, especially regarding what they do. However, all I know is tha they are both Computer Science graduates and one of them works for a company call Business Objects.

    So I am guessing they work in computer programming?
  • JayDub
    edited February 2009
    Business Objects is a horrible company.
  • Guest1
    edited February 2009
    Student0667;49047 said:
    My two eldest cousins are university graduates and they now have a life that I can only dream of. Is that motivating for you?
    Since you don't talk to them much and aren't sure about what they even do (career-wise) what kind of life is this that you dream of? O_o

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