The Official "rant/bitch/moan" Thread

gotta love it when your laptop decides to start going into standby every 10 minutes, 2 days before exams begin :mad::mad::mad::mad:

3 exams down... 6 more to go.

Gah =/

bythewoods wrote: »

I don't HAVE to love any of those things, and I think you should re-evaluate your relationship with love and hate. Those things seem bad. I'm really confused.

yeah, probably should do that alright

4 of 6 exams this week

zam wrote: »

Lost my student card. Grrrrr. What should I bring into exam instead??

I heard invigilators at one of my exam centres say that you had to have a student card "or some form of valid ID" on the desk in front of you. I'm supposing that means that if you're really stuck something like a passport would do, perhaps?

On the other hand, nothing about alternatives to student ID is mentioned in the Exam Guidelines, so I'm guessing that leaves you to the discretion of an invigilator at best. Trying to find your student ID if at all possible seems like the safest bet.

Last exam tomorrow. Really couldn't be bothered with it if I'm honest.

Larianne wrote: »

What year are you in?

I'm only a Junior Soph, so these marks count for 10% of my final mark. I should still do alright anyway.
Why dyou ask?

I'm not sure whether it's a reflection on me or my lecturer when I rely on Sparknotes and Cliffsnotes for preparation two nights before an exam.

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

I had lost the will to care by my last exam in 3rd year (though, my exams went on for the full 4 weeks of the exam period so this might have been a factor). The same thing happened to me during my Leaving Cert as well though (applied maths), so I'm predicting something similar during my finals. There is only a finite amount of "care" a person can have, really...

Great to hear I'm not the only one. Its odd, I've always wanted to do really well but now its just like, meh, I know I'll pass!

I'm sort of finding this lack of care in the run up to my exams too, (I also being JS). First one starts tomorrow, then five more with the last one on the 23rd. Worse of all, this year is worth 40% of my overall degree, (these exams are worth a total of 20% of my overall degree) and I worked harder the last two useless years
Maybe it'll pick up after I finish the first tomorrow

I have over two weeks off before my last exam now (3rd year too). Finding it really hard to stay motivated and study for something that's that far away... but I know the few days before I'll be complaining about how I should have done more beforehand!

I think it's the whole just-missing-out-on-Schols-for-the-second-time experience that's putting me off. I know that if I work really hard, I'll probably get 68/69, when I can do much less work and get 60, which is still the same grade at the end of the day. The language depts very rarely give 70 (I've got it a couple of times though) so I'm kind of disillusioned with them - why bother doing a load more work to get from 60 to 68?!

/rant

Lawliet wrote: »

Metabolism is such a bitch to study for, I've got two exams tomorrow but this one is taking up all my time. I've probably fail both at this rate.

I think the other 2nd year exam tomorrow is Evolution? If so, I only really knew the basic concept of Evolution going into that exam and I don't think I really knew any examples and I did alright.

This is probably the most department-specific question but in your experience of being able to build up marks throughout the year on essays and tests, has it been necessary to pass the annual exam? We're talking JF economics here.

Groinshot wrote: »

People who stay in the 24 hour room from 9am until 10PM at night..... then leave.... seriously, whats the point? I wanted a place to go, checked every time I left the library and there was no seats. Show up at half 9, place is half empty... Whats wrong with the library?

Quicker access I guess, but I see your point. They might arrive before 9am also.

Were both library and 24 hour study space full at the time? If not, why is this a problem?