Ok, so I’m no longer nervous or intimidated. I’m surprised how fast I came around, especially since that first undergrad day scenario lasted most of the first year and I remained pretty reserved til graduation. Well that’s a good change.
Ok, so the syllabi: the only words that seem to make sense in all of them are “midterm” and “final”. There’s a bunch of other assignments on there that I’ve never done before, so I have no clue what they mean! Well, at least I’m not alone: the other new girls feel the same. Quite a relief actually.
And my God, the work load is IMMENSE! My school is focused on research so we have a lot of writing to do – All things that I’ve never done before of course: critical reviews, research proposals… For each class, the most that the midterm and finals account for is 45%. Now that’s scary. To have so much of the grade based on work that is new to me is quite unsettling. Hey, the more advanced students did it, so that’s a reassurance that it’s doable.
Oh and the lone guy is not so alone, there are two of them in one of my classes. They must feel a little awkward... But I guess there was undergrad to get over that.
Ok, so the syllabi: the only words that seem to make sense in all of them are “midterm” and “final”. There’s a bunch of other assignments on there that I’ve never done before, so I have no clue what they mean! Well, at least I’m not alone: the other new girls feel the same. Quite a relief actually.
And my God, the work load is IMMENSE! My school is focused on research so we have a lot of writing to do – All things that I’ve never done before of course: critical reviews, research proposals… For each class, the most that the midterm and finals account for is 45%. Now that’s scary. To have so much of the grade based on work that is new to me is quite unsettling. Hey, the more advanced students did it, so that’s a reassurance that it’s doable.
Oh and the lone guy is not so alone, there are two of them in one of my classes. They must feel a little awkward... But I guess there was undergrad to get over that.
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