A Sigh of Relief

Currently: Taking a break from cleaning up my place so that my landlord won’t think I’m a complete slob.

Midterms are DONE!! I have finished the first of two midterms for my 5 courses. For what I expected from University, these tests weren’t that bad. I thought University would require me to stay up til 5am (Which I only did for one Exam) and pull my hair out (Which I didn’t do for ANY exam). My first taste what actually counts for more than just a measly 1%, were these midterms. I’m going to break it down Midterm by Midterm.

Chem 121
Difficulty: Easy
Comments: Overall, this Exam wasn’t too hard. I have my mark for this exam already, but we’ll save that for another post. I had this exam first, and I was stressing out over it. When I received my paper and saw how simple it was, It literally was a sigh of relief. My suggestions to all you Chem students out there, if you wanna do good, just stay on track and keep up with the exercises. I never really had to go back and find out old information, as long as you keep on track and stay organized with your studying, you’ll do fine.

Engl 110
Difficulty: Moderate
Comments: I am a terrible essay writer, I can’t write a good essay to save my life. Especially when it is on something as broad as literature. I just can’t compose an Essay about a piece of literature and make it flow nicely, it just ends up a jumbled mess of words. I guess this is just one of those subjects I’m really bad at.

Phys 101
Difficulty: Moderate
Comments: This exam wasn’t TOO TOO bad, it was pretty hard, questions made me think for a bit, but in the end I got it all done without too much difficulty. I had about 7 minutes left over by the time I was done, and I could tell people were upset with the amount of time allotted. Overall, this exam was good for me, but I’m not sure how many of the other people in Phys 101 felt.

Bio 121
Difficulty: Easy
Comments: This exam was an open book exam, and it was more on Theory rather than Definite Answers. It wasn’t too bad, lots of time to write the exam, and the open textbook really helped. But with this exam, because its on Theory, its all on how the Prof marks it. I may have thought I did good, but the prof may be looking for specific answers which I didn’t put down.

Math 100
Difficulty: The bane of my existence
Comments: I find my Math skills to be pretty good, although when it comes to Prof Nagata’s class… they take a turn for the worst. His Exams aren’t too bad compared to his Marked Homework assignments, but the only thing about his Exam is… if you don’t know how to do it, you don’t have enough time. It was too the point where I had to look at the question, and instantly know in my mind how to do it. If I were to have spent anytime looking at the question and contemplating how to do it, I wouldn’t finish. The 50 minutes allotted is not enough time in my opinion. I managed to finish my last question the SECOND he said “Alright Pencils down.”

All in All, I know what to expect next time now, and next time I’ll be prepared.