Anyone at SFU right now?

[anxiety]

Originally Posted by dhillon09

lol.. that sounds like me in first year.

Here's what's helped me:

1) Make a clean study area -- when you're stuck you will look for anything distracting
2) light a candle -- aroma therapy helps, and if you feel stuck the flame can be a nice little escape
3) Put yourself in the professor's shoes -- it is impossible for him to ask you everything. The whole time you're studying trying to ask yourself what good questions would be.
4) vitamin string quartet -- it's classical music covers of popular songs without the lyrics to distract you. Or, listen to Rainy Mood -- you need some ambient noise or you'll go insane.


good luck .. feeling hopeless is terrible but try to overcome

Thanks for the suggestions. Don't think I'm gonna pass regardless, I tried to do 3) that you listed since midterm 1, didn't help, the prof is dropping hints in lecture, and I know he's gonna ask the more important stuff rather than everything that was cover, so it's best to study smart. Still the prof is sneaky as fuck. Probably gonna ask a real life question that will let us incorporate the concepts we learned. Plus we need to integrate lectures, and combine all the systems and look at it as a whole.

quite the contrary, I didn't struggle in first year, only in 4th year taking this damn course.

[BrRsn]

ochem? Are you in science?

What course is it?

Honestly, a lot of professors are very sympathetic to students -- you have no idea how many times I've gone to office hours the day before an exam only to realize I should've gone so much sooner. I've had professors spend 2-3 hours just tutoring me in private because no one else showed up.

Obviously YMMV but good luck!
Also, if it is a science class, ratemyprof is really good in terms of letting you know what you should focus on (sometimes.. but again YMMV)

Good luck.
We're all gonna make it brahs

[xXSupa]

Looks like theres finally "No Parking" signs up at that childcare place, eh?

Was gonna park there this morning, then noticed the signs

[BrRsn]

they're really getting gung-ho about towing parking violators/booting people
... i imagine it's gotten really bad because they got rid of the $3.50 all day parking

CRS sent me a snapchat of a brand new lexus getting booted

[v_tec]

Originally Posted by dhillon09

CRS sent me a snapchat of a brand new lexus getting booted

White 2014 IS?

[yray]

sawzall

[kunoman1]

anyone else going up to SFU tomorrow?

[CRS]

Originally Posted by v_tec

White 2014 IS?

Nope. Dark grey/gun metal GS 350.

[Porschedog]

what? they got rid of the $3.50 parking?

[BrRsn]

Originally Posted by Porschedog

what? they got rid of the $3.50 parking?

when was the last time you were at campus?
it's been closed since before september






sidenote:

and holy fuck it's already 11pm.
I installed LED bulbs in my room that have the same color as sunlight.
moved all my clocks out of my room and turned off the time on my laptop/desktop


#lifehacks
#broscience

[kunoman1]

Originally Posted by dhillon09

sidenote:

and holy fuck it's already 11pm.
I installed LED bulbs in my room that have the same color as sunlight.
moved all my clocks out of my room and turned off the time on my laptop/desktop

#lifehacks
#broscience

I should try that... how did you turn off the time on the desktop?

[BrRsn]

Originally Posted by kunoman1

I should try that... how did you turn off the time on the desktop?

click the clock on mac and change to analog
windows just right click taskbar and properties (or something) and you should be able to turn off the clock.


I literally just sat in my room and studied for about ~10 hours straight

felt like 2-3 hours

WHAT IS THIS WIZARDRY

[Noran]

I just studied for two hours and it felt like ten.

What is this.

[J.C]

essay due at 8am
did 25%, all nighter time
spent my day pressing f5 on facebook, rs, etc

[CRS]

Originally Posted by J.C

essay due at 8am
did 25%, all nighter time
spent my day pressing f5 on facebook, rs, etc

Ever notice how every single thing on the internet is super fucking interesting when you have things due/to do (like studying)?

Yeah, welcome to procrastination 101.

As soon as your exam, paper, whatever is done, nothing on the internet will be remotely interesting.

[E.D.C.5]

Originally Posted by J.C

spent my day pressing f5 on facebook, rs, etc

fuck sakes, I thought I was the only one.

[Purely]

late night study crew.. time to get off rs

[J.C]

Originally Posted by CRS

Ever notice how every single thing on the internet is super fucking interesting when you have things due/to do (like studying)?

Yeah, welcome to procrastination 101.

As soon as your exam, paper, whatever is done, nothing on the internet will be remotely interesting.

agreed 10000000000%
nothing new pops up, yet its interesting enough to keep me doing it for the entire day
and i stayed home cause i told myself i was going to do it today

[Xu.Vi]

Just spent two hours cleaning my room

[J.C]

Finals Week - YouTube

[BrRsn]

well that light thing really fucked with me.
I had a small coffee at like 6pm (I usually have 400-600mg caffeine a day LOL)
... couldnt sleep till fucking 3am ... was wide awake ... yuck

[is350]

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[J.C]

essay done
probably the worst essay i've ever written
never again

[zetazeta]

@bmwx1 yes. IIRC, they interview/assess you before they let you enroll. I think they also check your HS transcript to see if you took Mandarin courses (for 101 at least). I know many people (including native Mandarin speakers) who faked the assessment and adjusted their accents throughout the course and didn't get caught. I also heard of a dude who picked up a call just outside the classroom doors and spoke with perfect mandarin and the teacher heard and dropped him (or maybe failed him) from the course.

[is350]

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