mixed midterms
Oct. 24th, 2005 08:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jinianDespite screwing up the salmon chloride cell question (by forgetting one channel, saying "that can't be right," and erasing the distinctive and correct Na+/2Cl-/K+triporter in favor of balancing the ions), I came out with a bio exam score only two points below the highest in the class. They're lenient graders compared to my last bio folks, but since I'm sure they were lenient with everybody, I feel pretty good. My TA gave me a special grin when she handed it back. :)
On the other hand, I am really, really glad we get to drop one of our physics exam scores. REALLY. This was my worst test ever. I overanalyzed some stuff and didn't have notes for a few things we'd glossed over, and I'd felt anxious enough going in (yet still overconfident, ha ha) that those problems completely threw me out of any useful mindset. Valuable experience, I guess; now I know why so many people test poorly. Can that not happen again, please?
Both of these share a common theme: examples that I'd thought were just to illustrate a point appeared on the test, and I wasn't prepared. Next time I will be! And I'm glad one of them turned out okay.
On the other hand, I am really, really glad we get to drop one of our physics exam scores. REALLY. This was my worst test ever. I overanalyzed some stuff and didn't have notes for a few things we'd glossed over, and I'd felt anxious enough going in (yet still overconfident, ha ha) that those problems completely threw me out of any useful mindset. Valuable experience, I guess; now I know why so many people test poorly. Can that not happen again, please?
Both of these share a common theme: examples that I'd thought were just to illustrate a point appeared on the test, and I wasn't prepared. Next time I will be! And I'm glad one of them turned out okay.
