So to prepare for the first midterm, I did it all.
I read all of How to Think Like a Computer Scientist, and almost all theparts of other resources. I finished a course on Codecademy on Python to get a grip on the syntax (I skipped Csc108). I did the past midterm, went to comp sci help hours, my prof's office hours. I can't remembered the last time I've keened so hard in my whole life.
There is one thing I forgot to do though: Time myself while doing the exercises.
When I walked into the exam room, I was pretty confident. My aid sheet had everything I could forget. I had studied Python from more than a week ahead. I was ready to kill it.
There was no clock in the room. I forgot to wear a watch. I was also under the impression that I wouldn't have to worry about running out of time.
So when I am 2/3 through my exam, taking my time, thinking of every detail with each question, the invigilator says "10 minutes left".
I think I honestly felt the world cracking down on me.
I hurried through the rest of the exam, probably messing it all up. I walked out feeling awful. I probably did awful.
Lucky for me, if you mess up your first midterm too bad, it only counts for 6% of your grade. And boy did I do bad on it. To make myself feel better, I reminded that I lose at least half of that many marks every chemistry lab because my TA is a fair and kindhearted individual, which made me think it's all about the perspective.
It's not the end of the world, but I should start giving time the importance it deserves in my life.
I read all of How to Think Like a Computer Scientist, and almost all theparts of other resources. I finished a course on Codecademy on Python to get a grip on the syntax (I skipped Csc108). I did the past midterm, went to comp sci help hours, my prof's office hours. I can't remembered the last time I've keened so hard in my whole life.
There is one thing I forgot to do though: Time myself while doing the exercises.
When I walked into the exam room, I was pretty confident. My aid sheet had everything I could forget. I had studied Python from more than a week ahead. I was ready to kill it.
There was no clock in the room. I forgot to wear a watch. I was also under the impression that I wouldn't have to worry about running out of time.
So when I am 2/3 through my exam, taking my time, thinking of every detail with each question, the invigilator says "10 minutes left".
I think I honestly felt the world cracking down on me.
I hurried through the rest of the exam, probably messing it all up. I walked out feeling awful. I probably did awful.
Lucky for me, if you mess up your first midterm too bad, it only counts for 6% of your grade. And boy did I do bad on it. To make myself feel better, I reminded that I lose at least half of that many marks every chemistry lab because my TA is a fair and kindhearted individual, which made me think it's all about the perspective.
It's not the end of the world, but I should start giving time the importance it deserves in my life.
