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I got my final grade for only one course so far. I had a 4.0 before the exam and ended with a 3.3. I did ****ing horrible on the final exam.
How do you guys deal with having more than one final on the same day (aside from the obvious aka not procrastinating)?
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Member Since: 8/7/2015
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Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee
I got my final grade for only one course so far. I had a 4.0 before the exam and ended with a 3.3. I did ****ing horrible on the final exam.
How do you guys deal with having more than one final on the same day (aside from the obvious aka not procrastinating)?
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This happened to me once. I ended up preparing for the second exam well in advance. Crammed for the first. Once the first one was done I could forget about it and focus on brushing up on the material for the second, since I'd already studied well for it in advance.
Honestly there aren't a whole lot of great ways to deal with double finals. Despite my preparation the second test dragged because the first mentally drained me.
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Member Since: 1/25/2012
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Originally posted by Goaty
This happened to me once. I ended up preparing for the second exam well in advance. Crammed for the first. Once the first one was done I could forget about it and focus on brushing up on the material for the second, since I'd already studied well for it in advance.
Honestly there aren't a whole lot of great ways to deal with double finals. Despite my preparation the second test dragged because the first mentally drained me.
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I am so mad and sad since it was such an easy course. I thought I would AT LEAST end with a 3.7... Jesus. How did you do on the first exam?
Ugh... I should have just deferred my exam by giving a medical note. I was going through personal things too but my school doesn't give a sh!t even if your loved ones pass away according to many.
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee
I got my final grade for only one course so far. I had a 4.0 before the exam and ended with a 3.3. I did ****ing horrible on the final exam.
How do you guys deal with having more than one final on the same day (aside from the obvious aka not procrastinating)?
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Best advice is to prepare some days in advance for both of the exams you have that day. Probably at least two weeks in advance. That way you're not cramming the material and have time to review last minute things/go over practice problems or old tests.
Like Goaty said, there's not really a whole lot you can do
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Member Since: 9/3/2011
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Originally posted by Pink Matter
That's what you get for gossiping henny
But seriously though, I assume this is an off campus living arrangement? If so, the best thing to do would be to talk to your roommate since you don't have an RA to mediate between the two of you. Address the problems you are having with him in a respectful manner and make it so that he sees things from your perspective. If that fails, then I guess keep doing what you're doing and try to spend as little time with him as possible. At night, try sleeping with your headphones in and go to sleep listening to music if he makes noises while you're in bed. Can't help you with his looks lol but just remember, communication is key.
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No, I'm in a dorm. I'm a sophomore transfer so I wanted to be able to make new friends easily.
I really hate confrontation but I'll try to talk to him in the beginning of the quarter if he's still doing the same ****. I've had to fall asleep with my headphones on plenty of times because he's so distracting otherwise. Like, during the week I go to bed around midnight and wake up 8-9. Whereas he stays up all night doing work and sleeps all day. Our room is literally right next to the study room and lounge but he claims he can't work around other people. Then do your work during the day, tf? So rude. We've been in opposite situations and I never/would never work while he's asleep. But in the morning I blow dry my hair in the room to spite him and it's always a ki-cackle
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Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee
I got my final grade for only one course so far. I had a 4.0 before the exam and ended with a 3.3. I did ****ing horrible on the final exam.
How do you guys deal with having more than one final on the same day (aside from the obvious aka not procrastinating)?
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I had 25 pages between three final papers and a Macro final, all on day 1 of finals.
I bombed the Macro final with only a few hours to study despite working nonstop the five days before, but I still got a B in the class so whatever. I did really well on my stupid essays though I guess it was nice getting everything over with on the first day but I was so ****ing mentally ruined the last couple days of working and the day of finals (and my Adderall wasn't working despite proper sleep and eating). I started tearing up when TEOG came on in the dining hall my friends were so confused
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Originally posted by Haus
No, I'm in a dorm. I'm a sophomore transfer so I wanted to be able to make new friends easily.
I really hate confrontation but I'll try to talk to him in the beginning of the quarter if he's still doing the same ****. I've had to fall asleep with my headphones on plenty of times because he's so distracting otherwise. Like, during the week I go to bed around midnight and wake up 8-9. Whereas he stays up all night doing work and sleeps all day. Our room is literally right next to the study room and lounge but he claims he can't work around other people. Then do your work during the day, tf? So rude. We've been in opposite situations and I never/would never work while he's asleep. But in the morning I blow dry my hair in the room to spite him and it's always a ki-cackle
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Oh that makes it easier then. If you need help talking to your roommate, ask your RA to help set a meeting between the three of you to sit down and talk about the issues you are having. And like I said, communication is key. If you don't hash this out at some point, he'll just keep bothering you without even knowing he's doing it. At least until the school year is over nn
The bolded does sound ridiculous though
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Member Since: 9/3/2011
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Originally posted by Pink Matter
Oh that makes it easier then. If you need help talking to your roommate, ask your RA to help set a meeting between the three of you to sit down and talk about the issues you are having. And like I said, communication is key. If you don't hash this out at some point, he'll just keep bothering you without even knowing he's doing it. At least until the school year is over nn
The bolded does sound ridiculous though
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Yeah, I know he's not deliberate with his **** but he's really not conscientious or perceptive at all, it's pretty stunning. He really is a nice person and we should be good friends because we have a ton in common but all of the small things make me despise him, so I should talk to him. I think I might type out everything I'm thinking and read it off to him, play it off as a "I was reflecting over the break and realized I haven't been a great roommate, I know you don't intend to disrupt my sleep blah blah and I should've communicated better, I want us to be friends so let's both try to be more conscientious to each other."
Thank you for the push, I needed that, I might start typing it out right now
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I was resigned to getting a B or a B+ in Micro because I tanked my midterm but I got an A on my final bc I studied for it all weekend and I just calculated my overall grade and it just scrapes out to a 90.04
My part of the room was a mess. One of my roommates has OCD or something and is infuriatingly neat I guess I was the bad roommate.
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Originally posted by Haus
Yeah, I know he's not deliberate with his **** but he's really not conscientious or perceptive at all, it's pretty stunning. He really is a nice person and we should be good friends because we have a ton in common but all of the small things make me despise him, so I should talk to him. I think I might type out everything I'm thinking and read it off to him, play it off as a "I was reflecting over the break and realized I haven't been a great roommate, I know you don't intend to disrupt my sleep blah blah and I should've communicated better, I want us to be friends so let's both try to be more conscientious to each other."
Thank you for the push, I needed that, I might start typing it out right now
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That sounds like a good idea. I know I need to write things down to make sure I have all of the points I want to discuss in situations like this. Glad I could help and hope everything works out
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Member Since: 10/1/2011
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Originally posted by Haus
Yeah, I know he's not deliberate with his **** but he's really not conscientious or perceptive at all, it's pretty stunning. He really is a nice person and we should be good friends because we have a ton in common but all of the small things make me despise him, so I should talk to him. I think I might type out everything I'm thinking and read it off to him, play it off as a "I was reflecting over the break and realized I haven't been a great roommate, I know you don't intend to disrupt my sleep blah blah and I should've communicated better, I want us to be friends so let's both try to be more conscientious to each other."
Thank you for the push, I needed that, I might start typing it out right now
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this is exactly my roommate. genuinely a nice guy, just completely oblivious to how he's a **** roommate
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Member Since: 6/15/2012
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Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee
I got my final grade for only one course so far. I had a 4.0 before the exam and ended with a 3.3. I did ****ing horrible on the final exam.
How do you guys deal with having more than one final on the same day (aside from the obvious aka not procrastinating)?
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I always chose one to study for in advance (at least 3 days before), usually the harder of the two classes. Then I cram for the easier class the day before
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Member Since: 10/1/2011
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I'm an accounting major
I went over my final review sheet for managerial accounting 30 times over. I got a 96 on the second exam (all his exams are worth 18%)
I get the final exam and I am completely stumped. This professor did us DIRTY the test was so unbelievably hard I was so frustrated. The two open ended questions which were worth 20 points each were not on the review sheet nor did he go over it in class.
His review sheet was easy and that's what he went over. I HATE professors who do the easy problems in class and show up out of ****ing nowhere with an impossible exam. I know I bombed it
*patiently waits for grade*
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Bruh, I had 3 finals on the same day (all back to back), and barely passed the exams.
Writing papers > taking exams.
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Originally posted by SEEZUS
Bruh, I had 3 finals on the same day (all back to back), and barely passed the exams.
Writing papers > taking exams.
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Something like that shouldn't be allowed. At my school you are allowed to move around your exams if you end up having two at the same time or three within 24 hours of each other.
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My roommate is both a terrible roommate and a terrible person.
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Member Since: 10/1/2011
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Originally posted by SEEZUS
Bruh, I had 3 finals on the same day (all back to back), and barely passed the exams.
Writing papers > taking exams.
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omg yes
I had 2 classes to write papers for and got a 95 and 98 on them respectively
exams are ****
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Originally posted by Pink Matter
Something like that shouldn't be allowed. At my school you are allowed to move around your exams if you end up having two at the same time or three within 24 hours of each other.
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wow, that would really be beneficial. all my finals were within 3-4 hours.
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Originally posted by jayyyxtee
omg yes
I had 2 classes to write papers for and got a 95 and 98 on them respectively
exams are ****
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they really are. I haven't gotten a grade lower than a B on my papers so far in College, but somehow always do poorly on exams.
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Member Since: 10/1/2011
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Originally posted by SEEZUS
they really are. I haven't gotten a grade lower than a B on my papers so far in College, but somehow always do poorly on exams.
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As I was mentioning earlier, professors who give review sheets and then conjure up exams that are nothing like the exam deserve sore throats
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Originally posted by jayyyxtee
As I was mentioning earlier, professors who give review sheets and then conjure up exams that are nothing like the exam deserve sore throats
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!! then they be like "you should've studied", "pay attention more during lectures", "purchase the textbook"... I only study what's on the review lol
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