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Autumn Exams 2011
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Chris Martin wrote: »They're my last two!
Biology tomorrow,
Chemistry Wed,
And to answer question not a notion
So you're in my Chemistry and Biology?
The sample questions Breen gave us in Biology on Sulis have answers. Wahey!
I'm still confused though. I'm just learning off them and a few slides.
As for Chemistry, I'm doomed with the negative marking... thankfully, I can't get less than zero, otherwise handing up the blank bubblesheet would gain me more marks0 -
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Chris Martin wrote: »Mine's Chem 1 anyway, negative marking yeah
Not as bad in Chem, brutal in Biology
Admittedly I'm much better in Chem than Biology..
Don't get why they're only bringing it in this year though...
I think the college are putting pressure on the lecturers to bring in negative marking. One of my housemates said that her lecturer doesn't want to bring it in, but that he'll probably have to bring it in in the next few years.
Load of bollix imho.wasnt try to rub it in sorry*:o
try TX4305, examiners did there best to screw us in that one, highlight being a main part of the compusory question being about something barely covered in class and not at all in tutorials
*ok maybe a little:p
I know you weren't rubbing it in. Still, get out. Close the door behind you, there's a draft, we're trying to study.
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wnolan1992 wrote: »Still, get out. Close the door behind you, there's a draft, we're trying to study.
Steal my jokes again and I'll put you out. :P
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Must beSo you're in my Chemistry and Biology?
The sample questions Breen gave us in Biology on Sulis have answers. Wahey! I'm still confused though. I'm just learning off them and a few slides.
As for Chemistry, I'm doomed with the negative marking... thankfully, I can't get less than zero, otherwise handing up the blank bubblesheet would gain me more marks
Negative marking for Biology that's going to kill me,
If we weren't given the answers I'd be crucified,
Looking through the questions thinking, if you don't understand the words in the questions, what hope have you answering the questions
It's words like "noncyclic photophosphrorylation" that just depresses me...
Why...
Looking through sample Q's and A's and thinking I don't remember these at all, in the LC I was quite good at Ecology, now...
Was always dodgy with enzymes and cycles and stuff so knowing nothing here either isn't that big a blow...
Microbiology, clueless, lecturer was so quiet!
Nail the food tests and stuff, 40 Q's on them and I'm sorted!
I also hate plants...wnolan1992 wrote: »I think the college are putting pressure on the lecturers to bring in negative marking. One of my housemates said that her lecturer doesn't want to bring it in, but that he'll probably have to bring it in in the next few years.
Load of bollix imho.
I know you weren't rubbing it in. Still, get out. Close the door behind you, there's a draft, we're trying to study.
I know it's taking points off the questions you get right!
You might have a vague idea of the answer to the question but due to the marking scheme you're half afraid of putting down your answer.
Trust it to come in the year I come in...
Is Chris coming in...?
It is time...0 -
Chris Martin wrote: »Must be
Negative marking for Biology that's going to kill me,
If we weren't given the answers I'd be crucified,
Looking through the questions thinking, if you don't understand the words in the questions, what hope have you answering the questions
It's words like "noncyclic photophosphrorylation" that just depresses me...
Why...
Looking through sample Q's and A's and thinking I don't remember these at all, in the LC I was quite good at Ecology, now...
Was always dodgy with enzymes and cycles and stuff so knowing nothing here either isn't that big a blow...
Microbiology, clueless, lecturer was so quiet!
Nail the food tests and stuff, 40 Q's on them and I'm sorted!
I also hate plants...
I know it's taking points off the questions you get right!
You might have a vague idea of the answer to the question but due to the marking scheme you're half afraid of putting down your answer.
Trust it to come in the year I come in...
Is Chris coming in...?
It is time...
The negative marking was always for chemistry one with Edmond
The biology negative marking was added to make the exam harder. When I did it 2 years ago no negative marking and simple question had it done in 15 minutes (like a lot of the class). From what I know it was made harder since0 -
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The Biology exam was infinitely better than what I was expecting,
Could've left after half an hour but piss-balled about with a few of the answers debating whether to X them or not.
I X'd none of them.
The thought of purposely throwing away marks had me almost in tears,
When there is a one in five, or for a lot of questions I could eliminate two or three, chance of me getting the right answer I have to take it.
I'd like to think now that I've 55% passed that now
All dependant on negative marking too though...
Bástards...
Chemistry tomorrow could go either way for me,
My best subject but because I haven't really studied it,
It could proper rape me also.
I'll all nighter it like every other exam I've done.
Why break tradition
Think I'll go for a stroll around the city,
Think I've earned it 0 -
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materials 2 exam tomorrow. multiple choice, no negative marking,. none of it
makes sense. A B C or D hmmm He's normally fond of C an D
*hopes jeremy isnt reading this since he is on boards:cool
I must admit I veered into that territory today,
When an E hasn't appeared in 10 Q's it's longer than due like...
Surely everyone does it) 0 -
Chris Martin wrote: »I must admit I veered into that territory today,
When an E hasn't appeared in 10 Q's it's longer than due like...
Surely everyone does it)
hmm i didnt pick D with ages, its bound to be D.. every exam i do,:rolleyes: of course it might work if the other random guesses were right.0 -
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I'm soo gonna fail chemistry:(
Looking through exam papers, I know 2 questions out of 30
I did introductory chemistry in first year, cant remember the name of the lecturer. Didnt have a clue about any of it so didnt bother going to lectures cos they were so boring(like all our class did):rolleyes: knew nothing for the exam but with the labs and the no negative marking i managed to get a c2 in it:D 0 -
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Chris Martin wrote: »25% chance though...
I like those odds...
And if you know one isn't an answer then 33% chance,
Then if one hasn't come up in about 5+ questions,
It is definitely that one :P
Every time I do it,
Every time... :cool:
Chem 1 and Biology 1 are the two easiest exams you'll do .. it's all down hill after that :P
Biology will take about 15mins to complete and Chem about 30min ....Simples Stick to the Past papers.
btw I had never done either Chemistry or Biology before0 -
I'm soo gonna fail chemistry:(
Looking through exam papers, I know 2 questions out of 30
Bad thing with Chemistry is that, unlike Biology, there are very few things you can just learn off and throw back in test.
Calculations and the likes,
Can still take a wild stab with some of them though and try and piece together bits you know as the answer is often in the question.
Having done 2 years of Chem, I'll be embarrassed if I don't pass this module, but saying this, I turned up for a fraction of the lectures, complacency :rolleyes:, so anything could happen.
Hate definitions and pH...
Never any good at them, can put definitions into my own words but don't recognise them when phrased differently,
And pH is just pH :P
I'll study til late hours of night and quickly review in the morning then hope for the best
Oh and a tip I gained from 2 years of acting the bollix in Chemistry..
Don't be put off by strange looking numbers and symbols!
Ohh Mass Spectrometry... Oh that annoys me too, frequency and wave length...
Anyway best of luck!
& write Merry Christmas at the end of each question wishing them and their family lots and festive cheer and a prosperous new year!
Sh!t I wish I done that with my other tests!0 -
skeleton_boy wrote: »Marketing Intelligence tomorrow at 9. 5 essays, 2.5 hours. I'm fooked
I remember that exam well. You'll be grand, just take a breath and think of the question being asked. Keep the answers to the point, and maybe use bullet points later on, just to get the most important bits out.
You'll be grand. G'luck 0 -
Chem 1 and Biology 1 are the two easiest exams you'll do .. it's all down hill after that :P
Biology will take about 15mins to complete and Chem about 30min ....Simples Stick to the Past papers.
btw I had never done either Chemistry or Biology before
Shade the box Q's
If I wasn't given an option of answers in Bio I'd be going into negative marks definitely
I'll glance over Chem past papers now,
I'd like to think I've a decent enough knowledge of it anyway,
The worst is out of the way now,
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Chris Martin wrote: »Bad thing with Chemistry is that, unlike Biology, there are very few things you can just learn off and throw back in test.
Calculations and the likes,
Can still take a wild stab with some of them though and try and piece together bits you know as the answer is often in the question.
Having done 2 years of Chem, I'll be embarrassed if I don't pass this module, but saying this, I turned up for a fraction of the lectures, complacency :rolleyes:, so anything could happen.
Hate definitions and pH...
Never any good at them, can put definitions into my own words but don't recognise them when phrased differently,
And pH is just pH :P
I'll study til late hours of night and quickly review in the morning then hope for the best
Oh and a tip I gained from 2 years of acting the bollix in Chemistry..
Don't be put off by strange looking numbers and symbols!
Ohh Mass Spectrometry... Oh that annoys me too, frequency and wave length...
Anyway best of luck!
& write Merry Christmas at the end of each question wishing them and their family lots and festive cheer and a prosperous new year!
Sh!t I wish I done that with my other tests! That sounds like the whole course. I did chemistry for Leaving Cert but our teacher for 4th year teacher was a disaster... and I mean a disaster, she was famous for being a bad teacher. We got a new teacher for 5th year... but he had to teach two years in one so didn't get much done Nearly failed it....
Haha I know the parts you can learn off but calculations confuse me I just never know which one to use and where!
Hahaha I love the idea of wishing the Merry Christmas though 0 -
Chem 1 and Biology 1 are the two easiest exams you'll do .. it's all down hill after that :P
Biology will take about 15mins to complete and Chem about 30min ....Simples Stick to the Past papers.
btw I had never done either Chemistry or Biology before
Negative marking will be the death of my paper though...
And I can't do pass papers 0 -
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Good! It was basically identical to last years which I happened to look at so I think it was a disaster avertedChris Martin wrote: »You're done & dusted on Friday then yeah?
How did today's go?
Friday will be a wonderful day :P0 -
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There was no negative marking for Chem1 last year but the notes were all over the place at least you have a nice shinny new book to use.Negative marking will be the death of my paper though...
And I can't do pass papers
Have you not got the past papers answered aready?
When is the exam?0
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