The past week was really hell week for me. Although it wasn't so bad; well it wasn't THAT bad. So my final exam schedule looks like this:
Tuesday, April 17th - Biology (8 am - 11am)
Wednesday, April 18th - Psychology (8 am - 11 am) AND Psychoanalysis (4 pm - 6pm)
Thursday, April 19th - Philosophy (12 noon - 3 pm)
Thursday, April 26th - Sociology (8 pm - 10 pm)
My sleepless nights started exactly a week ago, last Saturday. I started studying for Biology. Biology wasn't that bad a course to review, considering it was not cumulative - I was really glad about that because I didn't have to study the whole course over again. I only had to review about 10 lectures. Not bad, right? So as I expected, at the end of the day, I only finished reviewing 3 lectures. I had 7 left. So the next day came and I wasn't that worried yet. I continued reviewing for Biology. Still, at the end of the day, I didn't finish studying BUT I actually started reading for Psychology since the final exam for that is cumulative (which i really hated, btw. It was such a b!tch.) Monday came and I realize I only have that whole day to finish off reviewing for Biology and at least be done half way for Psychology. I was surprised because we actually got through everything in that course. I guess paying for the textbook was worth it since I actually read the entire 700ish-page book. Now you can imagine how much intense studying I'd done in the span of 2 days. Even though that was partly my fault...well I guess it was
First exam day: Biology. Surprisingly, I was calm and my pulse wasn't racing for the first time. Which means that I actually know my stuff. I had hoped so. They alloted 3 hours for the exam but I was done after an hour and a half. I took my time and looked over my stuff. I ended up leaving at the 2nd hour. I didn't think it was that hard. Some questions were tricky which required more thinking, most were ok-ish and there were a couple that I couldn't answer so I had to utilize my guessing skills. hah! :) So I got home and I started reviewing right away because I knew I had still had so much to go through for Psychology. And I also had to prepare for the essay-based exam on Psychoanalysis the next afternoon. I start to panic but never worried - k maybe a little, but I almost-right-away pulled myself back together. I think this was the night I only slept for 3 hours? Most probably.
Second exam day: Psychology & Psychoanalysis. Not surprisingly, I was groggy and exhausted when I got to school. # 1 no-no for an exam-taker. I got to school an hour early and ate my breakfast there, read a bit more and just rested to calm my nerves. 8 am came and it was exam time. I wasn't as calm as I was the day before but still, I still held myself pretty well. I sat near the front so that nothing would distract me, which was a clever idea because you really don't want anything to distract you when you're taking a 160-multiple choice exam. It was so boring!!! I was sitting there, reading, trying to concentrate and wondering to myself 'when is this going to end!!" Well, guess what? I was only on the 11th page! There were 9 more pages left! The exam took me about 2 hours and a bit to finish. Phew, that was the longest multiple choice-based exam I've ever written. At 11, I left the exam room and picked a spot where I can eat and prepare for my next exam. I had 5 loooong hours to spend all by myself and my "Freud's Psychoanalysis Lectures". I didn't actually start preparing until the 2nd hour I was sitting there. I was so bored out of my mind that the only thing left for me to do was to people-watch. Also because my mp3 player lost battery after the hour. :( Long story short, I finished preparing for the essays and I was just waiting for the time to pass so I can finally finish this exam and move on to the next one. At 4pm I came into the exam room, a little nervous because I knew I should've prepared more. But I think I still pulled it off. I wrote down everything I had in mind - which took up 7 whole pages. The cost? my sore hand! My all-caring beau picked me up from school after and dropped me home. When I got home, I took a nap because I was super exhausted from writing 2 exams. I woke up at around 9ish pm. I started studying maybe an hour later, and ended up sleeping at 4 in the morning. I woke up at 9am and got to school at 11.
Last exam of the week: Philosophy. Finally, the last day! I was so anxious & I couldn't wait to finish the exam and leave the school and finally be free! for the rest of the week anyway. The test was again 3 hours long and I finished after an hour and 45 mins and waited a bit for my friend because she drove me back home. Ta da! that was the end of it (for this week). That's most of it anyway. I'm so happy. I only have 1 more exam left and that's Sociology. I don't think I would be studying until Monday. ;p I still want to relax and enjoy the sunny spring weather :) I'm also glad that the weather is getting better! Bye-bye winter cold, hello warm weather!
P.S. Will be posting my weekend entry soon. :)
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