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Midterm Madness?

Malakaiii
edited February 2007 in General
How are the midterms going so far?

Does anyone have any good study habits to share, or is it all caffeine induced late nights? :wink:

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(isn't it a beautiful thing when you search for a comic about midterms on google images and the only one you find is from The Peak?... awwwwesome)

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  • imelting
    edited February 2007
    its like i fear crossing out days on my calander


    impending doom: 20th 21st, 28th 29th. uh oh.
  • Malakaiii
    edited February 2007
    Ouch... I hate those 2 days in a row deals...

    One thing that I've found that either calms me down or throws me into a panic, is be aware before the midterm what percentage the test is worth. I just wrote one this morning that I was stressing about... until I found out it was only worth 15%!

    I think I did well, anyway. I was the first one to leave the lecture hall. That always weirds me out... like maybe I missed a page or something!
  • imelting
    edited February 2007
    i think its all 30% or more for all of mine haha
  • Magnificent_BastardMagnificent_Bastard
    edited February 2007
    20th. 21st, 22nd, 23rd

    I've got a marathon on my hands. If you don't hear from me after next week....avenge my death.
  • meeshmeesh
    edited February 2007
    Malakaiii said:
    Ouch... I hate those 2 days in a row deals...

    One thing that I've found that either calms me down or throws me into a panic, is be aware before the midterm what percentage the test is worth. I just wrote one this morning that I was stressing about... until I found out it was only worth 15%!

    I think I did well, anyway. I was the first one to leave the lecture hall. That always weirds me out... like maybe I missed a page or something!
    i know how you feel!! especially during finals when some courses give me 3 hours, and i leave at about 1 hr and half to two hours in...i feel guilty about not using up all my time, and at times, i feel obligated to stay... haha

    as for midterms...i'm lucky that my exam schedules aren't crammed up together.
  • Malakaiii
    edited February 2007
    Magnificent_Bastard said:
    20th. 21st, 22nd, 23rd

    I've got a marathon on my hands. If you don't hear from me after next week....avenge my death.
    Oh jeez... That's scary! If I were you, I'd be deciding which I need to actually study for and which courses can just use a quick review. That's definitely a full plate!
  • Rhea
    edited February 2007
    Im busy cramming for mine right now! I tried avoiding the coffee otherwise you end up fueling this cycle of ups and downs but Im on my third cup today :( As long as I do well thats all that matters so I'm studying hard hope you guys are too!

    funny comic btw haha
  • Jimmy
    edited February 2007
    i did bad (and i mean BAD)........i hate writing midterms while your sick, just cant accomplish anything but sleep
  • siuying
    edited February 2007
    i'm officially bummed out.. i just got back results of a midterm i really put effort on studying.. i didn't get a bad mark.. 80% is fine with me.. but it turns out the avg mark for a class of 200+ ppl was 80%.. so the prof has decided to curve it.. given that the marks are skewed..

    i know i shouldn't be whining.. but i just feel like i'm not getting my part of the deal.. i studied hard for my exam and shoud be entitled to what i achieved.. it should be my performance that's judged not in comparison to others.. maybe it's because i've never been in a situation like this but anyway.. that just took out all the motivation for me to study.. =(
  • Malakaiii
    edited February 2007
    Yeah, I hate when professors curve the marks... What they should do is learn not to write crappy exams. It really is a lazy way to create an "average" class average.
  • meeshmeesh
    edited February 2007
    i'm officially bummed out.. i just got back results of a midterm i really put effort on studying.. i didn't get a bad mark.. 80% is fine with me.. but it turns out the avg mark for a class of 200+ ppl was 80%.. so the prof has decided to curve it.. given that the marks are skewed..

    i know i shouldn't be whining.. but i just feel like i'm not getting my part of the deal.. i studied hard for my exam and shoud be entitled to what i achieved.. it should be my performance that's judged not in comparison to others.. maybe it's because i've never been in a situation like this but anyway.. that just took out all the motivation for me to study.. =(
    aw, i know how you feel. that's what happened to me last semester. i got a B in a class where my percentage shouldve been an A- ..it's bull.

    may i ask which class this is for?

    is it Math 157?
  • siuying
    edited February 2007
    @meesh: it's econ 103..
  • imelting
    edited February 2007
    i dont see a problem with curving, its works both ways, ive been on both ends of it but on the whole it isnt a terrible thing

    just gives good marks to students who did better relative to others

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