How'd you do this semester? [Grade thread - Fall Semester]

[BerenTebogo]

Taking 18 credits next semester, had 8:00am classes every day this semester and every day next semester. MMMM.

[Caiti]

I just started college again this fall after a 5 year break (ugh), but so happy. Mostly took refresher courses this semester (only 12 credits) to get things going again. It's been difficult trying to get back into the mindset of being a student, but I think I made the right choice in going back. Not quite sure what my focus will be yet, but I still have some basics to finish before needing to make a decision. I don't start finals until Monday but unless something goes horribly wrong, these should be my grades.

Pre-Calc: A
Trig: A
Technology and Society: A
The West and the World (II): B (my teacher was a bit ridiculous with grading papers :/ )
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[Xajii]

lolEnglish major

Variant Behavior - probably an A. Did a term-long photo journal essay on graffiti which I got an A on, 95 on the essay, final was a breeze.

Forms of Poetry - probably an A-. Didn't turn in one of the 5% assignments, had an 86 before the final project was graded, so we'll see.

20th Century American Novel - probably an A-. Turned a paper in late so got a B instead of an A on it, A's on everything else.


My school is 4 credits per class, some are 3. I only took 12 credits because I don't need anything else to graduate, so I'm just chillin. Done after next semester, only need one more Spanish course to complete the minor.

[Grey Jorildyn]

I take 12 per semester, but 9 is considered full-time at my grad school. Usually do 12/6/12 (spring/summer/fall) since I began in a spring semester. Should be done this time next year.

[Silenka]

5 credits a class is the norm for our (OSU) quarters, so if you take 3 classes you're making 15 credits which is above full time(12) already. I like to do as much as possible though so I'll probably always be taking 20/quarter, it is kind of difficult to keep up the quarterly pace + a bunch of club stuff though. However, if you take 20 credits each quarter that means you get 60 credits/year not counting any you might want to take in summer. The school is apparently switching over to semesters in summer 2012 though, so a lot of students are scrambling to get their majors done by then so they don't have to take x months more of extra school when the credits go all wonky.

[Heavencloud]

5 credits a class is the norm for our (OSU) quarters, so if you take 3 classes you're making 15 credits which is above full time(12) already. I like to do as much as possible though so I'll probably always be taking 20/quarter, it is kind of difficult to keep up the quarterly pace + a bunch of club stuff though. However, if you take 20 credits each quarter that means you get 60 credits/year not counting any you might want to take in summer. The school is apparently switching over to semesters in summer 2012 though, so a lot of students are scrambling to get their majors done by then so they don't have to take x months more of extra school when the credits go all wonky.

Yeah switching from quarters to semesters is super lame. My first 2 years were done at a quarter college which was WAY nicer than the semester thing... I could take 3 classes for 15 credit hours, whereas with semesters its 4 credit hours for the same classes, less lecture time (yea this is bad when you're taking chem/bio/math only), overall it just seems worse. Would definitely still be on quarters schedule if I had the choice.

[Silenka]

The nice thing about quarters is that if you have a shitty class you can't stand it's not gonna last as long as a full semester, you'll be out and done with that class in a much shorter time. I guess it works in reverse too though; if there's a class you really like and learn a lot from, you only get to be in it the same short amount of time... I find that I actually like quarters more, despite feeling like it's a lot more work.

[rog]

How long do your classes last with quarters?

My school does trimesters, which are split into 2 8 week sessions, and have to say i love it. Downsides are that all classes are 4 hours long, and most are twice per week, and you really need to get through a lot of material really quick, but otherwise it's nice. I only need to take 1-3 classes at a time, which makes it a lot easier to balance taking 5+ classes per semester. It's a ton of fucking work, but it just goes so much faster. If i really tried, i could do 25 credits per trimester.

[Orden]

You can do near 90% of Calc 1 on a TI 89. Son I am disappoint.

The secret to how I passed calculus. No shit, I didn't learn a thing.

[Heavencloud]

How long do your classes last with quarters?

My school does trimesters, which are split into 2 8 week sessions, and have to say i love it. Downsides are that all classes are 4 hours long, and most are twice per week, and you really need to get through a lot of material really quick, but otherwise it's nice. I only need to take 1-3 classes at a time, which makes it a lot easier to balance taking 5+ classes per semester. It's a ton of fucking work, but it just goes so much faster. If i really tried, i could do 25 credits per trimester.

My chem sequence (3x 10 week sequence) on quarters had 2 lecture periods that were 2 hours each, and a 3 hour lab. Taking O chem on semesters I get two 1 hr and 15 minute lectures and a 3 hour lab. I prefer having a faster paced class rather than the slow grind of a semester, I was taking 18-19 credits on quarters but I'd be afraid to do the same on semesters...

[rog]

My chem sequence (3x 10 week sequence) on quarters had 2 lecture periods that were 2 hours each, and a 3 hour lab. Taking O chem on semesters I get two 1 hr and 15 minute lectures and a 3 hour lab. I prefer having a faster paced class rather than the slow grind of a semester, I was taking 18-19 credits on quarters but I'd be afraid to do the same on semesters...

Ah, yeah that's not bad. 1:15 lectures just seem silly, and not worth driving in for.

[Telamond]

Adv. Org. Chem. - A.
Adv. Org. Synthesis. - A.
Theoretical Org. Chem. - B.
Phys. Org. Chem. - A.

[viperlasson]

http://i52.tinypic.com/2cyoh5.jpg
Yeah. Pretty average.

[Dolmen]

Mineralogy - A
Calculus with Analytic Geometry I - A
Macroeconomics - A
Intermediate Accounting - B - Decided to cease my pursuit of an accounting major, thus I no longer cared about the class.

[Dolmen]

The secret to how I passed calculus. No shit, I didn't learn a thing.

At my college they spend the last week teaching you how to do Calc on a TI. Calculator use is forbidden on all tests (regardless of subject) unless it's one of the $5 calculators from Walgreens/Rite Aid/etc... In my Intermediate Accounting class students weren't even allowed to use said $5 as the administration felt students could have re-programmed the circuit boards.

[Heavencloud]

Adv. Org. Chem. - A.
Adv. Org. Synthesis. - A.
Theoretical Org. Chem. - B.
Phys. Org. Chem. - A.

Organic chem major? I'm jealous, love that class (intro ochem), but not offered as a major at my university

[Woozie]

I don't see what the big deal is about using calculators on tests. I used my TI-Voyage 200 all through calc and DiffEQ, which can do 100% of your calculus and solve most differential equations that pop up in diffEQ. The only thing it couldn't do was tell me if a series converged. Of course, I didn't take these classes, but when I proctored exams this past semester, calculators were allowed on virtually every test I gave out, even for calculus. I really don't understand why people are so against them, especially since you have to show your work anyways.

Edit: Also, in order for an undergrad to graduate in four years, they have to take 16 credit hours per semester (or go to summer school). As a grad student, I'm required to take 9 graduate credit hours to be a full time grad student (which is required for my assistantship). I also have to take at least 3 credits of a foreign language every semester if I want to finish my physics undergrad at the same time I finish my math masters. I'll probably be taking 12~16 credit hours every semester between my grad and undergrad.

[Grey Jorildyn]

Adv. Org. Chem. - A.
Adv. Org. Synthesis. - A.
Theoretical Org. Chem. - B.
Phys. Org. Chem. - A.

Might as well hand you the Nobel now. Good lord dude. Nice work!

[Pirian]

I don't see what the big deal is about using calculators on tests. I used my TI-Voyage 200 all through calc

Oh gdi now I want that one Just when I was so happy with my 89

[Zoolander]

/slight derail...since all you math/science people are in here...I'm an international relations major so I don't ever have room or get to take math now that I'm about to graduate...but I always was really good in math and lately I've wanted to take Calc just...for me. Worth it? Will it blue ball me and leave me wanting more? Unlock some info and give me a better understanding of the world? Guess I could just get a book and do it myself too...hmm