ATOT Attendance in College Vow

[NewSc2]

Originally posted by: agnitrate
I don't see why so many people skip class so much. What else would you be doing for 50 minutes that makes it worth it to make your final harder since you didn't attend class?

If it's an easy class that you KNOW you can pass, fine. Not going to difficult classes like calculus or physics or something is asking for trouble.

I feel no remorse for those who don't attend classes.

-silver

I didn't go to one single Physics class this quarter, but for the midterm, i scored in the top 3% of the class. Why go to class if you're going to get an A anyways?

Plus, I know all of us has faced that one time, when you have that 9am class, and you wake up around 8:30... only having gotten maybe 4 hrs. of sleep, and that 50 minutes of class pales in comparison to that extra 1.5 hrs. of sleep you'd be getting.. and you zone back out and go to sleep. Happened like almost every day.

 

[NewSc2]

time to study for physics, logging off wish me luck!

 

I only missed one class this semester. I am a freshman, so that might change.

 

[Woodchuck2000]

As a rule, I skip lectures if I can do the homework before the lecture...
I only went to one maths lecture this term and it was the most pointless experience of my life (although the lecturer looks like sideshow bob. which is nice.)

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: NewSc2

Originally posted by: agnitrate
I don't see why so many people skip class so much. What else would you be doing for 50 minutes that makes it worth it to make your final harder since you didn't attend class?

If it's an easy class that you KNOW you can pass, fine. Not going to difficult classes like calculus or physics or something is asking for trouble.

I feel no remorse for those who don't attend classes.

-silver

I didn't go to one single Physics class this quarter, but for the midterm, i scored in the top 3% of the class. Why go to class if you're going to get an A anyways?

Plus, I know all of us has faced that one time, when you have that 9am class, and you wake up around 8:30... only having gotten maybe 4 hrs. of sleep, and that 50 minutes of class pales in comparison to that extra 1.5 hrs. of sleep you'd be getting.. and you zone back out and go to sleep. Happened like almost every day.

as he said, if you know you can pass, fine.

and falling asleep like that is fine, once. but if you do it over and over again to the point where you are missing up to 25% of your classes, you have a problem.

 

[Jfur]

I don't miss unless I'm at a conference

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: hans007

Originally posted by: NewSc2
Argh why am i in this position! I opened up the sample final exam for my test in 11 hrs. and about 1/4 of the stuff I've never seen before.


I hereby vow that next quarter, I will go to more than 25% of my classes.. in fact, I will go to at least 80% of my classes!

Who's with me?!


(this is also what i've said every finals week, and so far nothing has come up )

i would say i was with you, but i've skipped 80% of my classes the last year. my GPA blows ass, but hell i'm graduating in 2 quarters why start going now. i'm a compsci major, there are like 2.5 girls in my classes, and well no one talks in a language other than chinese. class... bah

nah the .5 is for the girl you arent quite sure about.

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: NewSc2
Argh why am i in this position! I opened up the sample final exam for my test in 11 hrs. and about 1/4 of the stuff I've never seen before.


I hereby vow that next quarter, I will go to more than 25% of my classes.. in fact, I will go to at least 80% of my classes!

Who's with me?!


(this is also what i've said every finals week, and so far nothing has come up )

Ugh..another quarter of going to ~15-20% of my classes (and thats generous). My grades you ask? Looking to be low to mid C range...again...lol. i should get to studying...have a dually exam on friday...

 

[eakers]

i had a 90 in class
the final is worth 50
if you do the math, i only need 5 on the final to pass the course

the prof has this rule that you need to pass the final to pass the course

i bombed the final.

my transcript will say 49 when i prolley got 70something

and i have to retake a class i was getting a 90 in until the final.

 

[Zugzwang152]

ouch, did you know about the final pass thing before you went in?

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: NewSc2
Argh why am i in this position! I opened up the sample final exam for my test in 11 hrs. and about 1/4 of the stuff I've never seen before.


I hereby vow that next quarter, I will go to more than 25% of my classes.. in fact, I will go to at least 80% of my classes!

Who's with me?!


(this is also what i've said every finals week, and so far nothing has come up )

I found that if I went to class, I didn't have to study.....ever.

amish

 

[Spac3d]

The only class I missed this quarter is because I was involved in a car accident and police took forever to get there

I live off campus too, you are just too lazy to go to class

I have no sympathy for you.

Spac3d

 

[bonk102]

hey, i'll take that bet, i've never been to 80% of my classes since sophmore year, result, now i'm a super senior, i need to buckle down to graduate next semester anyway, so i'm with you, let's see what we can do.

 

[bonk102]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
ok engineering people. lets create ankle bracelets that will produce a painful shock if a class is missed! sweet idea?

sweet, i like that idea

 

[Darien]

I've been to all but 5 chemistry classes this semester.



I don't understand the prof, can't read the writing on the chalk board and what he does is simply copy stuff from the book.



I used those minutes constructively by actually reading the book

 

[Martin]

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN
We all have problems with structures.

maybe someone can help us: whats the definition of second moment of inertia and how is it different from the first moment of inertia? What does it physically represent? I asked my TAs but they couldn't really answer. I can use hte formulas to solve problems but I don't know why I'm doing it.

If you can use the formulas, then you're diong well. Civ is useless and we'll forget about it in 2 weeks anyway. Its not like you'll ever use this knowledge in ECE....

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

IM WITH YOU!!! next quarter i will ATTEND MY CLASSES!!!!