Time For Final Exams!

[sixpence]

Hey all you Phatmass Students!

Its FINALS time!! (or it will be very shortly)...
In any case, I am sure you are all very busy studying and completing term papers, and final projects!
I just thought it would be fun to start a thread on studying or just plain complaining about the end of the semester!

My to do list includes...
1. a presentation of all my research thus far to my research adviser
2. a take home essay final on biocontrol
3. completing my insect collection for grading
4. final on insect taxonomy (although, i'm just auditing)
5. writing, giving, and grading micro lab practicals
6.proctoring exams
go home for Christmas!!! THEN...

7. BEGIN STUDYING FOR QUALS !!!


What have you got in store for the next few weeks??? How do you plan procrastinate and/or get things done?

[CatherineM]

I've got an exam in Medieval Church History on the 7th, and two final exams on the 15th, History and Bioethics. Don't know why we need two tests in two weeks in history, but whatever.

[txdinghysailor]

Procrastinate as long as possible, to increase motivation. Red Bull to stay awake. Nyquill to sleep.

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Procrastinate as long as possible, to increase motivation. Red Bull to stay awake. Nyquill to sleep.
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one time I drank 1.5 java monsters .. around 1230 at night writing a proposal.... fell asleep at 1am..

caffeine FAIL!

[penguin31]

I'm done with all courses for the semester, except for one: Math. And rather than one massive exam at the end, the professor has decided to go in a different direction: Three exams next week, the week before Finals Week itself: One on Monday, another on Wednesday, another on Friday. Exam 1 in the Gauntlet covers material the previous exam. Exam 2 in the Gauntlet is the cumulative portion of the exam. Exam 3 in the Gauntlet? A bonus, optional exam that can raise your grade by up to 10% but can't lower it.

[Christie_M]

I plan to study, study, study! I'm so close to good grades in all my classes, that if I just ace the Final (with in the next two weeks...), it would be a huge lift in my GPA. I have Current U.S. history, ASL 102, and Math...and 2 days inbetween each final to study. so nervous.

[Christie_M]

(no more edit button? hmm)
oh, and then enjoy my 2 weeks of Christmas Vacation before starting classes again.

[LaPetiteSoeur]

Urgh....finals. Mine are really late.

If I can do well on my Calc, no more math for me EVER. So awesome.

Novenas to St. John Newman start almost immediately so I will get an A in Art History and French.

Whew!

Bonne chance to all y'all!

[CatherineM]

I'm knee deep in 15th century humanism right now.

[SoonerCatholic]

I like library school, all projects few exams. I have no finals, but I have a pathfinder that I need to convert to html by Monday, a podcast due Wednesday and my final cataloging project by the 13th. Work half the week and then Christmas break until January. In the meantime find scholarships and internships for next year...

[Deus te Amat]

1) 2 differential equations exams by Thursday
2) Abstract Algebra assignment from some hot place due Monday
3) Abstract Algebra exam due Wednesday
4) Philosophy of Science paper due Thursday
5) Huge Theology Review to do and memorize
6) Theology final
7) Phil of Sci final
8) Diff E. Q. final
9) Cumulative Abstract Algebra final from hotter part of hell than the assignment
10) 2 essay take home final for my fifth class


By two weeks from yesterday. Whoo hoo!

I'm going to go lock myself in the math lab for the next 72 hours.

[loveletslive]

complaint: i've been working 8-9 hours a day for the past 6 days on a HUGE project. our paper (100+ of quantitative and qualitative operational, financlal, strategic, and marketing analysis) is due thursday morning.

[Luigi]

Suggestion - Caluclate your grades (in each class) to date, and run some variables on the final exam. In my experience, most finals won't make or break a grade unless you're sort of borderline in the first place. If you've got a solid B, a dynamite final still might not get you up to an A nor will a lousy final drop you to a C. That's why some profs make finals optional for students with certain grades.

In other words, run the numbers, and if you're solid at whatever your grade is, don't sweat the final too much.

(Caveat: Advice may not apply to final projects.)

[BG45]

Hmm... *thinks*

This Monday I have homework to turn in and a review session in Stats, my worst subject. Next Monday I have my stats final, worth 40% of my grade, if I get below a B I fail the class because in at this level "The C is the gentleman's F" as one prof loves putting it. My midterm was a low pass, my homeworks have all been good, I just totally freak out when I have to remember over a dozen sub-steps to write out to justify why I'm doing the easy enough math.

This Tuesday I have my final Theory class of the semester, which we'll just be discussing things and our prepared questions for one another. I've already turned in my final paper relating anomie on Muslim immigrants targeting the Danish newspaper that printed the Mohammed cartoons. No final in Theory.

This Wednesday I have a presentation of a research proposal I've been working on, then next Wednesday the final draft of the Proposal is do (40% of my grade) and my comprehensive final happens (40% of my grade).

I foresee much studying and final tweaking of that proposal! Also unrelated to school, I have an Advent Retreat on this coming Friday night.

[Gregorius]

[u]Well[/u], it's three in the morning where I am, I'm all alone in the student lounge wearing my sunday best, and I'm procrastinating on getting my work done for the next two weeks:

In about three hours I get ready to brave the cold and head to Mass and Matins, followed by
A test in Logic covering material I still don't know how to handle followed by
Trudging back to chapel then my room fighting the urge to go to bed in order to edit four different Spanish essays followed by
meeting a study group to prepare a backboard describing a semester-lonng research project on the Art-Gallery theorem (which I still can't explain well) skipping lunch to get to class followed by
Preparing a powerpoint for a presentation on work due Tuesday followed by
band reherarsal for a huge pep ralley Thursday followed by
Adoration where I need to pretend I don't have a bajillion things coming up in order to devote quality time to Our Lord, followed by
Important KoC meeting where we- oh wait, I need to e-mail the Grand Knight about my being able to help with that rally and that transfer, followed by
Chapel where hopefully I can say vespers/rosary/compline afterward and get enough sleep for
the next day where I get up early for Matins, followed by
finishing the math homework I didn't do earlier followed by
presentation that I prepared for yesterday followed by
writing three short one-page papers in Spanish describing different Spanish Masses i went to followed by
Solemn Mass complete with smells and bells followed by
Write a two page paper based on research to follow up that presentation followed by
Solemn Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (goodness, why are these college liturgies so late at night?) where assuming I don't have to stay up again I can get some sleep for
Mass/Matins followed by
early classes followed by
writing one-page reflection paper on that research project I didn't do quite enough research for followed by
shoot I'm probably forgetting something or trying to make up for things above I didn't do before followed by
Band rehearsal again followed by
meeting of Militia Immaculata where I'll most likely forget the statue of Mary where I'll have to rush back and forth through the cold to get it followed by
Bible Study which I might as well skip considering I only remember having time to go to one session this semester followed by
most likely more work which requires staying up followed by
Mass in Spanish/Matins followed by
visiting a friend before break starts followed by
class which includes presentation on that backboard which hopefully I was wise enough to do more research on followed by
one more reflection paper to write (or did I already write it?) followed by
Anime club's Invader Zim Christmas party which as the club's esteemed president I am required to attend, followed by
wait, wait, go back, I just remembered I have to file an end-of-year report for my club, so when I figure out when that's due I next have to go to
That epic pep-rally we've been preparing for which runs late into the night followed by
oh my goodness two days have passed it's friday morning already my dear sweet Mother Mary Most Holy I love you very much, I consecrated myself to you earlier this week please fulfill your end of the bargain and take me from my misery here to your divine Son in heaven right now followed by
Early Morning Mass/Matins followed by
Early classes followed by
make sure those three papers were done followed by
take a visit to a nursing home for a few hours as the residents are good people and my club is obligated to go followed by
will I even have time to go with campus ministry to party with the nearby convent where there will be lots of caroling and baked goods followed by
me walking into my room and collapsing (hopefully on my bed) from exhaustion followed by
oh snap it's 11:45 on Saturday I need to get to noon Mass at the top of the mountain where once there with God I'm all like oh yeah there's an assingment I didn't mention above that I forgot sorry I'll do better.
And I'll be craming the rest of the weekend, stopping for the occasional office/Mass, meal, and bathroom break, cause I got
FINALS. [b]ONE[/b][i][/i][u][/u] EVERY DAY. IN THE EARLY MORNING.
In that time I have to file that end-of-year report, complete the RA application, take the survey, and pack up to go home.
When that Friday comes where all finals are done, and my family picks me up, do I get to go home and go late-night caroling while riding through a gorgeous light-show with the Parish youth group? You bet your breviary that I can't. I'm on a committee that plans an annual religious retreat for the BSA in the Archdiocese, and I have to study some scripture to be prepared for the meeting that was conveniently rescheduled for that night, and possibly discussing some way of having me smuggled out to Cleer Creek, OK. At least I'll get a dinner with friends out of it.

Well, it WAS three in the morning where I am, I'm all alone in the student lounge wearing my Sunday best, and I'm not any closer to getting my work done. I'll just mosey along now...

Edited December 6, 2010 by Gregorius