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Posted On: May 7, 2011 13:52:21 GMT -5
Post by Umbra on May 7, 2011 13:52:21 GMT -5
*sigh* Why does there have to be such a demanding category for the personal statement on WSU's application? Handling systemic challenges: Describe your experiences facing or witnessing discrimination. Tell us how you responded and what you learned from those experiences and how they prepared you to contribute to the WSU community. But...I've experienced none of these. I guess it doesn't really help that I wait until May to apply either.
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College
Posted On: May 7, 2011 15:31:00 GMT -5
Post by Youngster Joey on May 7, 2011 15:31:00 GMT -5
Perhaps it would help to consider discrimination regarding gender, intelligence, age, social status, etc. instead of the usual race?
You could write about how people have assumed things about you since you're a young guy, for instance.
idk, I'd just write some garbled, pseudo-insightful BS for that.
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College
Posted On: May 7, 2011 23:13:46 GMT -5
Post by Umbra on May 7, 2011 23:13:46 GMT -5
idk, I'd just write some garbled, pseudo-insightful BS for that. That's what I ended up doing. It was surprising how fast I worked through the other categories when the discrimination one was out of the way. Now to wait...
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College
Posted On: Oct 19, 2011 20:17:33 GMT -5
Post by Captain Zelar on Oct 19, 2011 20:17:33 GMT -5
Revived!
I love how all of my tests are open book.
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College
Posted On: Oct 19, 2011 21:31:48 GMT -5
Post by Youngster Joey on Oct 19, 2011 21:31:48 GMT -5
I hate when teachers give open-book tests. It completely rids me of all motivation to actually learn the material.
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College
Posted On: Oct 19, 2011 22:24:37 GMT -5
Post by sukotsuto on Oct 19, 2011 22:24:37 GMT -5
You know what they say - no point memorizing something that you can just read from a book Not a fan of open-book tests, but I'm even less of a fan of tests that just tests your memory, not your understanding of the subject matter.
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College
Posted On: Oct 19, 2011 22:27:04 GMT -5
Post by Captain Zelar on Oct 19, 2011 22:27:04 GMT -5
Most of it is my notes, besides there is way to much stuff to memorize, the basics are what really matter.
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College
Posted On: Oct 19, 2011 22:29:11 GMT -5
Post by hikarihanazono on Oct 19, 2011 22:29:11 GMT -5
you know what's the best thing about College? FREE INTERNET!!!!! really? MY cousin tells me at his college he doesn't get free internet... I'm a fishy, and since I saw Cleo in the boards, I guess I can join? Well, sadly, I obviously can't take a class of Orchestra and Arts? Cause, see, I'm trying to get a degree in Arts (Anything I can do) and A Music degree (for meh cello), and I can't do that, riiight? I'm still confused about what to do later on...I wanna plan early, because 4 years goes super quick....
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College
Posted On: Oct 19, 2011 22:31:16 GMT -5
Post by Youngster Joey on Oct 19, 2011 22:31:16 GMT -5
I'd rather that than walk away with nothing from the class because the lack of rigor drained me of motivation. I always perform worse in classes that don't challenge me. I get lazy, stop doing the work, and then I end up with a poorer grade than I was capable of.
One of my classes has open-note, open-book tests. Total joke. I know someone who's actually stopped attending class and just bums off other people's notes (mine :X) instead because there is literally no incentive for her to attend or do work.
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College
Posted On: Oct 21, 2011 16:04:24 GMT -5
Post by lonerurouni187 on Oct 21, 2011 16:04:24 GMT -5
^ I hate to admit it, but I'm the same way.....even in college, I've done better in all of my truly difficult classes than most of the easy ones (at the least I had to apply myself to get the good grade, some of the easy classes I just kinda slacked off and did well on later tests).
What I really hate are some of these powerpoint heavy academic courses. It makes it an enormous headache trying to study, more so since we only have three tests for the whole semester. Doesn't help that information is naturally difficult to absorb (Science level 2 ftw...).
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College
Posted On: Oct 21, 2011 16:48:33 GMT -5
Post by Umbra on Oct 21, 2011 16:48:33 GMT -5
Speaking of tests, I'm usually one of the last ones out of the classroom when it comes to tests. Easy or difficult, I often take close to the maximum amount of time we are allowed to take the test to finish them. I do this mostly to catch myself from making silly mistakes as I tend to make them a lot when I speed right through.
That being said, when I see so many people leaving before me, it builds up some stress--that I need to hurry up so I don't run out of time.
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College
Posted On: Oct 21, 2011 17:20:11 GMT -5
Post by Hiro the Half-Elf on Oct 21, 2011 17:20:11 GMT -5
I'm always one of the first people out.
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Posted On: Oct 21, 2011 22:12:19 GMT -5
Post by Youngster Joey on Oct 21, 2011 22:12:19 GMT -5
The length of time I take on a test depending on the subject. If it's a math-based class, I take most or all of the time because I like to double/triple/quadruple check my answers (I'm really prone to making stupid mistakes like writing 25+9=34 instead of 25*9=225). If it's liberal arts, I do it quickly.
I always find it kind of amusing when I've taken tests in college and somebody hands in their test so quickly that it was impossible they actually did everything... realized they were going to fail anyway and just decided to cut their losses, I guess.
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College
Posted On: Oct 21, 2011 22:38:52 GMT -5
Post by Captain Zelar on Oct 21, 2011 22:38:52 GMT -5
I finished my midterm test for Access in 20 minutes, was the first one done, and didn't really need my notes. Bam!
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College
Posted On: Jan 22, 2012 15:58:07 GMT -5
Post by Umbra on Jan 22, 2012 15:58:07 GMT -5
How do you motivate yourself to read boring textbooks? Do any of you read your textbooks word by word or just take from it the terminology you need to know? I did quite well in my Cult. Geography class last year and I stopped reading the textbook after the second chapter.
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