Does anyone else wish...

Panda

...that they could do the whole year over and actually go into college?

You could wish this about any year but.....but for me not getting above a 55% average this year means i dont get thru to next year.

And that is quite the b i t c h.

Kalina

I'm in 2nd year now but only got here through failing 1st year and repeating. I wasted my 1st year in college because I was lazy and it's one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made. Luckily I only have to manage 40% in all my subjects but the course is bitch hard. Even 40% seems almost impossible.

beardedchicken

i'm repeating this year, and though i hate to admit it, i've actually done less work this year than last year, and the worst part is that it was my choice to repeat in order to get the subject i wanted, not because i failed. so, basically unless i get a first (highly unlikely at this stage), i'll be back to square one, doing subjects i don't enjoy, but also having wasted a whole year, simply because i failed to learn a lesson from last year.

i am an idiot

phobos

In your own words "you are an idiot", buy anyway...

The thing about technical courses in the IT's is that from 2nd year onwards you have to get a 55% avg. first time round to get in to the next year. This means that you cannot fail a single subject in the first sitting. If you have to do repeats in August, you will just receive a pass, and not progress.

Luckily I haven't failed anything in 4 years. But I owe that to maturity. When I started college first I was 17, and spent every penny I had going out, and getting in to Djing. I was initially doing Electronic Engineering, but seemed to attend much more then, than I do now. But the BIG mistake is that I had bugger all interest in the course (I don't agree with brute force learning, you will never be as good as the person who has a flair for it). This was obvious when I turned around and failed 6 subjects out of 15. So I repeated 1st yr electronics, and passed. Something clicked with me one night in 1998 (around the 1st semester exams), and I have managed to pass everything I've ever sat since. More recently I'm getting distinctions.

So the moral of the story is that it get's better with time, because I remember by mother telling me years ago when I was doing my leaving that she would love to be doing it also. Of course she would have, and whe would have done brilliant, because when you're older you can focus on a task at hand more easily, IMO.

But all I will say is that if you are a freshman in college, don't get caught in the social web. TBH I look at the Student's Union as a place that organises personalised packages for students that guarantees them to fail their exams, and it's a bloody shame. The key is to balance your time right. For example I am in my final year (4th year) of Computer Science, and I also Dj in a club on wed night, to earn money to pay my rent. I also get a free night out too.

Anyway that's my 2c

;-phobos-)

eclectichoney

mmm...it was the first day back after easter yesterday and i just realised how little i had done and how near exams are....:( being in first year it is so easy to just do *absolutely* nothing

po0k

Haviing full access to a 20meg pipe and CD burners isn't much of a help either

Panda

Hmmm, i didnt have a 20meg pipe, but i do live too close to pubs.
I fall out the front/back door of a pub and into my front door, thats how close.

I coasted thru first year, but you actually do need to be going in every* day from second year onwards.


Well you could miss the odd day, but try not to.

OLDYELLAR

i am scared now with all this talk of repeating and 55 % averages . i am so dead , i better go study .!

zAbbo

studyin sure thats a form of cheating

I prefer not too study makes the exam a hell of a lot more interesting in a sweaty shít yourself sorta way

Ri0T^GiRL

i wish that everyday im repeating and have been to around 3 lectures ...exams start in 5 hours