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Tell me what to do (finals)

timosyy

timosyy

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So... I have a final in 1 hour for one of my classes. I need a 95 for an A in the course, a 91 for an A-, a 87 for a B+, or I can just not take it and wind up with a B.

Previous exam scores:
Exam 1 : 74%
Exam 2: 83%

I don't know the material, and would have (a little less than) an hour to study for it. Should I study? Skip it and get breakfast instead? Take it, throw answers on the scantron, and see what it comes up with?

... Sleep? tbh I'm lucky enough to have a B in the class as it is.

Update: Well I didn't take the final, choosing instead to study for my linear algebra final. Ironically, I misread the time for that final and wasn't allowed to take it. 94% --> 74% (final is worth 20%). Pretty big punch in the gut.. rather devastated at the moment. Was raging (at myself) earlier but I've sort of moved past that into numb acceptance. Even farther from that initial 4.0 goal now, guess I should have taken the final in the OP and tried to get an A. Funny how these things work out...

Also, trust me, the grading (for missing the final in the OP and getting a B) works out. Embarrassed to explain cause its such a ridiculous curve system.
 
If the worst you can do by taking it is getting a B, i'd still go ahead and take it. Don't have much to lose but can gain a bit.
 
Sleeping, getting breakfast, studying for another final, not taking an exam 😛

@ CatchPhrase, yeah, I have 5 in the next 3 days. Expecting A's in all my other classes, this would be the lone B. Which sucks, but then I shouldnt've sucked it up so hard on the first two exams so can't really complain.
 
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
I voted don't take it. The world needs McDonald's workers too.
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Tch, nothing so dramatic. Just means I won't have a 4.0 this semester 😛
 
If you have less than an hour and don't know the material then I'd say you've already made the decision to fail the test, or get a low passing grade at best. Weather you go through with the test or head back to bed is irrelevant.

But who am I to say, I spent much of my short college career watching movies and napping in the student lounge.
 
Mmm. See now I want breakfast even more. I feel like the final would be worth taking if I could get a 87 (bump it up to a B+), but on roughly 30 minutes of study on the last month or so of material, honest self-evaluation says that's not happening. I am sorely tempted to just mark random answers though... how often do you get to do that on a final and have no repercussions?
 
Originally posted by: timosyy
Mmm. See now I want breakfast even more. I feel like the final would be worth taking if I could get a 87 (bump it up to a B+), but on roughly 30 minutes of study on the last month or so of material, honest self-evaluation says that's not happening. I am sorely tempted to just mark random answers though... how often do you get to do that on a final and have no repercussions?
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Dude get off ATOT and study 😛
 
It sounds like you really have nothing to lose by taking the final...go for it. Hell, you might surprise yourself and do better than you think...

NOT getting a 4.0 for the semester would piss me off...especially if I was >---< this close.
 
Originally posted by: dlx22
so you got a C on you first exam and B on the second...how can you not take the exam and get a B?
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This

Unless the exams are each 1% of the grade and homework or attendance is like 97%
 
Originally posted by: TheoPetro
Originally posted by: dlx22
so you got a C on you first exam and B on the second...how can you not take the exam and get a B?
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This

Unless the exams are each 1% of the grade and homework or attendance is like 97%
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Yeah, I've never seen a class where any exam was worth that small of a chunk, let alone the final.

Best show up and take it, because it sounds like your math is the fail.
 
I'd still be asleep if that was the case but you seem more studious than I was. You haven't studied and your previous tests show you really won't know the material well enough to get any higher. What do you have to gain by taking the exam?
 
When it came to school I always put in the bare minimum. Was enough to get me through high school with honor roll and 15 AP credits. In College, I applied the same strategy, and found myself on acedemic probation.

Anyhow, I would skip as much class and finals as I could. I am doing OK without a degree, but it took hard work to get here ... would have been much easier with a degree though ...
 
Originally posted by: Paladin3
If you have less than an hour and don't know the material then I'd say you've already made the decision to fail the test, or get a low passing grade at best. Weather you go through with the test or head back to bed is irrelevant.

But who am I to say, I spent much of my short college career watching movies and napping in the student lounge.
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I can tell. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
When it came to school I always put in the bare minimum. Was enough to get me through high school with honor roll and 15 AP credits. In College, I applied the same strategy, and found myself on acedemic probation.

Anyhow, I would skip as much class and finals as I could. I am doing OK without a degree, but it took hard work to get here ... would have been much easier with a degree though ...
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I was similar, and ended up with a 1.4 GPA in college the first go around. This time I'm taking it a bit more serious. With 100% effort I'd have a 4.0 but am happy with the 3.6 so far and 75% effort.

For the most part showing up and doing the assignments has been enough.
 
Originally posted by: TallBill
Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
When it came to school I always put in the bare minimum. Was enough to get me through high school with honor roll and 15 AP credits. In College, I applied the same strategy, and found myself on acedemic probation.

Anyhow, I would skip as much class and finals as I could. I am doing OK without a degree, but it took hard work to get here ... would have been much easier with a degree though ...
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I was similar, and ended up with a 1.4 GPA in college the first go around. This time I'm taking it a bit more serious. With 100% effort I'd have a 4.0 but am happy with the 3.6 so far and 75% effort.

For the most part showing up and doing the assignments has been enough.
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Grats on your return. 3.6 is highly respectable. I had a 1.8 when I left, after 2 years... Unlike you, my goal is to never go back. I HATE classrooms and schools. I can't learn in that kind of environment.
 
Update: Well I didn't take the final, choosing instead to study for my linear algebra final. Ironically, I misread the time for that final and wasn't allowed to take it. 94% --> 74% (final is worth 20%). Pretty big punch in the gut.. rather devastated at the moment. Was raging (at myself) earlier but I've sort of moved past that into numb acceptance. Even farther from that initial 4.0 goal now, guess I should have taken the final in the OP and tried to get an A. Funny how these things work out...

Also, trust me, the grading (for missing the final in the OP and getting a B) works out. Embarrassed to explain cause its such a ridiculous curve system.
 
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