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rant: i can't study anymore!!
it just feels like my brain is saturated and won't absorb anything anymore.. =( nothing is sticking and arGh.. it's frustrating.. not to mention i've only scratched the surface of econ to which the final is on wed.. i haven't touched ling (which is also on wed) nor crim (thurs).. and speaking of crim i still have a 100+ pages to read.. bleh* fun stuff..
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OR, you could listen to the lecture recordings while you sleep, and hope it absorbs that way. Or sleep with your textbook as a pillow, and hope the knowledge absorbs directly into your brain. I tried before, and woke up with a headache that I assumed was an excess of knowledge; so much so that its sheer mass was causing my brain to swell to a size too big for my skull, thus causing a headache. Or it could be because of the pointy edges...up to your own interpretation.
tomorrow i have an english exam and i have yet to read half the material.
and i have another one on friday that i just haven't read ANYTHING for. lol
but think of it this way, force yourself to study now, suffer in the present...and you know that it'll be all better once it's all over.
that's how i handle it.
usually, i spend about an hour and a half with intense studying, then take a half an hour break to relax, and let myself digest the material. it works for me...and it might for you!
it could be a problem that i don't stress. like seriously, i think i have some chronic problem with the inability to worry...which makes me worry =P hahahahaha...god look at what studying has done to ME!
3 coffees, one Monster energy drink ...don't do what i did kids.
any more and i think i might pass out...
Let me go and use my daily journal as a pillow, and I'll let you know tomorrow =P
so meesh.. i wouldn't advise the caffeine consumption when your heart is already working so hard.. =P
@MB... i'll be waiting for my answer tml.. =)
wheres a good place to sleep at school, i got an exam at 830... then another at 7pm and im guna be dead tired so staying awake for 8 hours isnt an option, lol
Being stressed out certainly doesn't help you to recall the information and express it properly on the exam.
Admittedly, it's too late now to go back in time and do a little preparatory studying once a week or so, but maybe it will be lesson learned for next semester?
I've developed a c'est la vie attitude toward exams. I prepare as best as I can, but I don't pull all-nighters or guzzle the caffeine. The best thing you can do for yourself is have a clear, calm mind going in to the exam. Try a little deep breathing before even flipping that first page open.
A quote that helps me through shitty or stressful times is "this, too, will pass"
It'll all be a distant memory soon. Just do the best you can!
*siGh..blame it on short term memory!! =.="
My own twist: aim low, so even if you miss your goal, you'd just barely miss it.
Bah im dead tired from studying too last one this thursday effing math stuff is so boring mmmhhmm
i think i hav too much ambition and pride on the line to aim low, im a slacker and a last minute kinda person when it comes to studying but i still aim for a's !!
it just bugs me cause i know im capable and smart enough to score well, i just dont put in the time/effort to get it sometimes
take a deep breath. count backwards from 10. tell yourself "I can do this!" slug down a cup of joe. it'll all be over soon enough
And my Psych 250 exam murdered me today. 190 multiple choice and 15 "short" answers... gahhhhhh...
By the time I got to the short(ish) answers I wasn't caring anymore! One nice thing about so many m/c is that each one is worth less so you can screw up a bit more... :wink:
Is there usually such a drastic difference between the midterm and the finals?! I was at Langara before this semester and you could get a good idea of the final from the midterm. But here they've all been SO much more difficult!
At least I'll know what to expect next term!
On the other hand, 241 was scaled so 75 or something was a B+
So conclusion uh... always pray that your prof scales.
Siuying, for me regarding this whole studying thing, I am very much a slacker. One more crazy exam tomorrow at 8:30 and I'm online here after watching TV online for 90mins... yah. Anyways, I know how you feel with the whole capable thing, but I think I've figured out whats wrong with me; I'm afraid of trying and not reaching the goal I think I'm capable of, so I slack and tell myself my B-'s are find because I dont try. Been like that since high school, so its not like I'll be changing anyways.
But hey, w/e works. I need to get some coffee, tireddddd
And I have one more tomorrow too in Linguistics. Siuying, you know how much fun Pankratz is! So I haven't been to the class since the midterm and I've been slacking like crazy (stoopid Nintendo Wii!), so now I have to teach myself 5 chapters and over a month's worth of lecture... whoops...
At least I'll have short term memory on my side, right?
Oh and update on my murderous Psych 250 exam (the 190 multiple choice one). Everyone is rallying on the WebCT site and they're writing tons of emails to the prof, trying to get her to scale it down. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who freaked out!
he screwed up our final and tons of people were mailing and complaining about which version was harder
he ignored the mails :P
And yes, I think that there should be only one version of the frigging exam and he should just make people sit apart. It's impossible to guarantee that they are the same!
In response to all the ranting and emails, the prof has dropped 5 M/C questions and 3 of the S/A. So it stinks for the people who got those right and have to lose marks!
The real icing on the cake is she ordered the text in for ONE semester. So not only did I have to buy the damn thing new, I can sell it back for a whopping $14.
I think it was ling 100 where he miss photocopied stuff or such