Bored of studying

[nacho]

is there any reason why you are cramming? because i don't think studying at 3 am is healthy lol especially for a uni subject.

I like a challenge
Studying at 3am is heaps healthy I'm at my physical peak, did 50 pushups today (the most i've ever done EVER) and i could run a marathon right now if you asked me to

[WhoTookMyUsername]

okay go run a marathon now.
We expect video evidence

[TrueTears]

is there any reason why you are cramming? because i don't think studying at 3 am is healthy lol especially for a uni subject.

well then... i guess im pretty fucked ey, 3am is just when i peak for my studies, i've been going until 11am for the past 3 years LOL (1-2pm if i'm really keen). Although there have been periods where it was completely the opposite way around, wake at 10pm, study till 1-2pm, sleep from 1-2pm to 10pm GFG

[b^3]

How do you guys cram? Just sit there memorising stuff? That's all I do it gets so boring. They should really make subjects just a little bit more interesting.

Its a bit different for different areas, like for engineering its basically make sure you know how to solve problems, do the tute questions again, do the past years papers that they put out. Well there is some theory to remember but if you know how to do the questions, most of the time that requires you to know the theory - why, and then how.

And on the time of studying thing, over the last two weeks I've been wokring best at 1am in the morning, its soo quiet . But it means that I go to sleep later and so my sleeping pattern has shifted by 4-5 hrs or so, so that means that I am currently sleeping at all the times at which my exams are on, and the times at which I would need to be travelling to them. So over the next 2 days I have to try and shift my sleeping patter back by 5 hrs or so......I'm fu**ed.

Starting to burn out now.....can't give up, there is 4 weeks of breaks at the end of this!

And nacho, just don't over-(over-do) it

EDIT: Fixed half of it up, a lot of that was incoherent initially.......

[aes_999]

Exams at uni man. That is the stuff. I've never actually 'crammed' at VCE, and I definitely didn't sleep like, at 1 - 2am. But during uni exam prep? Like, you just cram and cram, not having enough sleep. I crammed pretty much 3 subjects in over 10 days, my back hurts all over, for some reason you don't get hungry, then suddenly you eat a whole lot of food. Before and during exams, you get anxious and start to panic. And at the end of the exam, you kinda feel like an undead zombie.

BEWARE YR 12 VCE STUDENTS. THIS IS YOU NEXT YEAR. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. CRAMMING FOR EXAMS IS NIGH UNAVOIDABLE.

[BoredSatan]

For dent.. I pretty much have to cram all the processes related to teeth and also all this physiology crap and then they can still ask some question which mixes several topics together making you think and then that just stuffs everything up..

I never crammed for VCE, mostly because we got so much time for preparing for the exam.. (finishing the course 2 months early for exam preparation) In uni we finish the course 1 week before exams.. And then we have to cram like hell.

And for some reason for my exam on Tuesday the marking is so weird.. eg. listing 3 facts would normally give 3 marks in VCE.. But it only gives 1.5 in uni..

[Starlight]

For dent.. I pretty much have to cram all the processes related to teeth and also all this physiology crap and then they can still ask some question which mixes several topics together making you think and then that just stuffs everything up..

I never crammed for VCE, mostly because we got so much time for preparing for the exam.. (finishing the course 2 months early for exam preparation) In uni we finish the course 1 week before exams.. And then we have to cram like hell.

And for some reason for my exam on Tuesday the marking is so weird.. eg. listing 3 facts would normally give 3 marks in VCE.. But it only gives 1.5 in uni..

So with dentistry do you just have to essentially 'pass' your subjects? Or do you have to do exceptionally well (maybe not because you're already in dent?)

[Starlight]

Lol my chemistry exam marking scheme is so weird it's like a 7 mark question for getting the correct number for your answer.

[pi]

I think with dent and law, most people would be fine with just a pass

[BoredSatan]

For dent.. I pretty much have to cram all the processes related to teeth and also all this physiology crap and then they can still ask some question which mixes several topics together making you think and then that just stuffs everything up..

I never crammed for VCE, mostly because we got so much time for preparing for the exam.. (finishing the course 2 months early for exam preparation) In uni we finish the course 1 week before exams.. And then we have to cram like hell.

And for some reason for my exam on Tuesday the marking is so weird.. eg. listing 3 facts would normally give 3 marks in VCE.. But it only gives 1.5 in uni..

So with dentistry do you just have to essentially 'pass' your subjects? Or do you have to do exceptionally well (maybe not because you're already in dent?)

its a little bit more complicated then just passing..
eg. for one of our subjects there are kinda 2 sections on the exam (dent and physiology). The dent part is about 45 marks and physiology is 120 BUT we have to get at least 50% on both sections to pass the whole exam. If you fail, you have to do a sup for both parts even if you only failed one.
for another subject there was a prac exam as well as a written and again we have to get 50% on both to pass..
in first year they dont really care about scores but im sure if you wanted to do post-graduate studies you would need descent marks.

and for me because im on scholarship i need 70% average across all subjects not happening at this rate.. theres just too much stuff to learn

[HarveyD]

How do you guys cram? Just sit there memorising stuff? That's all I do it gets so boring. They should really make subjects just a little bit more interesting.

Its a bit different for different areas, like for engineering its basically make sure you know how to solve problems, do the tute questions again, do the past years papers that they put out. Well there is some theory to remember but if you know how to do the questions, most of the time that requires you to know the theory - why, and then how.

And on the time of studying thing, over the last two weeks I've been wokring best at 1am in the morning, its soo quiet . But it means that I go to sleep later and so my sleeping pattern has shifted by 4-5 hrs or so, so that means that I am currently sleeping at all the times at which my exams are on, and the times at which I would need to be travelling to them. So over the next 2 days I have to try and shift my sleeping patter back by 5 hrs or so......I'm fu**ed.

Starting to burn out now.....can't give up, there is 4 weeks of breaks at the end of this!

And nacho, just don't over-(over-do) it

EDIT: Fixed half of it up, a lot of that was incoherent initially.......

How are you studying for Materials? practice exams + theory memorizing?

[ecvkcuf]

Wow Uni seems like hell.. you don't get to hear this side of Uni.. it's usually always the social aspects that you hear.. Luckily i'm taking a gap year so hell awaits in 2014.

[Starlight]

Wow Uni seems like hell.. you don't get to hear this side of Uni.. it's usually always the social aspects that you hear.. Luckily i'm taking a gap year so hell awaits in 2014.

Ahahahah, yep first 7- weeks do nothing and then it just goes mad from there.

[Starlight]

For dent.. I pretty much have to cram all the processes related to teeth and also all this physiology crap and then they can still ask some question which mixes several topics together making you think and then that just stuffs everything up..

I never crammed for VCE, mostly because we got so much time for preparing for the exam.. (finishing the course 2 months early for exam preparation) In uni we finish the course 1 week before exams.. And then we have to cram like hell.

And for some reason for my exam on Tuesday the marking is so weird.. eg. listing 3 facts would normally give 3 marks in VCE.. But it only gives 1.5 in uni..

So with dentistry do you just have to essentially 'pass' your subjects? Or do you have to do exceptionally well (maybe not because you're already in dent?)

its a little bit more complicated then just passing..
eg. for one of our subjects there are kinda 2 sections on the exam (dent and physiology). The dent part is about 45 marks and physiology is 120 BUT we have to get at least 50% on both sections to pass the whole exam. If you fail, you have to do a sup for both parts even if you only failed one.
for another subject there was a prac exam as well as a written and again we have to get 50% on both to pass..
in first year they dont really care about scores but im sure if you wanted to do post-graduate studies you would need descent marks.

and for me because im on scholarship i need 70% average across all subjects not happening at this rate.. theres just too much stuff to learn

Oh I see. Good luck, you managed to get in alone so i'm sure you can do well!

[max payne]

Why do you have to cram in uni? Can't you just put consistent effort throughout the year like in VCE? or do you only get told just before the exam what its going to be about so your forced to cram? i dont get it