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The Wilderbeast
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Posted: 19th Jun 2011 21:21
Sorry for the onslaught of new topics. How's everyone's exams (A2 in the UK specifically) going?

I have C4 tomorrow (that's maths pure) - really not looking forward to that one. I've done plenty of preparation and have just knocked off a past paper which I'm hoping is a 100% (fingers crossed). Still not looking forward to it though :S

I feel especially sorry for anyone who is studying Maths at Uni, I commend your bravery!

Zotoaster
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Posted: 19th Jun 2011 21:30 Edited at: 19th Jun 2011 21:30
I had 9 exams during May. I've never met anyone who's had that many. I had so many problems going on in my personal and family life that happened to coincide with the exams too, so I only passed four of them (got 3 As though). Now I need to do 5 resits, and I'll have to study while I'm working, and it means I won't be able to go on holiday, so no summer break for me

"everyone forgets a semi-colon sometimes." - Phaelax
The Wilderbeast
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Posted: 19th Jun 2011 21:54
That sucks, I have 7 and a load of crap going on at home so I can empathise with you. How come 3As wasn't enough to get into Uni? Or did you not apply?

CoffeeGrunt
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Posted: 19th Jun 2011 22:05
I had one, Distinction'd it. Thank god Electrical Installations is such an easy course theory-side.

I'm not the only one thinking of explosives when I saw the title, right?

Dark Frager
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Posted: 19th Jun 2011 22:08
Quote: "I'm not the only one thinking of explosives when I saw the title, right?
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Right.



Zotoaster
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Posted: 19th Jun 2011 22:57
The Wilderbeast, these were my 3rd year uni exams. It's to get into 4th year. Technically I can still get in, but I'll have a crap degree in the end. As if a degree wasn't useless enough, a bad degree is even worse!

"everyone forgets a semi-colon sometimes." - Phaelax
Teh Stone
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Posted: 20th Jun 2011 00:33
The maths exams have apparently been suprisingly easy this year, i did C1,C2 and wait for it... S1(lol...) you will prob laugh when i say they were easy cus you have an extra year but generally when it is an easy series there not goin to make a horrid paper just for C4, thats What my Teacher said anyway. Just hope no "impossible" questions come up ^.^

If your thinking you can get 100% on a practice paper then chances are your going to do fine
Indicium
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Posted: 20th Jun 2011 16:37
I did C1 too. Dreading the day I have to do C4.

Ocho Geek
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Posted: 20th Jun 2011 16:43
Quote: "If your thinking you can get 100% on a practice paper then chances are your going to do fine"


I got... uhh, E on C1 , though I think C2/S1 went ok... we'll see
I'll be resitting C1 in January

Gingerkid Jack
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Posted: 20th Jun 2011 17:10
I also did C1/C2 and S1 and I thought C1 and S1 were really easy, however we didn't even finish the C2 course -.- due to bad teaching I guess.

I had 10 exams in total

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The Wilderbeast
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Posted: 20th Jun 2011 20:04
Bahh, some parts of that C4 paper were a little nasty. I hate it when they over-complicate a question just for the sake of it. Fingers crossed though....

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Posted: 20th Jun 2011 21:07 Edited at: 20th Jun 2011 21:10
I really dont envy anyone who is doing advanced math especially if its an exam.

Well this actually brings back memories

I nearly flunked algebra , and algebra 2 in highschool (along with almost every other subject lol).The funny thingh is i managed to BS trough algebra 2 pretty well in 11th grade by making it look like i did work and actually tried (well i kinda had to put some effort into algebra 2 since i am so bad at it, i had to try to get at least a passing grade so i wont have to stay back.) All my other classmates barley did any work and didnt even try to look like they did anything (some of them stayed back or dropped out)Ironically because of my pseudoeffort and good BS i ended up being the best in the class and my teacher signed me up for Trigonometry for the next year. I freaked out and begged her to sign me up for something easier, but she said that i did pretty well in her class this year so i should be fine (looks like i overdid it with the BS lol)
Next year, my trig class turned out to be complete hell. The teacher resembled Hitler a bit (he even had the small Hitler mustache) but unlike Hitler, this guy could bore you to death just by his voice and he couldnt teach at all, whenever i asked him to explain how to do something, he would just write something on the board, point at it and was like .. "That!... thats how you do it". I had a problem sleeping in classes because i was bored but this class was the worst. i slept at his class all the time because i couldnt understand a single thing he was talking about. Eventually i switched out of trig, and traded it for some math class for retards called "financial math" at least i passed that. if i stayed in trig i would definatley not graduate highschool.

But now it seemes math is upon me again. my friend is pressuring me to get into an institute of communication in Moscow (its not far from where i live) since there are lots of open places there (the birthrate in russia in the early 90s rapidly declined so there are not a lot of people in colleges/institutes/univercities now- smaller classes i guess) and if i pass the enterance exams i will get a free tuition. But since i suck at math and never even studied physics, i doubt i would pass the exams, but my friend who is even willing to help me study, thinks i can lol). I might get in with a paid tuition tho.

Also the whole subject of math reminds me how i completley flunked SATs. for one- i didnt study, i thought, i am capable of getting at least a decent grade on them, they shouldnt be that hard. The day before SATs i had a good sleep, on the day of SATs i had a good helthy breakfast, got mentally prepaired for it, had a positive attitude, and then when i started taking them, i realised the test was timed,... i am not good at timed anything, from timed tests, to timed missions in GTA games (yes i suck at other racing games with a clock but i still enjoy them lol) basically i spent too much time on every question, and pretty much fell asleep for most of the test. (yes i fall asleep if i am bored despite of getting good sleep or not lol)
The only time i enjoy math, is when i am programming something, or doing something fun which involves math, like figuring out geometry when i am drawing in MS paint or something.

Sorry if this story might turn out to be unmotivational or depressing, but try to see it like this- "Wow PAGAN really failed at life by slacking off and not studying, i dont wanna be like him so i will study hard for the C4"

so good luck man

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Posted: 21st Jun 2011 00:25
They seem to have changed the codes since I did Maths or are A2 different than the A-levels I took back in the day. They were P1 - 4 for pure maths, T1 - 4 for statistics and M1 - 4 for mechanics.

I did a double degree at Uni half of which was Mathematics, and without a doubt my A-Level maths exams were harder than anything we did at Uni.

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Teh Stone
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Posted: 21st Jun 2011 17:31
Wow never realised there was so many 17/18 year olds here.
Ocho Geek
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Posted: 22nd Jun 2011 21:20
shh, your not supposed to say

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