Problem with Exams

vladglenin

Hi there, I'm so worried about these exams coming up in the next few days. Since the beginning of the year, I've probably gone to 10% of all my lectures, and none of my tutorials or labs. This means that I have such an unbelievably steep mountain to climb when it comes to "revising" for these tests, as I'm learning it from scratch! Now I know I can just fail these exams and sit supplementals, but tbh I really cannot let that happen. My family are... fairly strict, tbh. They would actually disown me if they knew how I spent this year, wasting all their hard-earned money on alcohol and having "the craic". I guess I just let the college life get to me in a way I never thought it would. Of course, some of you may be thinking "But surely your parents would understand!". That might be the case if this was indeed my first year, however I had a spectacularly catastrophic year last year, failing all but one of my exams. When the letter came in the post, the parents opened it and my mom got scared, and said, "You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air." I whistled for a cab and when it came near The license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was rare, but I thought, "Nah, forget it. Yo, holmes to Bel-Air!" I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8 and I yelled to the cabbie, "Yo homes smell ya later!" Looked at my kingdom I was finally there, to sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-Air.

Irish_wolf

This video should help you out mate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

It's always motivated me

:rolleyes:

Jammyc

So is this genuine concern or what? Cos if you cant even take posting about your stress seriously...

amacachi

vladglenin wrote: »

Hi there, I'm so worried about these exams coming up in the next few days. Since the beginning of the year, I've probably gone to 10% of all my lectures, and none of my tutorials or labs. This means that I have such an unbelievably steep mountain to climb when it comes to "revising" for these tests, as I'm learning it from scratch! Now I know I can just fail these exams and sit supplementals, but tbh I really cannot let that happen. My family are... fairly strict, tbh. They would actually disown me if they knew how I spent this year, wasting all their hard-earned money on alcohol and having "the craic". I guess I just let the college life get to me in a way I never thought it would. Of course, some of you may be thinking "But surely your parents would understand!". That might be the case if this was indeed my first year, however I had a spectacularly catastrophic year last year, failing all but one of my exams. When the letter came in the post, the parents opened it and my mom got scared, and said, "You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air." I whistled for a cab and when it came near The license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was rare, but I thought, "Nah, forget it. Yo, holmes to Bel-Air!" I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8 and I yelled to the cabbie, "Yo homes smell ya later!" Looked at my kingdom I was finally there, to sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-Air.

BAHAHAHAHHA.

Groinshot

Jammyc wrote: »

So is this genuine concern or what? Cos if you cant even take posting about your stress seriously...

This is a completely serious post, can't you see that.
Some people are complete idiots (i.e. Jammyc).

Fo Real

Newfags should read this

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Bel-Air

Jammyc

Groinshot wrote: »

This is a completely serious post, can't you see that.
Some people are complete idiots (i.e. Jammyc).

Thank you....Being an idiot I wouldnt have gotten the implied insult in your post unless you had said my name. Thanks for sparing my confusion

Mark200

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef3K-EB4Ryk

A Neurotic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZUB0kLLBUA

Groinshot

Jammyc wrote: »

Thank you....Being an idiot I wouldnt have gotten the implied insult in your post unless you had said my name. Thanks for sparing my confusion

no problem at all, I always wanted to tell you that.

blucey

vladglenin wrote: »

Hi there, I'm so worried about these exams coming up in the next few days. Since the beginning of the year, I've probably gone to 10% of all my lectures, and none of my tutorials or labs. This means that I have such an unbelievably steep mountain to climb when it comes to "revising" for these tests, as I'm learning it from scratch! Now I know I can just fail these exams and sit supplementals, but tbh I really cannot let that happen. My family are... fairly strict, tbh. They would actually disown me if they knew how I spent this year, wasting all their hard-earned money on alcohol and having "the craic". I guess I just let the college life get to me in a way I never thought it would. Of course, some of you may be thinking "But surely your parents would understand!". That might be the case if this was indeed my first year, however I had a spectacularly catastrophic year last year, failing all but one of my exams. When the letter came in the post, the parents opened it and my mom got scared, and said, "You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air." I whistled for a cab and when it came near The license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was rare, but I thought, "Nah, forget it. Yo, holmes to Bel-Air!" I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8 and I yelled to the cabbie, "Yo homes smell ya later!" Looked at my kingdom I was finally there, to sit on my throne as the prince of Bel-Air.

See, its not just their money...its mine, and all the other taxpayers that subsidise you. If you cant be bothered to engage, leave. And when doing so, think of the person who was displaced by you.
Sympathy factor = Zero here. :mad:

Denerick

blucey wrote: »

See, its not just their money...its mine, and all the other taxpayers that subsidise you. If you cant be bothered to engage, leave. And when doing so, think of the person who was displaced by you.
Sympathy factor = Zero here. :mad:

Do you not come installed with an irony meter?

phlegms

Great post, would read again.

Prof.Badass

And this is the thread that turned the tcd forum into /b/ .

Groinshot

vinylmesh wrote: »

And this is the thread that turned the tcd forum into /b/ .

Tar.Aldarion

roflpenis

revz

Hahaha that's brilliant...
Since its..kind of on-topic, anyone know how compensation in passing exams works?
If say you have 2 papers in maths & 2 papers in biology (1st year science here), can your maths marks be compensated to help you pass biology?
Or can compensation only be done in exams of the same subject?

This thread gave me a nice break from the cram session im going through now

Mark200

revz wrote: »

Hahaha that's brilliant...
Since its..kind of on-topic, anyone know how compensation in passing exams works?
If say you have 2 papers in maths & 2 papers in biology (1st year science here), can your maths marks be compensated to help you pass biology?
Or can compensation only be done in exams of the same subject?

This thread gave me a nice break from the cram session im going through now

I think it varies slightly depending on the department, but for Computer Science, you can get between 30% and 40% in a 10 credit module and compensate (ie, still get through to the next year) if you have an overall average of 45% or more in all your exams (including the one you failed).

It will be something pretty similar for your department... I don't have a clue what you think it is but looks like you have it mixed up.

revz

Mark200 wrote: »

I think it varies slightly depending on the department, but for Computer Science, you can get between 30% and 40% in a 10 credit module and compensate (ie, still get through to the next year) if you have an overall average of 45% or more in all your exams (including the one you failed).

It will be something pretty similar for your department... I don't have a clue what you think it is but looks like you have it mixed up.

Yeah I really don't have much of an idea of how it works; cheers!

Mark200

revz wrote: »

Yeah I really don't have much of an idea of how it works; cheers!

It will say how it works in the department handbook you should have been given at the start of the year... it's probably on the tcd website somewhere too.

seacláid-te

revz wrote: »

Hahaha that's brilliant...
Since its..kind of on-topic, anyone know how compensation in passing exams works?
If say you have 2 papers in maths & 2 papers in biology (1st year science here), can your maths marks be compensated to help you pass biology?
Or can compensation only be done in exams of the same subject?

This thread gave me a nice break from the cram session im going through now

sf science here I don't think so, bio compensates bio and maths for maths, i pretty sure there is no cross subject compensation!

revz

seacláid-te wrote: »

sf science here I don't think so, bio compensates bio and maths for maths, i pretty sure there is no cross subject compensation!

Sweet, thanks a bunch, looks like all those skipped ecology lectures are gonna come back to haunt me!...

seacláid-te

revz wrote: »

Sweet, thanks a bunch, looks like all those skipped ecology lectures are gonna come back to haunt me!...

not at all! Ecology is one you can seriously cram for and there is room for waffle! a day or two is needed! Best of luck

JC06

I think there is cross-subject compensation. Some of my friends last year failed maths methods and were able to compensate using biology and chemistry. I think once your overall average between all subjects is over 40% you'll pass the year.

Groinshot

Come on, keep this on topic, this is no place for talking about stupid stuff like passing by compensation. Can't you see OP has a real problem on his hands here?

mcdermla

WOW just because you passed your leaving cert doesn't mean you should go to college. If you didn't put in the effort all year why the hell would you expect to pass now?? My advice is drop out, get a job, and fund your useless nights out yourself so your parents don't have to indulge your under-achieving ass anymore.

vladglenin

mcdermla wrote: »

WOW just because you passed your leaving cert doesn't mean you should go to college. If you didn't put in the effort all year why the hell would you expect to pass now?? My advice is drop out, get a job, and fund your useless nights out yourself so your parents don't have to indulge your under-achieving ass anymore.

Wait a second now. I never said I passed my leaving cert!

And how dare you tell me that my ass is under-achieving. I'm quite proud of my ass.

It's people like you who bring down the quality of this forum. You allow your prejudicial thoughts interfere with the facts. So from now on, mcdermla, I want you to think about what you are typing in; Will this help anyone in any meaningful way? If not, don't bother posting, because believe me we do not actually care what you have to say.

So please, give me proper advice from now on, and no more insults regarding my one true asset in life, namely my bum.

mcdermla

This is a forum, so I'll say whatever I want, just as you said whatever you wanted to me.

If you don't want a harsh response, don't put up such a stupid question.

If you don't want to be in college, then don't be. If you do want to be in college, then cop on and knuckle down. Don't think about what you've failed, focus on what you can pass and put effort into it.

Get the notes from the lectures you've missed from your peers and use the library extensively for books and papers that will aid your study. Don't go out til your exams are over and take it as a lesson for next year. You might have to repeat an exam or two but a lot of people do and it's not the end of the world.

I did that to be nice but in future I won't ofer sympathy for people so desperate for it.

Groinshot

mcdermla wrote: »

This is a forum, so I'll say whatever I want, just as you said whatever you wanted to me.

If you don't want a harsh response, don't put up such a stupid question.

If you don't want to be in college, then don't be. If you do want to be in college, then cop on and knuckle down. Don't think about what you've failed, focus on what you can pass and put effort into it.

Get the notes from the lectures you've missed from your peers and use the library extensively for books and papers that will aid your study. Don't go out til your exams are over and take it as a lesson for next year. You might have to repeat an exam or two but a lot of people do and it's not the end of the world.

I did that to be nice but in future I won't ofer sympathy for people so desperate for it.

Inc ase you didnt read his post, he ahd to do the exams again last year, he knows what its like to FAIL. My god, your such an inconsiderate person. how is he supposed to study when he's stuck in Bel-air. I really think you have some problems, if you cant see that the poster was just looking for help, not the comments of an arrogant prick like yourself.

Fad

vladglenin wrote: »

So please, give me proper advice from now on, and no more insults regarding my one true asset in life, namely my bum.

It will never be comparable in terms of volume to another individual of your indigenous area, if you catch my drift......

Sorry

Groinshot

Fad wrote: »

It will never be comparable in terms of volume to another individual of your indigenous area, if you catch my drift......

Sorry

**** you too, love christy xx

SligoBrewer

Fad wrote: »

It will never be comparable in terms of volume to another individual of your indigenous area, if you catch my drift......

Sorry

My arse.



**** you you ****.

Groinshot

Fad wrote: »

It will never be comparable in terms of volume to another individual of your indigenous area, if you catch my drift......

Sorry

Look familiar?

Fad

SligoBrewer wrote: »

My arse.



**** you you ****.

It's the internet babes.....chill out

evercloserunion

PC Gone Mad.

vladglenin

Fad wrote: »

It's the internet babes.....chill out

You crazy, man. The internet is such serious business.

I'm getting Mace Windu to explain.

Groinshot

vladglenin

Bamp

Bueller

Needed moar line breaks

vladglenin

Bump motha****as