EPTAnyone failed a uni subject before? - Page 3
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sexsexpussyhair
Canada133 Posts
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QuanticHawk
United States32157 Posts
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Aerox
Malaysia1213 Posts
On June 07 2009 00:07 Frits wrote: Failed one course out of 12 this year, too lazy to study, I was really disillusioned at the time due to having to travel 6 hours a day and not being able to find a room. Still, I should be ashamed because it was statistics which is really easy lol. Though I can do it over next year without any consequences so it doesn't really matter, better to fail and retake it with a good grade than pass with a 5.5/10 which fucks up my average. I got a subject which I barely passed because of procrastination overload in doing assignments and studying. But I made it up in the subject's uh.. "sequel?" (Basically, <subject name> 2) with a high distinction. This was because I realized that that lecturer(who taught both those subjects) saw my potential but was just limited by procrastination and games so I felt indebted to her giving me pass(so I proved her right). After that, I just stayed with distinctions (while playing games XD). I guess I learnt time management and organization there. But in the end, my CGPA is like 2.9. I didn't realize this till later. So, yeah, I'm thinking maybe I should have failed that and do a retake but well, I have a job now atm anyway. Not as ideal but hopefully the CGPA thing will be negligible when I change jobs later. | ||
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
it's not really that big of a deal for first years, don't fail any in third and second years tho. | ||
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inkblot
United States1250 Posts
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pat965
Canada274 Posts
I actually didn't mean to neglect the course, I was just focusing on other courses and kept procrastinating. Basically, the midterm crept up on me and I hadn't read anything or purchased a textbook yet, and had missed a lot of classes. Since the course was mostly just midterm and exam, (maybe a test somewhere in there) my odds of passing were extremely low, and I'd have to ace the exam, which I didn't have the time, energy, or patience for, and decided to cut my losses. I'd like to say that because of this I stopped slacking, but I'm still not very disciplined. All about cramming for me, unfortunately. | ||
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King K. Rool
Canada4408 Posts
On June 07 2009 01:25 haduken wrote: the problem with aussie uni is that not all units are available during a semester. some of the units are only available the first half of the year. it's not really that big of a deal for first years, don't fail any in third and second years tho. Same in Canada. I had to plan out my last 2 years so I could actually take everything I needed/wanted to. | ||
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Klockan3
Sweden2866 Posts
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micronesia
United States24784 Posts
On June 07 2009 01:36 inkblot wrote: I had community college physics instructor who gave ridiculously hard quizzes and tests. On the first day of the class (basic mechanics and electromagnetism courses that engineers and other science majors would take) they spend most of the lecture talking about how hard the course is. Only three or four people pass out of 30+. Ended up with a D in the mechanics and a C in electromagnetism, the worst grades I've ever had in college. Retook mechanics at another local community college and it was an easy A. If you don't mind me asking, where did you take that physics course? Which was it? Who was the instructor, etc... Some people at my university are very interested in this topic. If you don't mind, please pm me the details. | ||
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RHCPgergo
Hungary345 Posts
On June 06 2009 18:59 aqui wrote: what kind of system do you have in hungary? do you also have to switch to the bachelor/master nonsense in hungary? i would have guessed your system is/was similar to ours with Diplom etc. Yeah we kind of switched to that (not all kind of schools though, like in medical universities you still need 5 years to get a degree), except that I'm in the last class/year that is still the old system. People usually don't like the new way of things, mostly because it's chaotic sometimes, there are no worked out solutions/methods for a lot of things and partly because they think the education level got lower this way. (They accept more people nowadays, a lot of universities are going from elite to mass education.) My 5-year degree will probably worth more than a bachelor+master degree. Or so they say. | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
On June 07 2009 04:39 RHCPgergo wrote: Yeah we kind of switched to that (not all kind of schools though, like in medical universities you still need 5 years to get a degree), except that I'm in the last class/year that is still the old system. People usually don't like the new way of things, mostly because it's chaotic sometimes, there are no worked out solutions/methods for a lot of things and partly because they think the education level got lower this way. (They accept more people nowadays, a lot of universities are going from elite to mass education.) My 5-year degree will probably worth more than a bachelor+master degree. Or so they say. You're the last of a dying breed! Enjoy your massage therapist, personal llama, and private jet! | ||
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KOFgokuon
United States14912 Posts
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