copied from myspace to make my life easier.
i have a neurobiology final in... 2.5 hours. good thing i am on myspace instead. i have been in the science library since 7:30 this morning and i can't focus to save my life. and my feet are cold because i hate wearing shoes and my socks are too thing or something.. i don't know, but they are cold which is just adding to this not focusing thing.
the world of neurobiology is not an exciting one.. it's very dry. also, i feel like i know most of this, and most of this is also material i had in animal physiology, comparative animal physiology, advanced cardiovascular physiology, and biochemistry. so, studying feels silly, because i feel like i know and understand most of this. there are 11 notesets. there is an entire noteset dedicated to second messengers... which we have had in at least 57348920 other classes. also, dr. b made us memorize them all, with their mechanisms, in animal phys.
i forced myself to leave my ds at home today so i would be forced to study but i'm thinking i should have brought it to help me relax and not stress about the neuro final right before the test, last minute cramming never helps and doing something i enjoy would help keep my head clear right before the test.
and maybe the science library was a bad idea. in neuro we only have a midterm and a final, both worth 40% of our total grade, the other 20% is made up of 2 quizzes and attendance. on the midterm i got the highest score in the class - 99%, the score right below me was a 95%. i intentionally only told mike this, because i don't want to brag(mike and i always share test scores) and i don't want people to cling to me, thinking i can get them a magical A on the final. buuttttt.. people know anyway. it doesn't help that quite a few people in here are from my class, and i feel bad ignoring them but, i have no interest in helping these people. sorry. plus, i only need an 84% on the neuro final to get an A.. that's if he keeps my quiz, he said he was going to drop my quiz and put that 5% weight onto the midterm, since i rocked it and only got 60% on the quiz. so, if he drops that quiz i could probably get an 80 or so and still have an A.
so.. spore. the game starts out with your creature saying that they never thought evolving to walk on land would be so dangerous. it was love after that. and that's all i can think about because neuro is boring right now.
oh and i have a biochem final at 6.. which i haven't even started to study for. he drops the lowest test and my three other tests were 78, 80, and 81. the class SHOULD have a 15-20% curve.. so.. i'm not worried. at all. i doubt i will get higher than a 78 on the final, and even if i did, i'd probably still get something in the low 80's and it wouldn't really help much. that test isn't over until 8 though, ugh.
then i have to study for micro. which i haven't done at all. i have an A in there right now, i rocked out the lab, my lowest quiz score was 19/20 and i got perfects on my technique practicals and my unknowns(9% of our grade). i got 95% on my lab practical(8% of our grade) and then two 90s and a 97.5 on the tests before this. i just have to do well, but not great, to get an A. and this material is way easier than the previous tests. way easier.
i'd die for a 4.0 this semester, which i think i need to make it to a 3.8 overall gpa by the end of this semester. it's bullshit that whatever my gpa is at the end of this semester is what they announce me as at graduation. i don't want to be announced as magna cum laude if, after next semester, i really should have been announced as summa cum laude. not like any of this matters, since my degree really doesn't help me much without additional schooling. i don't know what kind of cruel world this is.. but science degrees are HARD and they are A LOT of work and A LOT of stress.. i feel like it should be worth more.
the world of neurobiology is not an exciting one.. it's very dry. also, i feel like i know most of this, and most of this is also material i had in animal physiology, comparative animal physiology, advanced cardiovascular physiology, and biochemistry. so, studying feels silly, because i feel like i know and understand most of this. there are 11 notesets. there is an entire noteset dedicated to second messengers... which we have had in at least 57348920 other classes. also, dr. b made us memorize them all, with their mechanisms, in animal phys.
i forced myself to leave my ds at home today so i would be forced to study but i'm thinking i should have brought it to help me relax and not stress about the neuro final right before the test, last minute cramming never helps and doing something i enjoy would help keep my head clear right before the test.
and maybe the science library was a bad idea. in neuro we only have a midterm and a final, both worth 40% of our total grade, the other 20% is made up of 2 quizzes and attendance. on the midterm i got the highest score in the class - 99%, the score right below me was a 95%. i intentionally only told mike this, because i don't want to brag(mike and i always share test scores) and i don't want people to cling to me, thinking i can get them a magical A on the final. buuttttt.. people know anyway. it doesn't help that quite a few people in here are from my class, and i feel bad ignoring them but, i have no interest in helping these people. sorry. plus, i only need an 84% on the neuro final to get an A.. that's if he keeps my quiz, he said he was going to drop my quiz and put that 5% weight onto the midterm, since i rocked it and only got 60% on the quiz. so, if he drops that quiz i could probably get an 80 or so and still have an A.
so.. spore. the game starts out with your creature saying that they never thought evolving to walk on land would be so dangerous. it was love after that. and that's all i can think about because neuro is boring right now.
oh and i have a biochem final at 6.. which i haven't even started to study for. he drops the lowest test and my three other tests were 78, 80, and 81. the class SHOULD have a 15-20% curve.. so.. i'm not worried. at all. i doubt i will get higher than a 78 on the final, and even if i did, i'd probably still get something in the low 80's and it wouldn't really help much. that test isn't over until 8 though, ugh.
then i have to study for micro. which i haven't done at all. i have an A in there right now, i rocked out the lab, my lowest quiz score was 19/20 and i got perfects on my technique practicals and my unknowns(9% of our grade). i got 95% on my lab practical(8% of our grade) and then two 90s and a 97.5 on the tests before this. i just have to do well, but not great, to get an A. and this material is way easier than the previous tests. way easier.
i'd die for a 4.0 this semester, which i think i need to make it to a 3.8 overall gpa by the end of this semester. it's bullshit that whatever my gpa is at the end of this semester is what they announce me as at graduation. i don't want to be announced as magna cum laude if, after next semester, i really should have been announced as summa cum laude. not like any of this matters, since my degree really doesn't help me much without additional schooling. i don't know what kind of cruel world this is.. but science degrees are HARD and they are A LOT of work and A LOT of stress.. i feel like it should be worth more.