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Procrastinating on Finals

Thanatos
edited December 2009 in General
How's the studying for the finals going? I'm procrastinating like crazy. I hate them. You would think the course being 'over' would be a good thing because it gives you more time to actually study without interruptions like assignments due. But I actually get more studying done during midterm time.. at that point I'm still motivated. By the time finals roll around I've already had two colds and lost most motivation and discipline.

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  • EricJ
    edited December 2009
    I always have this problem. I don't want to ever have to take calculus again though, that should be motivation enough to get this done, but I'm not so sure yet.
  • mab18
    edited December 2009
    i haven't started yet...
  • xxk1nky
    edited December 2009
    Starting tomorrow with my first final on the 11th!
  • Jimmy
    edited December 2009
    i dont know about you guys, i've been studying since the first day of school. On the plus side, no final exams this semester
  • NukeChem
    edited December 2009
    Nice luck there Jimmy :)

    As for the rest of you: take some downtime when you do study, 'cuz studying like hell all the time is no fun. :)
  • Thanatos
    edited December 2009
    EricJ;62002 said:
    I always have this problem. I don't want to ever have to take calculus again though, that should be motivation enough to get this done, but I'm not so sure yet.
    Which calculus are you taking?
    I'm taking Math 154 in the Spring - calculus for biological sci. Dreading it. I passed Math 100 with a B but then didn't take any math for the next two semesters (stupid stupid). In fact my spring semester is going to be brutal. Math 154, Phys 101, Psych 201 and Kin 207.
  • EricJ
    edited December 2009
    i'm in 152.

    Pretty sure if either
    1) it weren't at 8:30am in Burnaby
    or 2) i had any kind of study skills whatsoever
    it wouldn't be that hard.
  • xxk1nky
    edited December 2009
    NukeChem;62019 said:
    Nice luck there Jimmy :)

    As for the rest of you: take some downtime when you do study, 'cuz studying like hell all the time is no fun. :)
    Downtime for me next week = Lady Gaga concert!!!
  • NukeChem
    edited December 2009
    @xxk1nky: :teeth:

    @EricJ and the other calculus folks:

    What helps immensely is if you can get your mitts on some old final exams. Ask around and see if anyone in the Math student union maintains an exam bank and if so, dive in.

    My favorite words in integral calculus have always been: "Set up but do not evaluate the integral."

    That was always good for a few free marks because writing the integral is dead easy, it's calculating it that's hard. :p

    EDIT: I punched a few search terms into Google and got these pages:

    http://math.kennesaw.edu/~sellerme/sfehtml/classes/math1190/math1190.html

    http://math.kennesaw.edu/~sellerme/sfehtml/classes/math2202/math2202.html

    That should help you get a feel for the kinds of exams calc profs like to give.

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