[El Zilcho]

So, exams are rolling up like a proverbial behemoth, beckoning with them untold quantities of stress and anxiety. I've always been rather blasé about them, but my finals are quite frantic this time of year, and so I can't help but get caught up in the prevailing attitude of dread and exhaustion. This is a topic for anyone else sharing in this horrid time to talk about what they've got, pull out hair, whatever.

I had a quick gander down the pages but didn't see a similar topic. So shoot.

[Icarus]

Luckily, I'm in the point of my graduate studies where I'm not doing courses anymore; it's just strictly research. I was, however, in charge of giving a lab exam and then marking it, which took forever.

I can remember being in undergrad and hating exam period. It would be the 10 days of the semester where I would be at the library for 12 hours straight, working out examples, reading my notes and the textbook, only taking breaks to piss and have a quick bite.

I still remember my last final in undergrad. It was MATH 432 - Intermediate Ordinary Differential Equations. The course was a bit different from other math classes I had taken in that it was a lot more theoretical (abstract) than just simply, "Take this ODE and solve" - it was a course meant for math majors, not physics majors. Anyways, we had two hours to do the exam and after 90 minutes, I was pretty confident in my answers, so I took the test up to the prof, who knew this was my last final; he smiled and asked if I double checked my work and I answered in the affirmative.

I left the exam room and as soon as I got outside, I just burst out screaming, "YES!" I was so happy I was finally done my B.Sc. Within 20 minutes, I was drinking.

[EDIT] For MATH 432, I got the only A. It was nice being a physics major sticking it to the math majors on their own turf.

[GTA_stu]

I've got 3 this year, first one is on friday. I'm not that panicked just yet, but I probably will be pretty nervous on the day.

[Robinski]

Only got one this term, on Thursday.

I should really start that revision.

[OchyGTA]

I have seven exams in June, the final set of my A levels. Hopefully I get the grades I need for uni but if not, well I guess I'll have to re-sit.

[Whiskey]

Have one week of school left. One week of studying. Then one week of exams then I'm finished school for good. I really dislike the fact that one exam decides your carreer prospects. I would much rather continual assesment.

[Desmosedici]

I had all my finals last week. History I, Accounting, Art Appreciation, and Speech. Got an A in the first 3, I think a B in the last, haven't gotten that grade back.

[gta3kuruma]

my first is on Thrusday then the next is the day after, then I have the weekend before my third exam next Monday, how sh*t is that. At least i have a whole week between that and my last one.

[Piperka]

I only have 1 exam, in June, the day before I turn 18!

[Irviding]

I had like 3 already, I have a few more coming up this week. Chinese exam and eco were very hard.

[Adler]

Done with 3 AP exams so far and got 3 more to go, 2 of which take place tomorrow!

[Irviding]

QUOTE (Adler @ Monday, May 14 2012, 19:35)

Done with 3 AP exams so far and got 3 more to go, 2 of which take place tomorrow!

Which ones are you taking? They're so worth it. I took I think 8-9 of them and got so many credits out of it.

[Adler]

QUOTE (Irviding @ Monday, May 14 2012, 16:41)

QUOTE (Adler @ Monday, May 14 2012, 19:35) Done with 3 AP exams so far and got 3 more to go, 2 of which take place tomorrow! Which ones are you taking? They're so worth it. I took I think 8-9 of them and got so many credits out of it.

I've taken 4 tests in the years prior, and took AP Literature, Psychology, and Calculus just last week (which I'm feeling pretty strongly about). Tomorrow I'm taking US Government and French (which I'll probably fail, je crois), and I'll have the Microeconomics test this Thursday.

What score did you have in order to receive credits and which tests have you received credits for? Some colleges require a 4 or a 5 to get credits so I'm trying my best to get at least a 4 on the ones I'm taking.

[Mockage]

I have Biology and Algebra I exams this week. My stronger side is leaning towards the Algebra exam rather than the Biology part which begins tomorrow and ends on Wed. After that it's finals with a possible exemption of World History Finals (A's all marking periods so far), so yay me.

[Irviding]

QUOTE (Adler @ Monday, May 14 2012, 20:15)

QUOTE (Irviding @ Monday, May 14 2012, 16:41) QUOTE (Adler @ Monday, May 14 2012, 19:35) Done with 3 AP exams so far and got 3 more to go, 2 of which take place tomorrow! Which ones are you taking? They're so worth it. I took I think 8-9 of them and got so many credits out of it. I've taken 4 tests in the years prior, and took AP Literature, Psychology, and Calculus just last week (which I'm feeling pretty strongly about). Tomorrow I'm taking US Government and French (which I'll probably fail, je crois), and I'll have the Microeconomics test this Thursday. What score did you have in order to receive credits and which tests have you received credits for? Some colleges require a 4 or a 5 to get credits so I'm trying my best to get at least a 4 on the ones I'm taking.

The school I go to only takes 4 and 5. The AP language tests are ridiculously hard. I've spoken fluent Spanish since I was around 15-16 and I took the AP Spanish exam in my junior year and I think it was seriously the hardest exam I ever took. It was harder than Physics B imo (I got a 5 on Spanish but the curve is crazy, I got a 3 in physics so no credit)

The other good thing further than credits is you get out of the intro classes. I got f*cked with eco because I only took AP Macro and not AP micro, and while I got the generic credits, I still had to do eco 101 even though I was well above the course in terms of my personal knowledge, since the economics I'm pursuing is more of a macro field rather than the micro field simply because I'm not going into business or anything. US gov is ridiculously easy, make sure you know the specifics of Congress and the EOP agencies. Remember this reason for the free responses/money - "to control spiraling election costs" and "to level the playing field" , against regulating campaign spending "puts it in the hands of unregulated interest groups who will find ways around the laws regardless", and "unconstitutional by many peoples' standards". I swear to god every practice test, and the year I took it also, featured the same exact free response on money in politics. Know those reasons by heart, lol.

[Adler]

QUOTE (Irviding @ Monday, May 14 2012, 17:59)

The school I go to only takes 4 and 5. The AP language tests are ridiculously hard. I've spoken fluent Spanish since I was around 15-16 and I took the AP Spanish exam in my junior year and I think it was seriously the hardest exam I ever took. It was harder than Physics B imo (I got a 5 on Spanish but the curve is crazy, I got a 3 in physics so no credit)

Heh that makes me feel better about AP French, especially since I'm not fluent in French at all! I'll probably take French again in college though since I feel I need to improve regardless of how I'll do on the AP test.

QUOTE (Irviding @ Monday, May 14 2012, 17:59)

The other good thing further than credits is you get out of the intro classes. I got f*cked with eco because I only took AP Macro and not AP micro, and while I got the generic credits, I still had to do eco 101 even though I was well above the course in terms of my personal knowledge, since the economics I'm pursuing is more of a macro field rather than the micro field simply because I'm not going into business or anything.

So Econ 101 is like an introductory or a general Econ class and you didn't get credit for it since you had Macroecon? My teacher explained at the beginning of the year about why our school has AP Micro instead of Macro in preparation for college, but apparently I didn't understand it too well lol.

QUOTE (Irviding @ Monday, May 14 2012, 17:59)

US gov is ridiculously easy, make sure you know the specifics of Congress and the EOP agencies. Remember this reason for the free responses/money - "to control spiraling election costs"  and "to level the playing field" , against regulating campaign spending "puts it in the hands of unregulated interest groups who will find ways around the laws regardless", and "unconstitutional by many peoples' standards". I swear to god every practice test, and the year I took it also, featured the same exact free response on money in politics. Know those reasons by heart, lol.

We went over Congress and the Presidency extensively in the months up until now so hopefully I have it down or otherwise I should be studying instead of coming here though lol. What you said about money makes coming here worth it though! It seems every AP test has some rules of thumb to remember such as how the AP Environmental Science test had "environmental degradation" or "habitat destruction" as some things to put when in doubt.

[Irviding]

QUOTE

So Econ 101 is like an introductory or a general Econ class and you didn't get credit for it since you had Macroecon? My teacher explained at the beginning of the year about why our school has AP Micro instead of Macro in preparation for college, but apparently I didn't understand it too well lol.

I needed both to get credit to skip into above intro classes. I don't know what the teacher means, but micro is more the nuts and bolts of the economy and has more math to it. Micro kind of takes a bottom up approach to economics, like how corporate decisions or labor strikes affect each other and stuff like that. I'm sure you know from the coarse. Macro is more of what fits into my interests which is the overall state of the economy, monetary policy, etc.

QUOTE

We went over Congress and the Presidency extensively in the months up until now so hopefully I have it down or otherwise I should be studying instead of coming here though lol. What you said about money makes coming here worth it though! It seems every AP test has some rules of thumb to remember such as how the AP Environmental Science test had "environmental degradation" or "habitat destruction" as some things to put when in doubt.

Ah the environmental science test, haha that was a fun one. Literally easiest class I took and easiest AP.

[Warlord.]

Here's a tip for all you UKers/people following the UK syllabus:

You've heard right, don't do psychology, its a sh*t ton of work.

[Jay]

QUOTE (Icarus @ Tuesday, May 15 2012, 06:35)

Within 20 minutes, I was drinking

So by the time liquids were in yr belly, people were still in the exam hall sweating over their answers? Harsh.

I graduated last year, and even then I weaseled out of any exams for the last three semesters of my degree (somehow).

f*ck exams.

[.Trooper.]

I have 13 left, ending end of June. 12, this afternoon.