Midterms

[Winsor_Pilates]

First time I'm not doing Midterms. Now I'm in the working work, doing 80 hours a week including 21 hour shifts.

Midterms was be heaven compared to the grind I'm doing now. Atleast I get money for it though.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Juventus3

My Geog 340 midterm is tomorrow afternoon, I haven't studied much either. Laissez-faire economics & Urbanization kinda stuff...It's a great elective.

I'm also in the lazy B's club. The jump in effort just doesn't seem worth the result.

Ditto man. Especially as you gradually get closer to your degree, and you have a job already. The motivation just tanks.

I'm in classes with people who are literally beating their books to death. This is the way I see it concerning writing one of my core midterms a couple weeks ago.

You have people who sink 25 hours a week into class on top of 4 hours a week of class itself for 11 weeks. In addition to this they will invest countless hours into that class the week of the midterm itself. They will write that test and likely get 80-90%. An 'A'.

That is 319 hours not including actual midterm specific study time.

I go to 4 hours of class a week. I invest almost 10 hours over the course of the week of the midterm to study. I walk out of that test with 70-80%. A 'B'.

That is 54 hours over the semester. That had better be the best 'A' of your life to have dedicated an additional 265 hours of your life to its pursuit. The marginal benefit simply does not outweigh the marginal cost for me anymore.

[NSFL]

Originally Posted by Locke

That is 54 hours over the semester. That had better be the best 'A' of your life to have dedicated an additional 265 hours of your life to its pursuit. The marginal benefit simply does not outweigh the marginal cost for me anymore.

Man, I wish I could do it like you. That only works when you're not trying to get into a competitive program after you get your degree. Damn, I envy you.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by NSFL

Man, I wish I could do it like you. That only works when you're not trying to get into a competitive program after you get your degree. Damn, I envy you.

Thats true. If you have a competitive program to get into then my laziness doesnt work.

I have the option of going that route too, but right now, I need a break. My motivation is seriously waning. Its bad when I skip important classes to go to the Den with my buddies because I am honestly looking for any excuse not to go to class.

Hell, right now I'm supposed to be doing a Case Analysis, but instead I'm on CP. Why? I just dont want to, and I cant find a way to bring myself to do it.

[NSFL]

Originally Posted by Locke

Thats true. If you have a competitive program to get into then my laziness doesnt work.

I have the option of going that route too, but right now, I need a break. My motivation is seriously waning. Its bad when I skip important classes to go to the Den with my buddies because I am honestly looking for any excuse not to go to class.

Hell, right now I'm supposed to be doing a Case Analysis, but instead I'm on CP. Why? I just dont want to, and I cant find a way to bring myself to do it.

Too true, got a zool lab due tomorrow and here I am, on CP.

[the-rasta-masta]

Haha, the lazy B club. I love it. I have figured out the least amount of work that I need to do in each class to achive a 75-80% on each test. I usually put 5 hours towards each midterm to learn the material, and maybe a bit more for the finals, but during the course of the year I do nothing at all. I don't pre-read books or get ahead with my studies by any means. In fact, I have a BSEN 395 midterm tomorrow night that I havn't started studying for, and an ASTR 207 essay due on Thursday that I havn't started and probably won't until Wednesday night.

[Torture]

Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta

Haha, the lazy B club. I love it. I have figured out the least amount of work that I need to do in each class to achive a 75-80% on each test. I usually put 5 hours towards each midterm to learn the material, and maybe a bit more for the finals, but during the course of the year I do nothing at all. I don't pre-read books or get ahead with my studies by any means. In fact, I have a BSEN 395 midterm tomorrow night that I havn't started studying for, and an ASTR 207 essay due on Thursday that I havn't started and probably won't until Wednesday night.

MAAAAN! I'm in BSEN 395...You had me worried that I had a BSEN 395 midterm coming up that I hadn't done anything for!

[anyonebutedmonton]

Originally Posted by Locke

That is 54 hours over the semester. That had better be the best 'A' of your life to have dedicated an additional 265 hours of your life to its pursuit. The marginal benefit simply does not outweigh the marginal cost for me anymore.

It does if you want to go to grad school... And the difference between an A and a B can be as simple as doing the assigned questions as you go through the semester. You kid yourself if you think someone puts that much time into every class. 25 hours a week per class is 125hr total per week. I doubt you could find 5 people in an undergrad degree that actually put this much time in.

Up until last year i had a 3.4 average doing literally no work outside of class except a few hours before each test. Since then I have put in maybe an extra 4 hours a week keeping up on questions etc. My GPA over that time is 3.7. Now I understand for some degree's that may not make a difference but in any type of competitive job market it will and it is the difference between being accepted to a good grad school and not getting accepted to any grad school.

PS Im also noticing a trend of how many business students are on CP... Are any other faculties represented in this large a proportion?

[the-rasta-masta]

Originally Posted by Torture

MAAAAN! I'm in BSEN 395...You had me worried that I had a BSEN 395 midterm coming up that I hadn't done anything for!

What do you mean? If your in BSEN 395 at U of C than you have a midterm tonight...

[The Yen Man]

Originally Posted by NSFL

Biol 313. Intro to genetics. Weeder course. Holy frack, talk about brutal course. Failed the midterm and cried my way through the final. To this day I'm still amazed I passed that course. Does not help when you're a history major and only minoring in biology so trying to do 2 high level history courses and genetics and ecology at the same time. Way crappier than the Calgary sewage plant.

I've been out of school for a few years now, but do they still do the fruit flies for that class? I remember getting raped pretty hard in Genetics and Organic Chem, and, although I still passed, I realized that I hated Science, and thus decided to switch over to Management.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

I've been out of school for a few years now, but do they still do the fruit flies for that class? I remember getting raped pretty hard in Genetics and Organic Chem, and, although I still passed, I realized that I hated Science, and thus decided to switch over to Management.

Come to the dark side, we are more powerful, I dont care what any Engineer says!

Yeah, lots of Haskayne guys on CP. I'm going to have to be checking over my shoulder when I log on in the computer lab.

BTW, if you're in BSEN 395 at U of C, you'd probably better check your course outline for the midterm, cuz yeah, its on. Tonight I mean.

I'm glad I finished that class a long time ago.

[The Yen Man]

Originally Posted by Locke

Come to the dark side, we are more powerful, I dont care what any Engineer says!

Yeah, lots of Haskayne guys on CP. I'm going to have to be checking over my shoulder when I log on in the computer lab.

BTW, if you're in BSEN 395 at U of C, you'd probably better check your course outline for the midterm, cuz yeah, its on. Tonight I mean.

I'm glad I finished that class a long time ago.

Oh, I'm actually all done school, graduated in 2004 from Haskayne. So I'm already over on the darkside.

[Cowboy89]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

Oh, I'm actually all done school, graduated in 2004 from Haskayne. So I'm already over on the darkside.

I believe Wil Holden called it the 'Temple of Greed,' maybe Econ or geography majors who have been to some of his classes can elaborate on this.

[Torture]

Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta

What do you mean? If your in BSEN 395 at U of C than you have a midterm tonight...

Not if you you're in Bowal's class.

Good luck on the midterm though!

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Cowboy89

I believe Wil Holden called it the 'Temple of Greed,' maybe Econ or geography majors who have been to some of his classes can elaborate on this.

Yeah, the Temple of Greed, and he called all Haskayne professors "Dick's SoB's."

Holden was hilarious. Killer Econ prof.

[the-rasta-masta]

Originally Posted by Torture

Not if you you're in Bowal's class.

Good luck on the midterm though!

Wierd, I assumed most Haskayne classes had all class sections write midterms on the same day. My midterm in a little over an hour is a 10 case study short answer. I'm getting writer's cramp thinking about it.

[Cowboy89]

Originally Posted by Locke

Yeah, the Temple of Greed, and he called all Haskayne professors "Dick's SoB's."

Holden was hilarious. Killer Econ prof.

I thought that phrase was a Larry Wood original. Don't tell me he's been stealing material now!

Not if you you're in Bowal's class.

Good luck on the midterm though!

He was the man. Awesome prof!

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Cowboy89

I thought that phrase was a Larry Wood original. Don't tell me he's been stealing material now!

It think it is. At the same time though Larry wins the U of C Ironman championship in competition with Holden.

Hes been there forever!

[Torture]

Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta

Wierd, I assumed most Haskayne classes had all class sections write midterms on the same day. My midterm in a little over an hour is a 10 case study short answer. I'm getting writer's cramp thinking about it.

Ouch. I'll take my 3 Online open book quizzes over that any day. Do you have to do the admin tribunal assignment too, or is that just a Bowal thing?

[NSFL]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

I've been out of school for a few years now, but do they still do the fruit flies for that class? I remember getting raped pretty hard in Genetics and Organic Chem, and, although I still passed, I realized that I hated Science, and thus decided to switch over to Management.

Yup, fruit flies. That's why there's still so many flies always flying around the science buildings at the U. I'm so grateful I didn't have to take any chem courses.