Students, how'd you do this semester?

Jules · December 18, 2002, 13:48

Ok, I'll start:

Math econ - AB
Microeconomics - A
Macroeconomics - AB
Econometrics - A

I'd say a very excellent start to my doctoral studies, although I have no idea how I managed an AB in macro. I hardly understood anything we did in the second half of the semester, and I was only average on the midterm.

So how 'bout everyone else?

Wernazuma III · December 18, 2002, 14:23

our semester isn't over yet, but as it seems I got a "1" (=A) in my religious sciences seminary about "Violence in World Religions" and an A in the seminary "William of Ockham". I already got an A in the practice unit "Building dioramas for museums". Well, that's it til now.

ixnay · December 18, 2002, 14:33

I just finished finals this morning. None of my grades are up, though I suspect I got all A's, maybe a B or 2. I took 19 credits, which I have vowed to never do again.

Zopperoni · December 18, 2002, 14:36

My Human Resource Management exam didn't go flawlessly well today, but I guess I did enough to pass the course.

Gah, I have a Business Law exam Friday, at the horrible time of 1830-2115 in the evening

korn469 · December 18, 2002, 14:37

operations management - A
marketing - A
virginia politics - A
computers in society - i (i need to turn in one more paper and when i do i should get an A in that class as well)

Inverse Icarus · December 18, 2002, 14:50

calc: A
psych: A
minds and machines I (cognative science I): A
comp sci: A

phear the 4.0 (for now)

GePap · December 18, 2002, 14:53

NERDS!

Az · December 18, 2002, 15:21

Our simster will be over in the end of January, but so far, my results ( mid terms and such):

Calculus: 52 (

)
Chemistry Lab Reports: 43, 75 ( don't ask)
Chemistry Lab Exams: 90 90
Linear Algebra : 80,100

I am also taking Chemistry ,Biology1, C programming (a compulsory course for chemists? pfff.

) , and Priniciples in chemistry.

for a whopping 24.5 credit points. ( from 128 needed to finish a BA, plus I got my English tests to give an additional 3 points, free of charge)

but I'll pick up. For sure.

loinburger · December 18, 2002, 15:27

I just finished my best semester yet, 'cause I didn't taking any classes. Wutang.

orange · December 18, 2002, 15:41

World War 1 Seminar: A
World History: A-
Macroeconomics: Hoping for a C+
World Regional Geography: A
Comparative Politics: I'm guessing a B+ or A-
Univ320 (RA Class, 1 credit): A

devilmunchkin · December 19, 2002, 01:32

not postive yet, but i got a good shot at making the dean's list..also..have any of you taken the gre tonight..i took mine today and between the verbal and quantitative i got a 1200....but is your final score including the writing part as well?

Apocalypse · December 19, 2002, 01:45

AP English Lit - B
AP Calculus - B
Publications - A
AP Gov - A (should be close to a 100)
Psychology - A
Holocaust - A
Forensics - A

Asher · December 19, 2002, 01:47

I take my last final tomorrow, it'll probably be after New Years before I know all my marks.

Seeker · December 19, 2002, 01:52

I gave my first F's!

I enjoyed it.

'Te-Jin is difficult student who needs to pay more attention in class if he wants to succeed'

take that, punkass.

monolith94 · December 19, 2002, 02:45

damn man… you're doing ****ing kindergarten!!!
I'm getting probably 2 Bs and 2 Cs… you NERDS!
Next semester should be better though… classes I'll actually enjoy!!!

Seeker · December 19, 2002, 02:50

I teach kindergarten to adult, all ages.

orange · December 19, 2002, 02:52

some lith of wisdom you turned out to be

monolith94 · December 19, 2002, 03:39

I'm wise enough to know that although education is important, grades don't necessarily equate education.
besides, the college that I got to is the hardest of them ALL in tertms of grades… we have higher standards, is all!

Shi Huangdi · December 19, 2002, 03:57

Quote:

Originally posted by monolith94
I'm wise enough to know that although education is important, grades don't necessarily equate education.
besides, the college that I got to is the hardest of them ALL in tertms of grades… we have higher standards, is all!

in other words, you spent the entire semester getting wasted.

good job

Urban Ranger · December 19, 2002, 04:02

Bah hum bug

Bas · December 19, 2002, 04:09

I did okay on the things I finished, I didn't do all the courses I wanted to complete though.

Solid mechanics 10
Signal analysis 9
Superconductivity 7
Solid state physics I 7
Experimental **** 9

Still working on about 5 other courses, but I'll get those results (with one exception) at the end of january.

Lemmy · December 19, 2002, 04:18

Semester ain't over yet, but i have to complete one big project worth 13 points, do 4 exams, each worth 2 points, one of which i haven't been following.
And redo 3 smaller projects, also worth 2 points each. If i want to graduate next semester, i have to pass all those things....it's looking bad, very bad actually, but i'm still going for it, the small project ar enear finished, the thing i'm mostly worried about are the exams, i could pass 3 of them relatively easy, but the 4th (computer/internet law, the one i haven't been following) will be very difficult. And i don't want to spend a whole semester redoing only one course.

Drogue · December 19, 2002, 06:19

I'm an ignorant Brit, so can someone explain to me what a credit is where they are? Like in terms of Degree or A levels? Are you all in the American system?

You do 4 years degrees right? (I really know jack about US education

)

I got:
Maths - A
Further Maths - (not finished yet, A/B)
History - A
Economics - A
Business - A
and General Studies (not finished, easiest subjects on the planet though

)
At AS levels (half-A levels, we have a new system of 2 one year courses)

Jules · December 19, 2002, 07:00

Quote:

Originally posted by devilmunchkin
not postive yet, but i got a good shot at making the dean's list..also..have any of you taken the gre tonight..i took mine today and between the verbal and quantitative i got a 1200....but is your final score including the writing part as well?

There's a writing part now?
I took the GRE five years ago and scored 1610 total on the verbal, quantitative, and analytical parts. My guess is that your final scrore will include the writing section. IMHO...GRE..."worst test ever!"

Drogue:
In US colleges at least, credits roughly equal the number of hours per week you spend in class. Your final grade point average is then weighted by the number of credit "hours" each class is worth.

Jaguar · December 19, 2002, 08:18

20th Century US History: A+
Algebra II: A(-) Either A or A-. I'm a year ahead of my grade and in a class of two, so its difficult.

Physics: A
English: A- (B+ maybe)
Spanish: A

Those are quarter grades. Exam grades will all be over 100 except Math and English, which gives me a shot at getting more than one A+ for semester grades.

I'm a hopeless dork.

Kc7mxo · December 19, 2002, 11:02

I'm a senior in comp sci at Washington State

Neural Networks was cake,
Computer Graphics/Opengl was irritating as hell, but not a problem
Operating Systems was a lot of work, but it worked out ok
Algorithms is kicking my @$$ and the final has got me sweating up a storm

H Tower · December 19, 2002, 14:03

Quote:

Originally posted by Drogue
I'm an ignorant Brit, so can someone explain to me what a credit is where they are?

credits have nothing to do with the level of a class. It has to do with how many hours you are in class that week.

For example, my psych201 class gives 3 hours of credit, and I have class 3 days a week for one hour.

My Computer science class meets 3 days a week for an hour of lecture, and once a week for 2 hours of lab work. However I only get 3 hours of credit for it since lab usually doesn't count.

So if you have 19 hours of credit, that means that you spend ~19 hours sitting in a desk listening to a professor lecture, and a couple extra hours listening to a TA in a lab or discussion section for which you get no credit

Bosh · December 19, 2002, 15:05

did fairly good this semester, got something along the lines of:
-Roman History: possibly an A+, nothing like a senior history major sneaking into a class with lots of frosh

-History of Science to 1700: Horrible horrible class were I usually fall asleep, apparently the prof really really likes my BS so I'll probably get an A
-Forms of Freedom: Probably a B+ unless the prof really likes/hates my final paper.

Thesis Tutorial: nothing til next semester

Shi Huangdi · December 19, 2002, 17:28

Just finished my 1st semester at the University of Pittsburgh:

Introduction to Microeconomic theory: A
Honors US History Since 1945: B+
Introduction to Psychology: B+
Introduction to Sociology: A+

Traianvs · December 19, 2002, 17:46

Quote:

So if you have 19 hours of credit, that means that you spend ~19 hours sitting in a desk listening to a professor lecture, and a couple extra hours listening to a TA in a lab or discussion section for which you get no credit

Funny, but ehm.. just don't go if you don't want to

And it is really depressing for me that all you guys have finished and can start your holidays, enjoy a little christmas cake and all.. while i'm starting my exams january 13th

PS goddamn this stinking fker next to me here almost makes me vomit... i wish i had my own computer

i also vote for mandatory showers every thursday!! (jezus, blargh)