Exams Thread 2012

wnolan1992

It's that time of year again...

A time of joy and wonderment, of good will towards men, of caring, giving, loving...

I may be getting exams confused with something else...

With that said, let the exam season, and all associated bitching, moaning, and gloating when you've finished before everyone else begin!

Ave Sodalis

Times like these I wonder if I have ADD or if I'm just bad at studying...

OhMSGlive

Get out.

/thread. :pac:

Only 3 exams this time around, and they're well spread out, so I'm not complaining!

wnolan1992

OhMSGlive getting in early with the "Get Out"'s this semester.... :pac:

5 exams, on until the very last day again. SAA hate Game Development obviously....

Ginge Young

Anyone in EGO-10 I'll be seeing you there haha. Feel free to ask me for a glass of water, or some rough work paper or to go to the bathroom. With the mighty power of my green pen I will allow you to leave to go relieve yourself :cool:

wnolan1992

Ginge Young wrote: »

Anyone in EGO-10 I'll be seeing you there haha. Feel free to ask me for a glass of water, or some rough work paper or to go to the bathroom. With the mighty power of my green pen I will allow you to leave to go relieve yourself :cool:

Had to be done...

Niall09

I'm trying to remember how big the the pages in the booklet are. Would i be right in saying you'd get about 3/4 of a normal A4 page?

Delta Kilo

Ginge Young wrote: »

Anyone in EGO-10 I'll be seeing you there haha. Feel free to ask me for a glass of water, or some rough work paper or to go to the bathroom. With the mighty power of my green pen I will allow you to leave to go relieve yourself :cool:

Ginge I will never be relieving myself with your pen, I dont care what colour it is!!

OhMSGlive

Niall09 wrote: »

I'm trying to remember how big the the pages in the booklet are. Would i be right in saying you'd get about 3/4 of a normal A4 page?

More or less.

Eire-Dearg

I've never been so ill prepared for exams and yet not feel an ounce of worry. Usually I'd have clicked two days before them that jaysus I think I should open a book but nothing yet.

NeirBot

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

I've never been so ill prepared for exams and yet not feel an ounce of worry. Usually I'd have clicked two days before them that jaysus I think I should open a book but nothing yet.

Likewise... start tomorrow and haven't started to study yet...

The only thing that worries me is that I'm not worrying!!

wnolan1992

And.... there we go! The fear has set in! 'Bout feckin' time!

OwaynOTT

anyone here doing first year sociology? Is the exam essay questions or multiple choice like the chirstmas exams?
I'm getting worried!

wnolan1992

Never been less prepared for an exam... and I only got about an hours sleep last night.

OhMSGlive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC8nyBr9_-8

wnolan1992

OhMSGlive wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC8nyBr9_-8

Well past panicking at this stage.

Why do I suck at life?

Ave Sodalis

Is finding it very difficult to be motivated to study for a module that has nothing to do with my course...

wnolan1992

One down... 4 to go... went better than expected.

Now, a relaxing night in front of the TV is in order methinks.

Carol.Lillie

i hope all the mouth breather noise makers fail all their exams and return to the fields to toil where they belong.

Ave Sodalis

Carol.Lillie wrote: »

i hope all the mouth breather noise makers fail all their exams and return to the fields to toil where they belong.

I think if they stopped doing that, they mightn't be able to return anywhere since ya know, you kinda need to breathe to stay alive and all :P

Mindkiller

If mouth-breathers are so dumb that they forget to breathe through their nose when they close their mouth then I reckon we might be better off without them.

Ave Sodalis

Same problem though?

OhMSGlive

And this is why I do all my study at home. Mind you, I do live in Dromroe so home is usually only a 5 minute walk anyway. :pac:

Carol.Lillie

Arrived in the library at 8am, left at 6pm and took me until 7pm to find a spot with wireless, desk and peace and quiet. about 17 hours done, 3 of which were breaks. beat that undergrads.

canned_ulkc

Carol.Lillie wrote: »

Arrived in the library at 8am, left at 6pm and took me until 7pm to find a spot with wireless, desk and peace and quiet. about 17 hours done, 3 of which were breaks. beat that undergrads.

Ahem - very easily beaten....
Booze - exam tomorrow - worried? No... Why - not because of the booze, it's because I'm not worried that I feel able to booze..

The reason - because I understand.


Boom and/or Zing....


Good luck

UL_heart_throb

you're doing what? wood work? what do you have to do in your exam? make a bird table? come back to me when you're doing something that's actually not academic rather than arts and crafts

canned_ulkc

UL_heart_throb wrote: »

come back to me when you're doing something that's actually not academic rather than arts and crafts

So what you're saying is that you have a skewed impression of what Materials and Construction Technology for Education is? If you want to be schooled, send me a pm, In the absence of that pm I will assume the following to be thoroughly accurate...

At this point I would be tempted to brand you an arts student. I fear that would be presuming 3 precedents....

1. That I value arts less than human capital (which, as an educator I find abhorent)
2. That I value your opinion (which as a person I find abhorent)
3. That arts are less valuable to society than what I assume (and before you reply - I don't care) to be your future occupation. I think in my Da's day it was known as something like.... "bitch".... is that right? - am I getting the pronounciation right there? - I could be wrong - it has happened though you may not believe it....

*shrug*

J_E

UL_heart_throb wrote: »

you're doing what? wood work? what do you have to do in your exam? make a bird table? come back to me when you're doing something that's actually not academic rather than arts and crafts

What a pisstake. The course is one of the more challenging ones in the college and goes far beyond 'making a bird table'. Talk about insulting.

sceptre

Keep it calm, folks.

There's nothing wrong with doing a degree course that includes practical application beyond teaching the next generation of people doing your degree course. Equally, there's nothing wrong with doing a degree course that has only the practical application of teaching it to the next generation (often the most pertinent criticism of arts courses). Horses for courses, as they say.

PinkBottle

The fear has now set in

NeirBot

Two down... Three to go...
They have been grand so far but they were the 2 easiest...

Now if I could only study for the next 3!!

Aragneer

Why does German have to be so close to my third exam? I have no time to cram a semesters worth for TWO modules...Exams..I hate you.

Carol.Lillie

another productive day at the office, hopefully can use this for the rest of the exam period. going to head home now

sceptre

I've deleted a few posts from the tail-end of this thread that decided to ignore the request to keep it civil (made by me up the page). These requests aren't made entirely just for fun, you know.

OhMSGlive

Aaaaaaaand the fear's kicked in.

wnolan1992

I don't know why I didn't bitch about this straight after the exam (perhaps it was because I actually did fairly well in the exam) but one part of the paper involved converting 19 binary strings to decimal so you could convert them to ASCII and then compare it to a target sentence.

What was the point of that? Surely a 5 letter word would prove the exact same amount of knowledge without the same level of inane busy-work?

Ave Sodalis

wnolan1992 wrote: »

I don't know why I didn't bitch about this straight after the exam (perhaps it was because I actually did fairly well in the exam) but one part of the paper involved converting 19 binary strings to decimal so you could convert them to ASCII and then compare it to a target sentence.

What was the point of that? Surely a 5 letter word would prove the exact same amount of knowledge without the same level of inane busy-work?

Yes.

OhMSGlive

One down, two to go. Was what I expected anyway.

Busi_Girl08

3 down 1 to go. Then i'm finished.... For evaaaaaaaah!

Cossax

wnolan1992 wrote: »

I don't know why I didn't bitch about this straight after the exam (perhaps it was because I actually did fairly well in the exam) but one part of the paper involved converting 19 binary strings to decimal so you could convert them to ASCII and then compare it to a target sentence.

What was the point of that? Surely a 5 letter word would prove the exact same amount of knowledge without the same level of inane busy-work?

Presume it's like a 'show your work' in maths in case you get the answer wrong but the method right.

Also, I finished my last ever UL exams about ~350 days ago.

*legs it*

wnolan1992

Cossax wrote: »

Presume it's like a 'show your work' in maths in case you get the answer wrong but the method right.

I suppose... but still, 19 seems a little excessive.

Also, I finished my last ever UL exams about ~350 days ago.

*legs it*

GET. OUT.

OhMSGlive

wnolan1992 wrote: »

GET. OUT.

Close the door behind you, there's people trying to study! :pac:

wnolan1992

OhMSGlive wrote: »

Close the door behind you, there's people trying to study! :pac:

Well judging by your Facebook status and the fact that I'm currently watching the IT Crowd we're not those people. :pac:

augusta24

What week in August are the repeats usually on???!!!

J_E

3 down, 3 to go! Can't wait until the end.

wnolan1992

augusta24 wrote: »

What week in August are the repeats usually on???!!!

We have an optimist amongst us! :P

Repeats start on Monday 27th August.

http://www2.ul.ie/web/WWW/Services/Academic_Calendar/2012_-_13_Academic_Calendar

augusta24

wnolan1992 wrote: »

We have an optimist amongst us! :P

Repeats start on Monday 27th August.

http://www2.ul.ie/web/WWW/Services/Academic_Calendar/2012_-_13_Academic_Calendar

Brilliant thanks for that! No optimism left after that exam! Just relief that I'm home from holidays by repeats week!!

freyners

no exams at all, gotta love being on co-op and being paid instead of studying :D:D

















sorry folks, couldnt resist

OhMSGlive

freyners wrote: »

no exams at all, gotta love being on co-op and being paid instead of studying :D:D

OUT!
*points towards nearest exit*

freyners

OhMSGlive wrote: »

OUT!
*points towards nearest exit*

trololololololololololololololololol:D:D:D:D

slyph

Is the library open tomorrow? Anyone know ?