I know I’m not the only one.
So, I procrastinated horribly and now I have a 12 page essay due tomorrow which I have written 5 pages of and a 10 page essay due Wednesday that I haven’t started yet, though I’ve done the reading. As soon as I’m done those, I have to work on a 15 page essay due next Tuesday. Then the exam studying begins.
Yes, it’s that time of year. Only a few weeks left, and all the work possible crammed into it.
How are you guys doing?
I am in the library right now.
The semester’s classes end Tuesday, December 2 here. My last item is due December 10.
I have:
Next Monday: Presentation of team project. We still have much to do on this. I’m apparently the team leader. Currently working on powerpoint slides.
Next Tuesday: Final presentation for my Knowledge management class. Case study on company assigned by professor. I have a little research done on this, still need to figure out what I’m going to talk about, develop the powerpoint slides and write up my notes for the presentation, do the abstract and do an annotated bibliography.
By December 10:
Finish two web sites, with all coded in straight html. No other program can be used in writing the pages.
First one: Agency site: I have the basic template done, along with the e-mail form. I have no content from the agency. They say there will be a lot of images, but I haven’t gotten any yet.
Second one: Annotated fairy tale. I’ve got the annotations done, but still have to finish the navigation between the fairy tale, the notes and the bibliography. If I could find the time to sit down and do it, it wouldn’t take that long. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been any time to just get it done (technically due this wednesday by 5:00 PM, but she said that as long as we have it turned in by the 10th, it’ll be ok).
Also, I’m the student rep on a committee, and I have to develop a poll - this has got to be done this week as I got the assignment almost a month ago and I’ve repeatedly put it off. Urgh.
Oh, and I’m leaving town by noon Wednesday for a delightful 2.5 days with my family, followed by working 10-6 Saturday.
Two weeks. I can make it, right?
Well, I’m on a years work placement (done 10 weeks so far), and I am bored.
I also have to write a report on what I’ve learnt in the first 10 weeks, I started to write it yesterday… and I don’t know what to write, seeing as most of what I’ve learnt has come from lurking here and I don’t think that is quite what they’re looking for.
But compared to you guys I should be grateful! (And thinking back to how much work I was doing this time last year I certainly am).
AHHH!
I forgot (and really just remembered): I have to write up an evaluation of an observation. I’ve done the observation, but I have to get it written up. That’s also due next Monday.
Can I curl up and die now?
Hmm. I:
have a 5+ page thesis paper that is worth 45% of my grade in one of my classes due tomorrow. I have one paragraph done so far
have to write 2 thank you notes for my scholarships (what the benefactor wants, the benefactor gets…the thank you notes are mandatory, as are 30 hours of community service per semester, if you want to keep your scholarship) and turn them in today
have to finish critiquing a play I saw last Sunday by this afternoon (also required to attend 6 fine arts events. I have 3 critiques of events turned in and have 3 more to turn in today once I finish this last one)
have to read a chapter in my psychology liberal studies reading on the nature of consciousness and summarize it. I think it’s due next Friday, but it takes me at least 2 days just to write up the summaries and it’s a 50+ page chapter of information that makes my head hurt. So I have to start it sooner rather than later.
have to pack up everything I need to go home tomorrow since I’m heading to the airport right after my last class and not coming back until Sunday
have to start studying for exams, though they aren’t for 2 weeks
But hey, writing it all down makes it seem like way less than it felt like yesterday. Especially in comparison to everyone else. I am in awe of you all.
Argh. I was going to post a thread along these lines. I have modules in January in four subjects, and mocks next week and coursework to do and I haven’t done any of it and I feel ill and icky and I’ve had no sleep and everything is just going wrong.
And I’ve apparently lost the ability to use the common full stop. Kill me now.
Pretty horribly, thanks for asking. 
Seriously, for those of you who don’t know, I made a stab at returning to full time student-hood this semester which is failing (literally and figuratively) miserably.
But, I have one awesome course on James Joyce in which I am doing really well, so I look at that positively anyway.
I have an essey to write, two presentations, a feature article and I have to do the radio news 3 times every monday for 3 weeks. I did week 2 today.(Not the real radio. It just gets played into the next room). Each time I do the radio thing my teacher guy tells me what I’m doing wrong. It’s the same thing each time and it’s not going to change. Yet he doesn’t seem to get it.
I’m also in a long distance relationship which isn’t helping.
I’ve had 2 cigerettes in the past 24 hours and I don’t even smoke.
I’m unbelievably stressed. I don’t due well stressed.
The good news (for me) is that I managed to finish a decent draft of essay #1 at the coffee shop this morning. Yay! All I have left is a good edit and formatting of the footnotes.
I still have the second essay in its entirety and ~40 lines of Latin to do, but I strongly suspect I just won’t do my Latin.
Good to know I’m not alone!
Argh…yup, I’m feeling the crunch too. Only I’m in the sciences, so I have not so many papers, but so many exams.
I do have a “journal” that I must turn in for my full-ride scholarship, which consists of a write-up of the weekly meeting I have with my research mentor, among other things. I have not begun. I have some notes…for some weeks.
But here’s the lineup, starting this Wednesday:
Wed: Quantitative Analysis Quiz and Organic Evolution Paper
Mon: Microbiology Exam
Tue: Physics Exam and Quantitative Analysis Lab Exam
Wed: Quantitative Analysis Exam
Thu: Microbiology Lab Exam
Mon: Quantitative Analysis Exam
Tue: Organic Evolution Exam and Physics Exam
Wed: Microbiology Exam
As you can see, that’s 10 exams within 8 class days (all that’s left of the semester). My life the next two weeks is going to be a blur of flashcards, rewriting notes, and late night caffeine-packed study groups.
What I don’t understand is WHY THEY MUST GIVE ME AN EXAM ONE WEEK AND THEN A FINAL ON THE SAME MATERIAL THE VERY NEXT WEEK! Couldn’t they just hold off and test me on this material on the final??? Only one of my professors has grasped this concept…ARGH!
:deep cleansing breath:
But I know I’m not alone. Let’s all keep hanging on.
Maths project: Calculus
1/2 done in for tommorow
The good news is, I got a week’s extension on two papers. The bad news is, I’ve got Thanksgiving to do them. When I finish them, it won’t be because of my family, it’ll be in spite of them.
I’ve got a “thought question” on “What is Normal?” due for psych and a paper about Saladin due for World Civilizations.
Those’re due next Wednesday and Tuesday, respectively. The week after is Finals Week.
If I read another book with a subtitle, I’m gonna scream.
Robin
I’m stressed too, but don’t have the time to go into detail. Does anyone know something about long cahin polymers and their reaction to stress?
I’m convinced I bombed my math test this morning. Also had to do a makeup test for French, which wouldn’t have been so bad had the test’s schedule interfered with my Shokokan class. So I had to skip karate to do the French test. ::groan::
Am seriously considering dropping algebra. Lost my World Civ. notebook with all my notes. World Lit. teacher is psycho-hosebeast. Cannot cope. Help! L’aide!
Wow, seems I got off easy. All I have to do is:
read 5 chapters of my sociology book
find the correct answers to all the questions I’ve missed on my last two exams (and there are a lot) because they will most likely be the ones that will show up on the final
read Cafe Europa and write a 5-7 page paper on it due dec. 4 (I’m still getting over the fact that we have to do book reports in university)
write a 1-2 page summary of Fiddler on the Roof and show how it relates to history due tomorrow (easy, I know, but its still work)
And thats only for two of my courses. The other ones still require attendance, homework and general studying for finals…gah! week after next. But, reading how much y’all have to do definetly makes me feel lucky.
In the past week I have:
A) Gotten a D on a math test. I have never gotten a D on a test before in my* entire life.*
B) Written an 8 page paper on “the poetics of knowledge” as derived from works by Walter Benjamin, Susan Sontag, and Martha Nussbaum. In less than 12 hours.
C) Gone through three days with 2 hours of sleep for each day. Which is why I got a D on the math test.
In the following week I have this to look forward to:
A) A 7-9 page paper on the role that American history has played in shaping the life of one of my relatives.
B) a 8-10 page paper on how the “poetics of knowledge” have been formed and shaped by the readings done in class, most of which I have absolutely not memory of.
C) Three 2-3 page abstracts/reactions to readings done for the same poetics of knowledge class, while still writing the final paper.
D) A history final.
E) A math final.
F) A final project in theatre, of which I have no idea of the nature of, considering I missed class last week, and haven’t any idea of the nature of, because I missed class while writing my English essay. Will be fairly involved because I like this class, while resenting it totally.
G) Going home for nearly a week. Nice, but I won’t get anything done.
H) Trying to figure out what classes to register for next semester, by myself, because my advisors are CRAP.
I) Complete and utter screwing caused by own procrastination.
Oh, yes, I have martyred myself well in my own eyes. I wish I could do one of these projects through interpretive dance.
Sarah
I’ve been stressed, two 7 page reports due in not too long and a lot of reading to catch up on… Looks like I’ll be hitting the books for most of Thanksgiving break.
I just had my last exam on Saturday, so my semester is over. No uni for about 3 months. Yay!!
But hey, since we’re griping I will tell you guys about the total unfairness of my marketing assignment. We had a group marketing assignment that was to be completed over the whole semester. Luckily, I actually had a good group.
Anyway, we worked really, really hard on the assignment, and so when we didn’t do too well we were really upset. I got the assignment back, and I thought it was marked really badly, so we went to see the lecturer.
Sure enough, it was marked badly. The problem was, there was a 3000 word limit on the report, so we stuck to that and put the supplementary material in the appendix. Apparently, we were just supposed to ignore the word limit. They only marked on what was in the actual report, so all the stuff in the appendix wasn’t marked.
Okay, so when we had the meeting we got back all the extra marks we lost because she hadn’t included the info in the appendix.
But, a lot of marks came from “creativity.” And “creativity” was marked in comparison with all of the other assignments my tutor marked. Trouble was, we didn’t get ANY creativity marks because my tutor decided we hadn’t answered the core question, and creativity marks come on top of marks for answering the question. So, we didn’t get ANY creativity marks (which accounted for about 20%) because they didn’t want to have to get all the other assignments out again and rank them.
So, we got marked down about 20% simply because we tried to stick to the word limit. If they don’t care about word limit WHY PUT A WORD LIMIT??? In some of my other subjects, if an assignment goes over a word limit, they cut it off where the limit is and don’t read any more, that’s why we were careful. GRRRRR
Anyway, I’m over it, cos now I’m freeeeeeeeeee!
Oh yeah, just one little extra thing, my older bro is graduating in a week and I have two years to go. Jealous!! (Although he does have to go find a full time job now. heh.)
Because you’re in Tennessee. It’s even better over here in Knoxville.
Today I made significant progress on one of the web pages. My group met about the team project for next Monday. There are still significant things to do for it, but it will get done.
Right now, I’m still on campus (10 hours and counting today!), but I work until 9ish. While that’s going on, I’ll be doing some work on presentation #2. Either that or the field observation write up - that can get done and completed in three hours time.
I can make it, right?