The end of a sacrifice

Thank God this is over. The comps were last week and now it is time to do as little as possible. In my case that is to change O2 into CO2. I still wake up early in the mornings. Stupid comps changed my biological clock. In order to pass the comps what I need is not Voodoo but a very good exorcism. If words magically appear in my answer sheets then I'll pass. We are going to have to study this semester for the January comps. Ok I guess this might be my last post on this blog. If you want to see what I'm up to check my blog. Thanks for reading our rants about this mysterious and unknown art of torture called THE COMPS. lol

Angel

it's over!

thank goodness that's over. what crap. I don't even want to think about it. it was totally ridiculous. I am practicing voodoo so I can squeeze some more partial credit from the graders. haha. I wish. yeah, it's a total crapshoot right now. I have no idea. my guess is that I'll be studying again in a few weeks so I can take it again in January. which wouldn't be soo awful. it will probably be easier and I'll feel a lot more prepared and confident. so, either way, I don't feel too bad about the whole situation. it still sucked though. *sigh*. such is life.
you can read about our after-comps activities on my blog.

It is over

That is it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Angel

Oh no

I did not do well on E&M. Do not pray for partial credits pray for miracles. I haven't been feeling like writing so I'll write something again on Friday afternoon. See you!

PS
I need a hair cut.

one day down, one to go

so the first day of the comps was today. from 8am to 1pm we struggled through seven classical mechanicis and electricity/magnetism problems. my brain still hurts. we got some free ice cream later in the afternoon, but even that didn't help much.

tomorrow is another study day and then on friday we have quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics. hopefully that will go alright.

pray that the graders are generous with partial credit. seriously.

tomorrow!

tomorrow's the day! at 8 am tomorrow we start the first of the comps. we have classic mechanics and electricity and magnetism for five hours. holy crap that's a long time. then we get a day's break and have another five hours of fun on friday (quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics).

the last few days have been totally ridiculous. my brain is completely overloaded. I don't think I can fit any more physics into my head. studying totally sucks. I'm so sick of it. I can't wait until friday afternoon, because no matter what happens, I will be done for now!

I feel really good about classical mech tomorrow, but not quite so good about e&m. it's a total crap shoot. if I get certain problems, I will be ok and have a decent chance of passing. if I get other problems, I'm totally screwed. we'll see what happens.

wish me luck!

The hour has come

This is it. Tomorrow we take the freaking test. We are not prepared at all. If I don't do any work tomorrow on the E&M part, I am not going on Friday. What for? I am very tired and the test is at 8:00 a.m. We'll see what happens!

So we are part of the statistics

Brian says that 60% of the people that got drunk the Saturday before the comps pass the comps. I just puked!!!!!! That means that I'm really drunk. I hope I am part of the statistics. lol!!!!!!!!!!! Only 3 more days left!!!!!! OMG I'm going to fail.

Hwi's quotation of the day: "I don't feel bad about taking the test because I don't know what I don't know."

how true.

I think it is time to cry!

OMG. I can't stand this anymore. The exams are on Wednesday and Friday and I've been studying all week. That is why I haven't posted anything. I joined Alec while Cynthia was gone. Well sorry for the short message but I should really be studying.

PS
I've learned more E&M in a week than during the semester. Interesting! You can see Alec in the picture and his room that looks like IKEA threw up there or so Cynthia says. lol!!!!!!!!!!

conference

so, right now, I am in salt lake city, utah at the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) meeting. there's lots of other physicists here. most of them are pretty nerdy. it's pretty funny.

so far, there have been a couple highlights. you can read about them on my other blog here. basically, I've seen a couple people I haven't seen in a while and my name has been published in a book. it's very exciting.

I'm trying to get some studying done, but it's hard because I'm pretty busy. there's lots of sessions and meetings to go to, people to see, and free food to be eaten. the great thing about being a grad student is that this is basically a paid vacation, even though I have to do some work. they paid for everything, and I just have to stand in front of a poster for an hour and explain what I've been working on. it's a pretty good deal.

I've got about a week and a half until the comps. and I'm surprising not very stressed. I'm puzzled as to why this is, because I neither feel totally prepared or completely unprepared. very strange.