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Did really horrible on the 336 midterm...Totally didn't expect this mark. Knew I got some wrong, but not to this extent... This just killed my motivation.

Has anyone taken Bus 237, and Bus 272? I have 237 with Kamal Masri, and 272 with Zorana Svedic.
Any tips for studying the mts?

Took both 237 and 272 with Zorana.

For 272 it was more dependant on memorization. Make sure you study the lecture notes, and at the same time try to read the textbook (because some questions she gave were kind of small details related to the textbook material). You don't have to read everything, just follow the lecture notes and read/ or at least skim the same topics in the textbook. The exam isn't hard if you study, but the average is really high..(80% for MT in the summer, and I believe 70s for her final)

For 237 I didn't have Kamal, but it should be similar to Zorana. Study the same way as 272. Exams were really tricky, and there were many questions where I ended up having to choose between two answers. Make sure you understand the definitions and are able to use/apply.

GL!

Anyone have tips for Bus254 for Masood?

Know the MAIN concepts inside-out.
Do the MT m/c practice, very similar to the m/c on the exam.

Honestly he crams in way too much material which half of it aren't on the exam. Btw his exams are all calculations, no theory.

GL!!!

kamal masri - read textbook chapters over and over and look at the lecture slides and you will do well

damn, complete opposite here.

Shoot me a pm if you need help or want to study :P

don't give up man its only 35%, whatever mark you got for the mid can still change by a lot. Make sure you go to his midterm review session whenever he actually sets it up so you can see your mistakes and double check your long answer, for my econ class last semester I went from 73 to 80 and 76 to 79 for my 2 mids just by checking, because the TA was being a dick in the 1st and just miscounted in the 2nd.

380 midterm tomorrow and I've barely studied, cant focus :failed:

Yo, how's your group for Bus 360 ?

I can say that this group is one of the best groups I have worked with so far.

I can say that this group is one of the best groups I have worked with so far

Study EVERYTHING. His mt is not at all easy. This is prob one of the hardest profs and bus course.

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agree, I took 254 with masood as well and I had no clue what he was talking about.

Just read the book and did practice midterms and went to office hours

abc costing
high & low method

understand the formula or something like this:

DM + DL + OVERHEADS = total direct cost

he will probably ask you x amount of questions on the mc on that formula.

thats all i remember when i took it

lmao TAs are refusing to let us know our midterms' marks.
lame as fuck.
They just have to drag the students down and fuck us over with their strike. GG

My group is not bad; not the best I've worked with and not the worst. They do their work accordingly. And we're pretty lucky the prof gave us a break with the deadlines and everything.

Not the TA's refusing, but more so the TSSU is enforcing =/ I don't think the professors are even asking for marks to be turned over....

Ugh my 2 most anxious midterm marks probably won't be released for another 2 weeks or up to a month.

Arch 131 marks just came out... Did very badly... How did everyone else do?

TA's or whomever are marking the midterms are dicks anyway.

I made a contestation of my midterm and I gained back over 20% from my instructor. Apparently they take so much pleasure in screwing you over

:ahwow: over 20%...what course is this?

Whose your prof? I had galdikas and if you gave her a photo of yourself with your name and student # on the back you were basically guaranteed a B+/A-. If you go talk to her, tell her your concerned about your mark and make a half assed effort you'll get an A/A+

i did very poorly on that midterm as well.. got 7/15 on the writing portion when i thought i nailed it! LOL

As someone who is done with econ and finishing up some stupid breadth requirements before leaving this stupid school, here is some advice that no one gave me. This is anectodal, and only for those who want to graduate econ with a 3.5+ GPA, or go to Grad school, or be head hunted or in general just have a passion for the subject. If you are happy just to leave with a degree and have no passion for econ, then read no further.

If you want to DESTROY econ courses at SFU, especially 201 (which is the first big hurdle you must cross and demonstrate you are worthy of being in the program), you need MATH.

Math 158 (or 157 I forget) is not going to cut it. Note I said destroy, not merely pass. You can pass any econ course with 158 (except maybe 331), but if you want to be top tier, you are going to have to brush up on those math skills.

I HIGHLY recommend getting a hold of Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics by A. Chiang and SFU's Kevin Wainwright. Read all the chapters and do all the problems before going into 201. Just by doing this will bump you up a full letter grade. You will need some basic calculus before attempting this.

2ndly, each bit of math increases your grade marginally.
So I highly recommend picking up a Calc textbook and literally going cover to cover. Stewart's Early Transcendentals 7th E is a good one. You will only ever need about half or maybe 60% of that book even in 331 and the 400 level courses, but it never helps to think 'caluculusly' and understand proofs.

If you are taking a break in the summer, I also recommend a Linear Alegebra book. As far as I know, other than reading PHD journal articles, or taking 331 you will NOT come across matrix algebra in econ courses. That doesn't mean you shouldn't learn about linear algebra because you might end up taking 331 in the future (which is a pre-req for honors, which is a pre-req for grad school). 331 btw is a 5 credit course and should you ace it (no easy feat), you get 1. bragging rights 2. a huge boost in GPA 3. a letter of recommendation for grad school 4. pops up on the prof's radar

So learn some linear algebgra, concentrating on matrices and their rules and Markov chains, Leontiefs, Jacobians, Hessians etc. ALl this is covered in Wainwright's book and 331, btw.

Finally pick up a book on Real Analysis (not complex, not Fourier, REAL). It will teach you about proofs and how to write your own so you won't be lost when you come across models and journal articles (which you WILL encounter in upper division).



Extra books that will help you and make you a super star econ undergrad ,( totally up to your discretion):

Books on discrete mathematics/ set theory
Public choice
Game theory
Differentiation
Integration
Operations research

What will doing all that do for you? Well for one, you made yourself exponentially brighter. Secondly you will laugh at the econ proofs and models in your textbook since your math skills will be so much more advanced than 99% of your peers and so you will have an intuitive understandings of the underpinnings in the models. You will also breeze through most if not all problem sets, assignments and exams. Imagine studying less than 6 hours for midterms and walking out with a B+ or higher. Finally I guarantee you will CRUSH econ at SFU and graduate with a very high GPA which is good prep for grad school, or to get recruited.

A good barometer would be to pick up econ papers from the profs' webpages. See if you can make sense of their models/maths. No? Then work until you can.

Godspeed young padawans.

buec 232 midterm marks are up.. i wonder what the average is

Yea, I thought he was going to be a massive douche. I am glad he's moving all the assignment deadlines by one week.

How did your first draft of your group report go ?