Nervous Pi$$ before an exam!!

phobos

Christ!, the tension is mounting in GMIT Castlebar, as phobos is about to enter his almighty ba$tard child of an exam Parallel Computing. This is one of my final BSc. exams, and I don't like it. I remember posting about this subject on this board a couple of months back, and got bugger all relevant responses (but sure what can ya do). Anyway, @ least I have managed to get a grasp of the subject (at last), and I think I can make a decent attempt at this one. But still, it's my prime worry, and a nervous piss is on the agenda before the exam.

Anyway for those of you that care, its starting @ 14:30 today, and it's only a two hour (low overall credit) exam, but it's going to be jam packed with parallel evils. Charless Babbage (the inventor), I am going to track down your family, you'll see

For those of you that know me, I'm looking at Al, Dav, and especially Ed (who has seen me before exams). I am wondering will I get thrown out of the exam if I puke or pi$$ on the floor. TBH I am laughing here to myself, but this is the last one until May. So tonight will be interesting to say the least.

So in order to keep this topic alive for more than a few seconds, what are you like before entering exams?, and better yet if you are about to go in to an exam today (like me), express yourself below! and give the rest of us something to laugh at.

;-phobos-)

Stephen

I generally just feel like **** before important exams. I don't do anything in particular, just grin and bear it I suppose.

Lump

Oh the joys of not having exams......



John

Baz_

never get nervous.

Just waltz in sit down do the exam and leave.

Game over.

Panda

I had my exams in GMIT castlebar this week aswell, in that ****ing FREEZING exam hall.
I'm pretty sure i've failed C progamming fuk it, i never went in.
Can't friggin go out tonight either due to having another test tomorrow.
bastid.

PS:You prolly know the entertainments officer Kim then?
Apparently she has nothing orgainsed for rag week due to exams or somethin.

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I generally have my panic attacks a few weeks before the exam and sooner the time I just chill out. Its a bit like a boxer, who puts in the hard work and then spends the last few days just revising strategy and relaxing!

Its a bit late now to adopt the methodology above, but might want to bear it in mind. Works for me !!

Any hoo, Gluck and keep the faith;)

phobos

Originally posted by Panda
PS:You prolly know the entertainments officer Kim then?
Apparently she has nothing orgainsed for rag week due to exams or somethin.

Yeah actually I live across from her in Gladesville. I wouldn't worry though about rag week, it's not for another 3 or 4 weeks anyway. I'm sure she'll have something up her slieve. Actually I'm supposed to be DJing in the TF with a mate of mine starting from around then, so your Thursday nights TF entertainment is pretty much up to me now.

But as for Kim, I wouldn't nag her about entertainment line ups, coz she has enough on her plate until the exams are over. Which should be today AFAIK (PC Architecture & OS) was the 3rd years last exam.

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PS: I forgot to mention that the exam went fine, twas all hype I tell yez, damn college. I swear my parallel lecturer tried to put the ****z up us during a revision class last week. It bloody worked on me, coz back then I knew bugger all. Tis amasing that a couple hours of study before the exam still works
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leeroybrown

Parallel computing .. sounds very interesting!

Funny exam story told to me:

This guy who will remain nameless, walks into an exam. With him he arries a litre of milk and a plastic cup (This is nothing unusul as he drinks milk during lectures), two cans of Red Bull and a few packets of skittles. He proceeds to drink the milk and Red Bull, and he eats all the skittles. A short time later this mystical concoction takes hold and his face turns to a much less healthy colour, and given a few minutes the inevitable happens. I'm just glad no friend of mine was sitting near him.

Another one I myself witnessed:

I was sitting my last Semester I exam just before the christmas before last. About 5 minutes into the exam time I was sitting down reading what turned out to be a three hour paper given in a two hour exam slot, when I heard laughter coming form behind me in the hall. As the laughther grew louder and closer I slowly looked over my right shoulder and saw Santa Claus walk past me in the aisle of the exam hall, dressed in the full suit beard, black boots, the lot. He proceeded to sit down at a desk just up from me and started the exam. A friend of mine had seen a santa suit on sale for £4 in town and had decided that it would be a good joke to wear it to thlast exam. Fúcking classic!!!

phobos

Originally posted by leeroybrown
I was sitting my last Semester I exam just before the christmas before last. About 5 minutes into the exam time I was sitting down reading what turned out to be a three hour paper given in a two hour exam slot, when I heard laughter coming form behind me in the hall. As the laughther grew louder and closer I slowly looked over my right shoulder and saw Santa Claus walk past me in the aisle of the exam hall, dressed in the full suit beard, black boots, the lot. He proceeded to sit down at a desk just up from me and started the exam. A friend of mine had seen a santa suit on sale for £4 in town and had decided that it would be a good joke to wear it to thlast exam. Fúcking classic!!!

ROFL

If that happened during one of my exams, I would probably piss myself, and have to leave the exam. Usually when something like that gets me giggling, I can't stop. Take for example I went to see "Long Time Dead" earlier tonight. A mate of mine whispered in my ear "Death by tap dancing", while the second person was being killed in the movie. That shouldn't give anything away, for those that haven't seen it. But remember when the second person dies "Death by tap dancing". Bloody priceless, I had to walk out I laughed so much.

;-phobos-)

alb

My uncle once told me a funny story about his leaving cert. During one exam he noticed a little stream running towards him from the desk in front of him. Yes the poor fella ahead of him had pissed his pants mid-exam. I don't know was he thrown out though? horrible stuff. Exams... hyped too much

leeroybrown

It took nearly 10 minutes for me to get full concentration back on the paper, and I would have been well short of time if it hadn't happened.

Years ago when I did my Junior Cert, I was nearly finished Maths and needed a sheet of graph paper. The supervisor was sitting at his desk reading his paper. After 5 minutes of holding my hand up I walked up to his desk. The guy was half-asleep, as if he was in a trance. he didn't notice me till I knocked on his desk. Now thats my kind of supervision.


I sat my last exam of semester II last year at 9.30 am. The exam was simplified by a shortening of the course and a very nice choice of questions by the lecturer in question. (very nice of him and I hope he continues to do it - included on the off chance he reads this ) Precisely one hour into the exam when people become free to leave, 90% of my class stood up left with a very good mark secured. Five minutes later we were in the bar having some well earned beverages.