Finals Week, Spring 2010

[SoxFan1]

Next week is finals week for me. I only have class Tuesday's and Thursday's and I'm absolutely swamped with homework and studying today. It sucks.

[MHizzle85]

I've still got another couple of weeks but I'm in the same swamped boat.

 

3 projects/presentations & a 12 page paper.

[ChiliIrishHammock24]

My finals are the first week of May, but I have a big 10-page paper that is due in a week that I have not started.

[Whitewashed in '05]

I hate the last few weeks of the semester. Two 15 page papers, 1 project, and a s*** LOAD of homework.

[SoxAce]

I dunno it this makes me glad I'm not in college or glad that I don't miss homework.

[SoxFan1]

Luckily this semester I don't have any huge papers due, but it's just a s***ton of tiny assignments that piled up at the same time. I have 2 2-page journalism articles to write, a 2 page response on the Broadband Plan and how it effects the broadcasting industry, a bunch of process logs to revise for a required writing class, and a stupid response paper to a video about quantifying beauty and attractiveness. Tomorrow is my last day of classes though. So pumped.

[The Beast]

I need 57 more points to get a B in my Accounting II class (talk about a mundane job), my History class is a joke (weekly online quizzes, if you show up to class you get maximum participation points and the exams are cake walks), my Management class is a doesn't give out many grades (I got a B+ on the midterm) and Marketing is a bunch of bull s*** too as the professor doesn't go over concepts before his gives examples about concepts. We have a group project due in two weeks along with a group paper (that I'll have to re-write on my own) and then a final exam. Though I know people in marketing and sales, I don't think I could do that for a living. That stuff would give me ulcers. The only class I'm really worried about is my math course because I have a 76 in the class and need a 65 to pass. I have my second exam today and I'm a bit nervous about it. So we'll see how I finish up the semester. If I could get 2 A's, 2 B's and 1 C (math) I would be thrilled. Then I could get through business stats and finance before graduating with a Business Management degree in December of 2011.

Edited April 22, 2010 by The Beast

[DukeNukeEm]

I have 4! 15 page research papers due in the next 2 weeks. I've started all of them and have outlines, its just so tedious and painful to write out that much bulls***. 4 15 page papers. 4.

 

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[kjshoe04]

I have one more week of classes then finals. I'm pretty much assured of passing every class, thus graduating. I really don't care how well I do on the finals tbh.

[maggsmaggs]

Wishing I had finals. No matter what you say in school about hating school and wanting the "real world" to begin, college is still way better. Even if you hate your classes, hate your roommate or whatever, you'll never have that freedom again where you go to class 2-3 hours a day and then can spend the rest of the day how you like it. I graduated in December and now my life from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. (leave for work, work, come back from work) is all taken up. Then you eat and all you want to do in the evening is nothing. College rocks, and I was one of the ones who couldn't wait to get out.

[The Beast]

Wishing I had finals. No matter what you say in school about hating school and wanting the "real world" to begin, college is still way better. Even if you hate your classes, hate your roommate or whatever, you'll never have that freedom again where you go to class 2-3 hours a day and then can spend the rest of the day how you like it. I graduated in December and now my life from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. (leave for work, work, come back from work) is all taken up. Then you eat and all you want to do in the evening is nothing. College rocks, and I was one of the ones who couldn't wait to get out.

I guess what I feel horrible about is that this private school is costing my parents quite a bit of money to attend, and while I'm getting A's and B's in my classes, I am not doing well in math, which could prolong my graduation and put further financial strains on my parents. I just want to get the BA because in all honesty, I fear failure (as in not graduating after I have started so well). Also, if I go to grad school, I want to be able to do well on the GRE so that I can get into the field that I think would be worth my time and effort (Guidance Counseling), and I'll need some math to get there.

Edited April 22, 2010 by The Beast

[SoxFan1]

I'm officially done with my junior year of college. 1 final exam on Thursday.

[Chi Town Sox]

Wishing I had finals. No matter what you say in school about hating school and wanting the "real world" to begin, college is still way better. Even if you hate your classes, hate your roommate or whatever, you'll never have that freedom again where you go to class 2-3 hours a day and then can spend the rest of the day how you like it. I graduated in December and now my life from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. (leave for work, work, come back from work) is all taken up. Then you eat and all you want to do in the evening is nothing. College rocks, and I was one of the ones who couldn't wait to get out.

 

Yeah I have worked full time (M-F) my whole college career so I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with you there

[WhiteSoxfan1986]

I dunno it this makes me glad I'm not in college or glad that I don't miss homework.

 

I wish I was still in college. Definitely don't miss the homework, but the fun I had outweighs it.

[SouthsideDon48]

My school has a tri-mester system, and each 16-week trimester is split in half to part A and part B.

 

I just finished my spring trimester part A by passing Statistics with a 92%, and now I have 42 credit hours left before I get my BA.

 

Tomorrow I start my spring semmester part B classes, which are Project Management and Labor Relations, and both are 4 credit hours each. The schedule is gonna be hell, though, cause both classes are on Wednesdays and one is from 8am-12 and the other is from 6pm-10. Gonna be a long 8 weeks.

 

But when I pass both of those classes, I ought to be down to just 34 credit hours left for my BA before I start my summer trimester.

[maggsmaggs]

Yeah I have worked full time (M-F) my whole college career so I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with you there

Haha. I give you and the people in your boat tremendous respect because that is not only difficult, but so draining I could imagine. I know I would have welted under those demands.

[witesoxfan]

Take home final in my interdisciplinary university required class. A final paper on my econometrics project due on Friday (can be anywhere from 5-10 pages, and it should be very easy to pump out), one assignment, and then 3 finals on Monday and 1 on Tuesday, and I'm done...for a week.

[Chi Town Sox]

My school has a tri-mester system, and each 16-week trimester is split in half to part A and part B.

 

I just finished my spring trimester part A by passing Statistics with a 92%, and now I have 42 credit hours left before I get my BA.

 

Tomorrow I start my spring semmester part B classes, which are Project Management and Labor Relations, and both are 4 credit hours each. The schedule is gonna be hell, though, cause both classes are on Wednesdays and one is from 8am-12 and the other is from 6pm-10. Gonna be a long 8 weeks.

 

But when I pass both of those classes, I ought to be down to just 34 credit hours left for my BA before I start my summer trimester.

 

Where do you go? I am on trimesters and just finished my stats class at GSU

 

[Chi Town Sox]

Haha. I give you and the people in your boat tremendous respect because that is not only difficult, but so draining I could imagine. I know I would have welted under those demands.

 

It definitely can be but I feel a little better that I know I don't have to worry about loans when I am done!

 

[bigruss]

Paper and midterm this week, then a final on Friday next week, then 3 more the next week, starting to wind down but hte work is picking up.

 

Sucks though, once I am done, I have to stay for graduation in my RA role until 7pm Sunday the 16th, then I have to move back home that night and start work at my internship on Monday bright and early.

[bigruss]

It definitely can be but I feel a little better that I know I don't have to worry about loans when I am done!

What type of work did you do for fulltime during college? I have met a ton of people working part time, but no one fulltime so its interesting to me that you could fill that in.

[The Beast]

Where do you all go to school and what are you majoring in?

[bigruss]

Where do you all go to school and what are you majoring in?

UIUC, double major in Business: Gen. MGMT and IS/IT (Information Systems/Information Technology).

[The Beast]

What exactly is the study of management information systems? A friend of mine got his degree in that and I have no idea of what he does, other than the fact that he could do a lot of computer science related things as well as technical support (he fixed my computer and could potentially re-do the whole PC to the point where it was nearly new).

[bigruss]

What exactly is the study of management information systems? A friend of mine got his degree in that and I have no idea of what he does, other than the fact that he could do a lot of computer science related things as well as technical support (he fixed my computer and could potentially re-do the whole PC to the point where it was nearly new).

I personally am not good at programming (I dont have the knowledge of it) but its a major that will teach you the basics of IT, such as databases, etc. You basically learn how the computer science stuff works, so that you are able to manage projects. Im still focused on the business side of it, meaning I am more focused on being an effective leader for projects, with an IT focus.