Exam tips? (:

Dave!

Well, I know we all like tips for exams

So feel free to share any or to ask for any...

For example, anyone got any tips for the 1st year history courses?

Comparative revolutions --> Russian and French revolutions

I just went through my notes and this is what I had taken down from lectures and tutorials... if anyone has had the lecturers before (Prof. Gough, and can't remember the other one... Devlin?)

Early Medieval World
Romans, etc.
[ ] Roman Empire
[ ] Vikings
[ ] Charlemagne
[ ] Islamic Conquests

Christianity, etc.
[ ] St. Patrick (life)
[ ] St. Patrick (cult)
[ ] Anglo-Saxons
[ ] Mohammed


Comparative Revolutions
French Revolution
[ ] Origins
[ ] Terror
[ ] National Assembly

Russian Revolution
[ ] October (Bolsheviks)
[ ] Civil War
[ ] Decline of Lenin
[ ] Consolidation of Stalin’s power

Thanks

Riamfada

Doing the same exams this week. Should be no haslte. I got Johnson's Slides and Goughs Question "Was the terror a cause or a consequence" . Russia aslwel. Watch Stalin. No Worries. Easy Papers

besty

Finance:
Derivative of perpetuities
Options
Mergers
Beta
Normal q.1

Riamfada

besty wrote:

Finance:
Derivative of perpetuities
Options
Mergers
Beta
Normal q.1

Whatever floats your boat my friend

Pythia

Finance:
Derivative of perpetuities
Options
Mergers
Beta
Normal q.1

Yeah is that what he was saying today in class?

ChrisCross

Don't fail.

Definately don't fail if you're not even doing a real degree (you know what I'm talkin bout).

If you think you're going to fail don't start watching a Buffy marathon.

ChrisCross

oh and don't forget those sweet sweet past exam questions.
Check the Stuweb.

Riamfada

Its never the end of the world

ChrisCross

Yeah it's called the apocalypse and Buffy will save us anyways.

hullaballoo

besty wrote:

Finance:
Derivative of perpetuities
Options
Mergers
Beta
Normal q.1

Yeah, that's pretty much it for Finance, except for question 1 add in Adjusted Present Value as well (did it in class today)

I also reckon M&M is a fairly safe bet for it too. My list looks like this:

M&M
Mergers
Capital budgeting—including adjusted PV
Options (Theory)—Derivatives
Beta

Pythia

Besty and Hullaballoo, you in B&L or Commerce or which courses?

Sangre

I know for a fact Vikings is coming up in the History exam

hullaballoo

Pythia wrote:

Besty and Hullaballoo, you in B&L or Commerce or which courses?

We're both in B&L.

And you?

Chinafoot

Elva Johnson is usually a pretty good one to go with. Shes a very fair marker and a great lecturer.

hullaballoo

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blondie83

DaveMcG wrote:

Well, I know we all like tips for exams

So feel free to share any or to ask for any...

For example, anyone got any tips for the 1st year history courses?

If you go back to the start of May and read all the threads for that month you'll get a lot of good exam info. Plus some of them are really, really entertaining!

besty

Pythia wrote:

Besty and Hullaballoo, you in B&L or Commerce or which courses?

I'm B&L Pythia. I recognise you from some lectures from your pic on the other thread. Think you were in the lib yesterday possibly? Ok, I should stop now

drdre

guys im in commerce 2nd year, have the same topics as you guys.it should be ok,if i get some study done:D

Riamfada

For anyone out there doing 1st History

Cut down pretty short but these are the topics im going to learn for tomorrow night

1)Vikings
2)Rome Transformation/Decline
3)St Patrick
4)Islam

Do one.

And for Firday night (i hate revolutions)

Covering
1)Stalin
2)Russian Civil War
3)The Terror in the French Revolution

Comments?

maireadrua

hullaballoo wrote:

Yeah, that's pretty much it for Finance, except for question 1 add in Adjusted Present Value as well (did it in class today)

I also reckon M&M is a fairly safe bet for it too. My list looks like this:

Looks good to me. Am also looking over pretty much all of the assignments, as parts of them will come up in some shape or form. and considering I finally submitted them all...:rolleyes:

besty

maireadrua wrote:

Looks good to me. Am also looking over pretty much all of the assignments, as parts of them will come up in some shape or form. and considering I finally submitted them all...:rolleyes:

ah you've finally reached financial nirvana mairead. i'm a long way off that....apparently they aren't being marked, he is just going to check that they are submitted

maireadrua

besty wrote:

ah you've finally reached financial nirvana mairead. i'm a long way off that....apparently they aren't being marked, he is just going to check that they are submitted

Sweet!

Font22

o those damn assignments. gone past caring at thhis stage. lecture was class today, good old jimmy. great man and i found his sexist jokes quite funny tbh

drdre

font 22 are u in jims class for finance.he is class,he just gave it the exam cannot wait tp start studing and understand that stuff as it looks and sounds easy enough.

are stupid accounting teacher gave no hints i was waiting for them but at the end of lecture she goes thats it and good luck in the exam:rolleyes:

Pythia

Go Jimmy, go! Remember the 'rack' today!
Those questions better be on the exam now, they'll be all I'll know.
Yeah besty, I was in the library on Tuesday, studying for Macro.

Waltons

Oh god, Macro! At least it's MCQ...

Dave!

For comparative revolutions -- do you have to pass both the continuous assessment AND the exam, or do you just have to pass overall? My friend told me that for medieval you just have to pass overall, but I didn't ask for comparative. Anyone know?

Riamfada

Im not following at all. If you fail the exam you have to repeat no? As in you have to pass the exam and get a higher than an F in your essay to ove on. IF im wrong please correct me..



PS Dave. Studying The Terror only for todays exam. It has been up every year since 1999, and prob before. Blanking the Russian one, just the terror. Whats your plan for tonight?

peckerhead

DaveMcG wrote:

Well, I know we all like tips for exams

So feel free to share any or to ask for any...

For example, anyone got any tips for the 1st year history courses?

Here's one — get your sorry asses off Boards for a little while and DO SOME WORK!

Dave!

Yeah but you know the way the continuous assessment counts for 50% of your overall grade, and the exam counts for the other 50%? I was asking if, say you got 35% out of the 50% for the CA, and 15% out of the 50% for the exam (ie. you passed the CA, but failed the exam), then altogether that gives you 50% -- a pass overall, but you've failed one part of the course.

So in other words, do you need to get >20% (out of 50%) from each part of the course?

I'll most likely be studying the terror too... I tried to do Russia, but it's just too tricky or something, I can't get it. What part of the terror are you doing? What aspect of it, like?

Someone said that the question "was the terror a cause or a consequence?" will be coming up... how would you answer that?

Riamfada

I think if you fail you have to repeat regardless of how it affects your overall grade. Id have to say the terror was a consequence and outline what happened and why. Then the final stage was pure indulgence. Im heading to the exam center early. I study better at the door in my car. And by early I mean now

Dave!

Holy sh*t, that's VERY early :eek: I'm getting the bus at 4, should be at the center at about 5. I didn't get any study in the place last night What car you got?

Ruskie4Rent

S**t i'm not doing the terror. I'm stickin to the social consequences of the french revolution. Am I screwed? I hate when everybody studies something different to you.

drdre

peker head you are right, boards is addictive. i have 2 weeks left till my exams and have not studied a word yet. i really do need to cop on

Mr.Nice Guy

Ruskie4Rent wrote:

S**t i'm not doing the terror. I'm stickin to the social consequences of the french revolution. Am I screwed? I hate when everybody studies something different to you.

I didn't do the terror last year and I did fine. I'm sure you'll be alright.

Riamfada

Ruskie4Rent wrote:

S**t i'm not doing the terror. I'm stickin to the social consequences of the french revolution. Am I screwed? I hate when everybody studies something different to you.

eh did that come up. I seen the terror and causes in the same sentence and had a mini party in my pants and got stuck in .

Two things
1) Everyone EVERYONE was talking about the Russian Revolution before the exam. Freaked me out cause all i studied was the terror.

2)I move to have all the attractive invigulators banned from the exams. With a 1 hour exam it really eats into my time when i have to look at hot bottoms walking by.

Yes I am a pervert

Riamfada

DaveMcG wrote:

What car you got?

Red Fiat Bravo. That place is mad . Cant move in the exam center for about 45 mins before the exam

Scraggs

Grimes wrote:

hot bottoms

why does this sound like the Fr. Ted beauty comp thingy with the 'lovely girrrls'.........

Riamfada

Scraggs wrote:

why does this sound like the Fr. Ted beauty comp thingy with the 'lovely girrrls'.........

But then again "they all have lovely bottoms

Dave!

Grimes wrote:

2)I move to have all the attractive invigulators banned from the exams. With a 1 hour exam it really eats into my time when i have to look at hot bottoms walking by.

I would support that motion, they should be moved to my bedroom

orangerooster

Ugh having to do 3 goes of college exams in one year is not going to be fun!

Ruskie4Rent

Grimes wrote:

eh did that come up. I seen the terror and causes in the same sentence and had a mini party in my pants and got stuck in .

Two things
1) Everyone EVERYONE was talking about the Russian Revolution before the exam. Freaked me out cause all i studied was the terror.

2)I move to have all the attractive invigulators banned from the exams. With a 1 hour exam it really eats into my time when i have to look at hot bottoms walking by.

Yes I am a pervert

Obviously you weren't seated up in the seats up top. I had the oldest woman in the world as an invigulrator, and she had some oldness problem where she kept repeating what we were meant to do.

Scraggs

Ruskie4Rent wrote:

some oldness problem

haha lmao

irlrobins

Grimes wrote:

2)I move to have all the attractive invigulators banned from the exams.

As an invigilator I move to have all good looking girls wearing low cut tops banned from the exam hall. Totally distracts me from the cog-notes they have all over their desks....

Dave!

:eek:

Don't be saying things like that, you'll get me kicked out of the exam for looking around at the lovely girls' bewwwbiesss!!!

irlrobins

I'll arrange for u to be surrounded by some fine strapping rugby/hurling/football blokes to prevent distractions

Ruskie4Rent

And the old lady with the lisp who keeps repeating herself. She was handy cos she was alive during the french revolution.

Scraggs

irlrobins wrote:

I'll arrange for u to be surrounded by some fine strapping rugby/hurling/football blokes to prevent distractions

ooooh is this possible for me too?? i really wouldnt mind that as a distration

if at all possible i'd prefer the rogby players to be ommitted or else be really really ridiculously goodlooking! more of a GAA kinda girl ya c...

irlrobins

its all me me me!

Scraggs

I,I,I, me, me, me i'll have you know....

irlrobins

where u sitting your exams?