The Long Road

10/28/2003 Archived Entry: "THREE-SEVENTY"

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alright, a bit more text here. The cs370 midterm was Open Book. The first that you'd think when it comes to open book exams is that they'll be easy; however, that's not always true. When time came to study for this midterm I was pretty lost because I kept looking at my notes and the textbook and give up and say to myself "what's the point? I'll have these on me during the exam anyways". I ended up looking over some of my notes and past assignments and midterms.

When the exam came around, I felt pretty ready but the very first thing I did after looking over the midterm was head right for the book like a crutch! I would have been much better off without the bloody thing around to waste my time with.

The worst thing about the exam tho, was that it was almost entirely applied knowledge questions. Most exams are about 70% regurgitation, not this one.

Replies: 5 comments

I'm lost....

Posted by Andrea @ 10/29/2003 01:28 AM EST

The midterm for cs370, it didn't go too well.

Posted by Rayne @ 10/29/2003 02:57 AM EST

open book exams are often more difficult than closed book exams ... they were rather fond of them in my program ... those and cheat sheets (no wonder i never properly learned how to study)

Posted by melpie @ 10/30/2003 11:02 PM EST

OH,here comes a cheat sheet exam tomorrow!

The econ cheat sheet exams I've had have all been wonderful, cs not so good.

Posted by Rayne @ 11/02/2003 11:16 PM EST

So...
You didn't enjoy the midterm either eh! That's cool neither did I.

Anyways, how about the final? I'm finding that it is quickly approaching and, in all truth, I don't know what to study. How about you? Any ideas? ;-)

I found your post while using Google to try and answer my question... It didn't have any answers, maybe you do.

Thanks. Colin

Posted by Colin Bell @ 12/12/2003 11:16 PM EST