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Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm
#7637708 - 11/14/07 11:02 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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So I have a physics exam in the AM. We get to have a 'cheat sheet.' A full size paper with anything we want written on front and back. And since I have the solutions to all the problems in the book(even even problems) I am going to write every assigned hw problem fully. I will fit it, its only 3 chapters for this midterm.
I better get at least an 80/100 to counteract my 37 on my last midterm.
I already had a paper due, chem exam, and math exam all today. I cannot wait until the weekend. Or tommorow night rather.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: Tangerines]
#7637715 - 11/14/07 11:05 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Good luck. I don't have class for another few weeks and don't even know what to do yet
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: Tangerines]
#7637731 - 11/14/07 11:08 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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good luck man I have a calc test on friday....confident I will get atleast an 85, aiming for low A though what kind of paper was it?
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: mikeytro]
#7637746 - 11/14/07 11:12 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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nothing terrible. A response paper for history on "The narritive of Frederick Douglass" that one slave dude who learned to read and write then escaped and became a big time abolitionist and wrote an autobiography. It was only like 3.5 pages. But still it cut into my calc and chem study time. which sucked.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: Tangerines]
#7637824 - 11/14/07 11:34 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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good luck man. last week was my busy week. this week i have a program due thurs at 6 this week, which i finished earlier today, and a speech on fri that will be no problem.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: Tangerines]
#7637831 - 11/14/07 11:36 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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are you allowed to listen to ipods when you take your tests?
just make an MP3 of the answers
Man, I wish we had iPods when I was in school.
I remember I had a Rio MP3 player. It cost $200 and it only had like 128mb memory. I got it in 1998. Everyone made fun of me and only the nerds knew what an MP3 was.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: StonedShroom]
#7637851 - 11/14/07 11:45 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I should be alright. I am just burnt the fuck out. I want to lay back, chill, and spark one up.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: Tangerines]
#7637857 - 11/14/07 11:47 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I doubt they are going to be the exact same answers.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: Tangerines]
#7637868 - 11/14/07 11:52 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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cheat sheets are awesome - always a happy surprise when my professors let me use them 
i usually get a chuckle or two when i hear kids complaining of how bad they did on tests when they didn't take advantage of the cheat sheet option. serves them right
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: WakeboardrB]
#7637887 - 11/14/07 11:55 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I know that. But if I have examples of a shit load of different type of questions then I will know how to solve questions on the midterm. Similar problems will use similar methods. With this cheat sheet I will have all the different methods written down to utilize.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: Tangerines]
#7638553 - 11/15/07 08:02 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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You some kind of engineering student?
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: Minstrel]
#7638682 - 11/15/07 09:10 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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cheat sheets are common in upper-level classes.
in my international economics class there was so much information he allowed us 2 full front+back cheat sheets on the 2 midterms and 3 full front+back cheat sheets on the final.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: Tangerines]
#7638691 - 11/15/07 09:12 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I've found tests that allow cheat sheets are especially difficult to compensate for the cheat sheet.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: Minstrel]
#7638692 - 11/15/07 09:12 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I've got an electric energy systems exam in about an hour, and have made a pretty decent cheat sheet. Hoping to stomp this exam, pack my shit, and go chill in the country for about 10 days.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: memes]
#7638720 - 11/15/07 09:19 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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meams said: cheat sheets are common in upper-level classes.
which makes perfect sense, as "cheat sheets" are available in the real world ( ! ) i've never understood the emphasis on rote memorization; if you utilize something enough you'll probably end up memorizing it anyhow, and if you have no understanding of something, a small formula card or something like this wont help you anyhow. for the maths courses i had in high-school (i.b. higher & further maths) there was a standard formula booklet for the end-of-2-years comprehensive exams, as it would just be stupid to expect people to memorize 2 years worth of formulas, and if you didn't know the material, having a little card with some formulas on it wasn't going to help you anyway
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: WhiskeyClone]
#7638731 - 11/15/07 09:23 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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WhiskeyClone said: I've found tests that allow cheat sheets are especially difficult to compensate for the cheat sheet.
agreed. it also tempts students into a false sense of security. by allowing a cheat sheet, the students study less and create a massive cheat sheet, which renders is useless because if you don't know the material you will spend all your time looking at the cheats instead of answering the exam questions.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: CantiSama]
#7638962 - 11/15/07 10:30 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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When I was in graduate school, for many classes (e.g. cell bio, biochemistry), you could bring in whatever you wanted during exams, excluding communication devices.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: CantiSama]
#7638984 - 11/15/07 10:36 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
CantiSama said:
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WhiskeyClone said: I've found tests that allow cheat sheets are especially difficult to compensate for the cheat sheet.
agreed. it also tempts students into a false sense of security. by allowing a cheat sheet, the students study less and create a massive cheat sheet, which renders is useless because if you don't know the material you will spend all your time looking at the cheats instead of answering the exam questions.
Tests with cheat sheets are not made more difficult because the cheat sheets are for classes that have so much CRAP that you NEED a cheat sheet. From there on in, only the dumb kids are fooled, who either didn't study or rely on their cheat sheet to count as their studying.
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All my exams are open book, open notes. We get whatever resource we want, except the ability to communicate.
It's because we require so many tables and functions, it would be impractical to print off entire physical property tables/steam tables for every student.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: Minstrel]
#7639087 - 11/15/07 10:55 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I've had exams where we are given an essay topic well in advance of the exam, then when we get there, we have to write on that topic, also I've had open book political science exams, in which we have to answer questions derived from original texts.
Such things are good for guiding your exam preparation, not a substitute for preparation. On the flip side however, I have known people to write out their essays in advance and then try an committ them to memory and just copy it on the exam. That is missing the point.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: rexmundi]
#7639191 - 11/15/07 11:11 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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rexmundi said: That is missing the point.
y?
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: Tangerines]
#7639198 - 11/15/07 11:13 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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i agree with others that usually tests are made more difficult or just are more difficult when a cheat sheet is allowed. i've actually had tests before where the teacher even made up a cheat sheet for us. sometimes cheat sheets aren't that great of an advantage if you don't know how to solve the problem hence why studying is key.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: Minstrel]
#7639567 - 11/15/07 12:32 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Minstrel said: You some kind of engineering student?
Yes I am.
And the cheat sheet helped somewhat on the midterm. I think I probably got around a 75%. Average is usually 50-60%. I feel good about it.
~I got a 91% on my calc midterm which is awesome. I am easily going to get an A in calc. My calc class is straight up meaning no curves.
~I got a 80% on my chem midterm and the average was 68%. This class is curved which means in reality 68%=75%.
I am happy. If I get a good grade on my physics I will shit myself.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: WhiskeyClone]
#7639585 - 11/15/07 12:35 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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WhiskeyClone said: I've found tests that allow cheat sheets are especially difficult to compensate for the cheat sheet.
I don't know if it's unique here, I doubt it, but I don't think that's the case. Typical average test scores in classes like early level calc, physics, chem, and other such classes are generally in the 50s. I don't know if that's true once you get to higher levels... maybe they're just "weeding out" courses, but either way, the test grades here fucking suck. I don't get the point.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: jewunit]
#7639600 - 11/15/07 12:38 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yea most classes have curves to compensate for the low average scores. Like most classes will round the average to 75% and adjust your score accordingly. Except my fucking calc class, that is just a straight up no curve class.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: Tangerines]
#7639607 - 11/15/07 12:40 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Calc always is it seems. I dropped out of 151 last year because I had a C- and was having a lot of trouble. I didn't find out until a week later that I was pretty much in the same boat as everyone else.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: jewunit]
#7639611 - 11/15/07 12:41 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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btw jewunit. are you jumping tonight? It is hella cold outside. I think I saw some little snow flakes.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: Tangerines]
#7639620 - 11/15/07 12:44 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Aw man, most of my professors only curve to 70%
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: Tangerines]
#7639626 - 11/15/07 12:45 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Probably. All the dudes that I live with are painting themselves purple supposedly and putting their letters on their chest in gold (their frat colors?) Should be interesting.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: skydog]
#7639628 - 11/15/07 12:46 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yea its either 70 or 75. I forget really. Either way I am above average which is always a good thing. means my B- will become a B.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: jewunit]
#7639634 - 11/15/07 12:47 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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jewunit said: Probably. All the dudes that I live with are painting themselves purple supposedly and putting their letters on their chest in gold (their frat colors?) Should be rly gay.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: skydog]
#7639635 - 11/15/07 12:48 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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You've never been to a Mirror Lake jump.
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Re: Is this a joke? cheat sheet on midterm [Re: jewunit]
#7639894 - 11/15/07 01:55 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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So have you ever heard the story about the professor who made his exam so difficult that he told his students that they could use whatever they could carry with them into the exam for help. On the day of the exam, students came in carrying stacks of books, except for this one, cocky football player. He came in carrying the kid with the highest grade.
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