/sci/ - Science & Math

probably a dept. final...i dunno what kind of fucktarded trend that is but I just took a final in physics too.

Lucky for us it was a retard-mode physics test compared to the regular tests we took. I barely used a calculator and none of the work took up more than the space in the margin.

Dude, they all do that. Make it seem fuckeasy during the courses, but the finals are always fucking hard. Make more difficult exercises next time. Or you just don't understand it enough to extrapolate the easy level to the hard level. Anyway, I know what you mean and I feel you. It's sucky but you'll get over it, if anything, you'll learn from it.

>>2216205
I feel ya man. Just got out of a genetics test where over half the questions were worded so vaguely as to have no single correct answer.

>>2216230
Hard is one thing, nigh impossible is another.

The homework we did for the course was usually half-hour problems (an hour for the something really difficult). Midterms were usually 8-10 questions split out over the hour, difficult but not as time consuming as the homework - doable within the given time.

The final was twenty questions, most of which made those half hour homework problems look simple.

>>2216269

relax, he'll probably curve it

>>2216273
Here's hoping.

The thing that sucks most is most of us were having a pretty good week up till now. I felt great about my calc and astro finals, one of the guys nailed his calc ii final, another did great on russian, etc etc.

holy shit, fractions? thats hard shit!

>>2216282

It is when you have to carry out multiple operations over the course of a lengthy physics problem.

Teachers are not allowed to make their own final exams.

Universities are required to do departmental finals to receive accreditation.

Your teacher was an ass though for not properly preparing you for it though.

I just finished physics 1 this semester and got a 98/100 in the class.

The teacher gave us quizzes, homework that were just shorter versions of the tests. There were no surprises on the final.

The teacher told us throughout the semester as we were going through each chapter that a problem similar to this would be on the final.

If you were paying attention and came to class throughout the semester, he essentially told us every question on the final.

Surprisingly the class average was still 62.

I would recommend talking to either the teacher or the dean because that wasn't fair without a calculator

>>2216322
> Universities are required to do departmental finals to receive accreditation.
>implying that every university everywhere in the world has exactly the same rules to follow

>>2216289
Like for example, trying to find angular velocity when initial moment of inertia, initial angular velocity, initial mass, final mass, and final moment of inertia all end up being fractions that can't be simplified.

>>2216322
>Teachers are not allowed to make their own final exams.
Shit, what a low level of education you have there

>>2216355
Wait, as in from Iowa?

>>2216369
UIowa, yeah.

>>2216346
>>2216368

Have fun with your shit tier unaccredited university.

Your degree will be just valid if you had made it in paint yourself

>>2216393
Well hello from central Iowa.

>>2216205

If you actually paid attention to your studies you would have been working with a calculator for the sake of practicing instead of wanking to /sci/.

Ha.

>>2216408
Always nice to meet a fellow Iowan

>>2216431
Also, requisite fuck you, herky can eat a dick, etc.

>>2216462
... kay

>>2216205
wow that sucks