University finals

fuzzy · 9 Jun 2010 at 22:36

My university finals start tomorrow :eek:

. About to go to bed so I can get up at 7 for some last minute cramming.

Anyone else taking any? I know most will have finished already

Who remembers theirs? How much do you think your grade affected you?

[FnG]magnolia · 9 Jun 2010 at 22:40

I vaguely remember mine from 15 years ago. I was fairly well prepared but that didn't diminish the worry because at the time I genuinely thought that my grade would make a significant difference to my career. As it turned out, I was wrong.

I got a 2:1, could perhaps have achieved a first if I'd knuckled down more, but the sad fact is that unless you're going for one of the real professions (doctor, accountant, lawyer etc), the grade achieved is less important than you may think.

Skillmister · 9 Jun 2010 at 22:41

No exams on my course

(got a 2:1 for first year from coursework got my results back the other day

)

wozzizname · 9 Jun 2010 at 22:47

I finished my finals last week - they actually went ok, better than the second year exams, though I've had a couple of dreadful pieces of coursework this year so I'm expecting a Desmond rather than a 2:1 now : (

Spyhop · 9 Jun 2010 at 22:50

I remember getting a serious insight boost from Maths cramming the night before the exam. If I hadn't done those few hours I'd have ballsed up a first.

Nitefly · 9 Jun 2010 at 22:51

I finished yesterday (MA in law) - very stressful, I wish you the best of luck!

^ haha I have a Rocky poster above my desk to motivate me

Kemik · 9 Jun 2010 at 22:54

2.1 is a requirement for 99% of graduate schemes. Good luck!

frying_pan_cat · 9 Jun 2010 at 22:54

I finnished mine a couple of weeks ago. Very stressful and I'm glad it's over. Results come out next Tuesday and I can't wait

Sudden · 10 Jun 2010 at 00:02

Nitefly said:
I finished yesterday (MA in law) - very stressful, I wish you the best of luck!

^ haha I have a Rocky poster above my desk to motivate me

I have land tomorrow

How I hate land. I thought i'd take a small OCuK break before giving up on mortgages until tomorrow and instead revising freehold covenants

7 exams in 10 days is just mean

frying_pan_cat · 10 Jun 2010 at 00:27

Sudden said:
7 exams in 10 days is just mean

I had similar in third year. They're not fun at all.

I also had 4 exams in 3 days in second year and they wondered why everyone did badly :rolleyes:

Microwave · 10 Jun 2010 at 00:29

Just finished all my second year exams today. Starting a placement year at IBM on Monday!

Dave · 10 Jun 2010 at 01:44

Finished all my final exams last week, ended up having two in the first week and then three in three days the next week which wasn't nice. Nice though that I only need to score about 45% on them to get a first though

Jenjey · 10 Jun 2010 at 02:54

I finished on tuesday (intercalated BSc) and got a 1st - such a massive relief! Freedom is wonderful

rickh · 10 Jun 2010 at 03:10

Microwave said:
Just finished all my second year exams today. Starting a placement year at IBM on Monday!

Legal and Professional Issues by any chance?

It was a nice exam to finish with.

andy85 · 10 Jun 2010 at 03:48

I finished my second year exams a week or so ago. Good luck to all!

Nitefly · 10 Jun 2010 at 08:46

Sudden said:
I have land tomorrow How I hate land. I thought i'd take a small OCuK break before giving up on mortgages until tomorrow and instead revising freehold covenants

7 exams in 10 days is just mean

That is indeed a lot of exams, I truly sympathise. I had four in total, but the amount of content in each one was nauseating. Land law was my final exam - by far the worst, I essentially had to cram the bugger in three days.

And nooo mortgages is yummy for an essay, so much to talk about - I'm very glad it came up. I skipped covenants completely

Best of luck

Moses99p said:
Relieved, or mainly scared of having to work in the real world now?!

I finished my exams on the Friday just gone... three hour long exams aren't a massive barrel of laughs ;s. My modules next year have been confirmed as criminal law (advanced [lol]), European Union law, property law (I + II) and international law (I + II). I reckon EU law will cause me to go postal, but there we go.

Well I would be relieved if I wasn't scared that I possibly failed land law and thus have to pay £25k back to my sponsoring firm :eek:

Realistically I probably didn't, but it's certainly enough to make you stress

This year I did (at LLM level) 'criminal law and criminal justice', 'constitutive and substantive EU', 'land law' and I chose as an option 'regulation of financial markets and institutions'. EU law was actually pretty interesting once you got it down, pain in the arse trying to remember the case names though.

I take it you made it through ok?

Jenjey said:
I finished on tuesday (intercalated BSc) and got a 1st - such a massive relief! Freedom is wonderful

Congratulations

physichull · 10 Jun 2010 at 09:01

Got a 2:1 in my BSc (69%!!!! grrrr) and a Merit in my MSc (69% again!!!!!!). I am very grateful that I put the extra time and effort into my work to get the grades I got and am slightly disapointed I didn't get a first or distinction but hey-ho.

A 2:1 is a must in this day and age, you may however argue that a Masters is the new Batchelors degree. Masters degrees are tending to be the norm nowadays.

Nitefly · 10 Jun 2010 at 09:20

physichull said:
Got a 2:1 in my BSc (69%!!!! grrrr)

Haha I know your pain, you are not alone

Regardless, it's a massive achievement to do so well in both, well done sir

Microwave · 10 Jun 2010 at 10:22

rickh said:
Legal and Professional Issues by any chance?

It was a nice exam to finish with.

Yep, how easy was it!

You didn't need to do any revision for that MCQ doss!

What year are you? Course?

JC · 10 Jun 2010 at 10:32

Finished 3 weeks ago so I've been enjoying the recent freedom. Hoping that I have done well so that I can take up a job offer