Exam season - Page 2

Van D · 26-10-2006, 12:26 AM

I've had 3 so far, and they're probably the most nerve racking.

VET music exam, theatre studies monologue, VCE group music.

Bit of a pain with theatre.. You basically act out a mono piece (about 1 1/2 pages of script) to 3 examiners (same with all 3 exams) for about 7 minutes. The bad thing with theatre is they know the script and if you stuff up, then you're screwed. With Drama, you write you're own script, so if you miss a line, no biggy (already done drama last year).

Still to come; Design Tech (wood, cos I couldn't do metalwork), English (need to read the book tomorow, before friday), Music written/aural (test ears with scales etc, and theory work), theatre written, and history.

Oh, and not to get big headed, but we didn't something pretty cool with music. Put Texas Chainsaw Massacre up on a projector behind us whilst we did sound scape/score to it. Make all trippy noises and stuff with the drums/cymbals/mics, home made intruments, waaaay distorted bass with sythns and home made intruments. Even though the examiners can't say anything, they looked really impressed, and I bet no-one else did it!

XR8-260 · 26-10-2006, 01:10 AM

ahh... I have fond memories of the TEE of last year

castek · 26-10-2006, 07:42 AM

i have vet music today. should be all good, only thing is i was forced into the band coz the teacher felt sorry for the rest of thr guys. thank god its individually marked. english tomorrow, further math on monday and wednesday then my final exam for accounting on thursday (frontin up, name on exam, answer 1 or 2 q;s and leave

) and i am finished school forever.... till next year

good luck all

Hawk · 26-10-2006, 10:19 AM

Finally, my last year, final exams are here. Three years in the making...and I only have two to contend with in my final semester (one is a take home exam...but that is essentially an assignment).

Bring on November 16th at 11:30 and I will be finished with my uni course!!!!

bunny · 26-10-2006, 10:10 PM

wow ive got 3 exams coming up...
-materials processing and physics
-applied mechanics
-thermodynamics
all 3 of them at 8am with two of them on saturdays...

yay for me! :(

MITCHAY · 26-10-2006, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bunny

wow ive got 3 exams coming up...
-materials processing and physics
-applied mechanics
-thermodynamics
all 3 of them at 8am with two of them on saturdays...

yay for me! :(

Exams on Saturday WTF?

I hate early starts too. I think there was some talk about moving the start times for schools forward an hour or so. Vaguely recall hearing somewhere. All I know is I would be all for it.

saber · 26-10-2006, 10:31 PM

3 exams for me, should of been 4 but one got changed to an oral exam, yahoo!!!!!
But the 3 exams i do have will be a b***ch:
Electromagnetism and Special relativity, Communications systems and Digital systems 3.
All hard stuff, but should pass.
Good luck to ya all

XR8-260 · 27-10-2006, 09:48 PM

I spend too much time on AFF and youtube when i should be studying...

MITCHAY · 27-10-2006, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by 30487256

I spend too much time on AFF and youtube when i should be studying...

I don't study at all. I've never taken notes in class aswell. All that time is free for me to do what I want. I have no idea how I do it, but I have got excellent grades my whole life.

FordFan86 · 27-10-2006, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by MITCHAY

I don't study at all. I've never taken notes in class aswell. All that time is free for me to do what I want. I have no idea how I do it, but I have got excellent grades my whole life.

Wait till you hit the real world... you can't just sit at your desk/go out in the field and get to the end of the day and think all the work will be complete on its own accord.

FRDXR6 · 27-10-2006, 11:12 PM

I got Financial Management and Performance measurement & control to go, i finish on November 6th just in time for cup day, oaks day etc

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Three years at uni down, 2 to go

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MITCHAY · 27-10-2006, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by FordFan86

Wait till you hit the real world... you can't just sit at your desk/go out in the field and get to the end of the day and think all the work will be complete on its own accord.

Well we will see. I'm not lazy or anything, far from it I've just seem to absorb the work quite well.

If I'm bored enough I give myself little projects. Maybe I just don't consider it study because I enjoy it.

I am starting to wonder lately is the work too easy or does it just come naturally to me?

XR8-260 · 27-10-2006, 11:18 PM

I've got hours; perphaps even days of i-lectures to listen to before my exams. Well, it serves me right for not showing up to any lectures this semester

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MITCHAY · 27-10-2006, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by 30487256

I've got hours; perphaps even days of i-lectures to listen to before my exams. Well, it serves me right for not showing up to any lectures this semester

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For the last few weeks I may aswell as not of shown up. I wake up late, battle through peak hour traffic and everything they teach I could of taught myself at home.

It's a 50km round trip and a turbo car in peak hour traffic aint good for petrol lol!

XR8-260 · 27-10-2006, 11:27 PM

50km round trip is nothin mate. I have to travel 90km :sm_headba Lucky my parents pay for petrol... my excuse - "but mum, my petrol usage is for educational purposes"

MITCHAY · 14-11-2006, 06:58 PM

Well thought I'd pump up an older thread. Had my first of four tests this week. It was C++ and I killed it very easily.

They call the unit "Introduction to Object Orientated Programming" but I think of it as "Introduction to introduction to OOP" lol!

Tommorow is Java 2 which I will pass.

Then on Thursday is "Requirements Analysis and System Planning Analysis" which I am sure to fail.

I'm going to be a code monkey, I couldn't care about that crap lol.

Doctor Sodways · 14-11-2006, 09:57 PM

Ive had 2 allready, not looking forward to my next two, Applied market research, and some economics one, the research is tomorrow, and im drastically underprepared, as is everyone else apparently, back to study though

YuGoStaR · 14-11-2006, 10:24 PM

Ah you poor guys still not finished.
I finished last Monday, it's 'me' time now haha. Good luck people !

crannersEL · 14-11-2006, 10:42 PM

2 down 2 to go.....

PHANTOM XR · 14-11-2006, 10:49 PM

I HAD ONE LAST FRIDAY AUDITING AND GOT ONE ON WEDNESDAY ADVANCED FINANCIAL, THEN IM DONE FOR GOOD UNLESS I DONT PASS.
I GOTTA LEARN THE WHOLE SUBJECT IN A WEEK THATS GANNA BE FUN, SHOULD HAVE DONE WORK DURING THE SEMESTER. BUT THIS IS ALWAYS THE CASE, THE WAY IT GOES IS P's GET DEGREES.

bunny · 15-11-2006, 01:05 AM

not just a melbourne thing... my boyfriend stops shaving too... we're in brisbane studying at UQ...
we both have our last exam tomorrow...
mine is at 8am... mechanics and his is at 5:45pm on maths

billyb35 · 15-11-2006, 03:55 AM

Last exam tomorrow (today) at 1:30PM - Law of Evidence.

Then I have 3 more subjects in my final year next year which will be my 7th at uni. I ******* hate the place and the BS that is undergraduate study.

Oh well, two degrees and 7 years later I should come into the workforce on 30K. And who says lawyers get paid...?

FordFan86 · 15-11-2006, 11:46 AM

2 exams down and 3 to go

Chemistry (69%, sat 845am), Marine Science (45%, mon 115pm), Maths (65%, thu 845am). Maths is the only non multiple choice... If I don't ace atleast one of the above exams then I wont be happy :(
Passing all 3 will be easy... getting a decent pass is something different.

MITCHAY · 15-11-2006, 01:26 PM

Just had my Java 2 exam then. Pretty sure I passed but it didn't go as smooth as I would of hoped.

First off I was late, so I had to spend exam time setting up the programs. All well in good except it stuffed up on 2 computers which cost me a lot of time.

Plus all the toolbars, windows, etc made it almost impossible to easily type up my code when I finally got it to setup

I felt pretty good though because there were people next to me and when the time was up, they had compile errors and what not.

I forgot to put a message box in but it's no big deal because it was only to say the SQL update was successful.

So that should be a pass but only just. Tommorow is make or break. 2 tests and they will be hard as. If it don't pass and fail the resit, I will have to do 32 weeks (combined subjects) instead of 16 weeks.

Oh man what a start to the day!

MITCHAY · 20-11-2006, 12:47 PM

**** YEAH!

I'm over the moon. All exams done and all passes except one which was a CREDIT!!!

I have no idea how I did that but hopefully this time next year I will be a qualified Software Developer ;)

I would be celebrating except my pay hasn't gone through and I got a $900 tax bill due tommorrow :jab:

S3SR · 20-11-2006, 12:53 PM

^^ sucked in

i got computing maths in an hour
c++ programming 28th
multimedia 30th.... AU Project got me a D YAYAYAYAYAYAY

bring on criminology next year

LukeyBAXR6 · 20-11-2006, 01:35 PM

Had my last exam just then.. 3 hour history exam.. all done

So happy, glad it's all over and done with!

FordFan86 · 20-11-2006, 01:36 PM

15 minutes till my next exam.... marine science... "open book".. ie, no amterials allowed in with us but we have unlimited access to anything electronic, including every lecture note from where the material has come from... 100 questions in 3 hours... this topic is a joke... the exams worth 45%.... should be easy to pass and pass it well... then i've got maths left on thursday and im a FREE man for 3 months

MITCHAY · 20-11-2006, 01:42 PM

What I found laughable was that they expected us to do calculations manually, in a subject where they emphasize that time is of huge importance. We wouldn't be expected to do the maths like that in the real world. I for the life of me can't do long division.

I tried learning it again but yeah just wasn't happening. I had a bit of a blue with the teacher about it because we weren't being tested on our mathematical skills in the test but nonetheless I got a credit.

I'm one of the calculator generation

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FordFan86 · 24-11-2006, 12:56 PM

I'm FINISHED!
I know I passed all my exams... just how well is always the question. Shall find out in a few weeks..
It's midday and I just woke up... and i'm going out again tonight after 7 hours work hahahah.
now playing: George Michael - Freedom lol