Thursday, November 22, 2012

November 13th- 16th: Final Exam Period




November 13th: Developmental Psychology Final
Today was my first final and I was supposed to take the exam in a classroom I haven’t ever been to before. By the time I found it all the room numbers were off and I almost went into the wrong exam room. I was still early to my exam but I was the last one to sit down. Once I sat down I didn’t know the procedure to taking exams here. Because it is such a large university they have to have you write your student code and information on a check in sheet where they will walk around and check that you are you taking the exam and not someone taking it for you. There were about 90 multiple choice questions in 2 hours and it went well. I studied hard for this exam going through every lecture in the past few days and writing down my notes on them. I’m glad it went well. 

November 14th: Animal Behaviour Final
Today was a very stressful day. I felt that the exam from 9-11 went well and that it was even easier than the midterm in this class. But then I needed to stay on campus to finish a report so I could print it out and hand it in before 9am the next day (I didn’t want to make an extra trip down at night). I spent hours working on my final report for MBM on the whale watch trip. I was very frustrated because the statistics were clearly statistically significant but the stats work reported it wasn’t. I then video called home and went to go print out the report and hand it in. I then headed home and went to study for some more of the tests the next day. Later that day I went to go look at my class unit guide to find out info on the final and I saw that the way I had done the report was wrong and I knew I would lose a lot of points if I didn’t change it before the due date. At around 9 or 10 o’clock I had to run down to the library, figure out which printer to use after putting money on my card and then find the drop box. Once I got to the drop box it was closed and I couldn’t get to it, by now I was so frustrated. I was about to call security and then found a different door with a drop box. I was so tired from stress that day I fell asleep very early…. Ready for the next final

November 15th: Marine Birds and Mammals Final
Today I studied this morning to try to understand material in this class from the beginning of the semester and then headed to my final. It was 5 essays on the 5 parts of the course and I was able to pick either-or on each section. I felt really comfortable with my exam and was glad it was over… my hand was super cramped! Wrote 10 pages…. Onto studying for the last final I am really worried about.

November 16th: Physiology Final
Today was my last final of this semester. I was super nervous and studied most of the morning. I took two multiple choice practice tests and hardly got any questions right. I was super nervous about this exam. Once I got to the exam I was very relieved to see that it was 40 multiple choice and 12 of 20 given written questions. The written portion was worth 2/3 of the grade and I was very happy I was able to pick which essay to write about. After writing everything I could think of for each essay and making sure I took all the time I could on the multiple choice (3 hours later and 12 pages written) I was very confident with how the test went and was sure I’d pass. I went home and was super glad to be done with finals, they were very stressful. But it doesn’t feel like I’m done with a semester again even though I am. 3 more to go till I graduate now… time goes so fast.

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