Therese in Ireland is doing 9 things including…

graduate from university with a first class honours degree

80 cheers |

Therese has written 4 entries about this goal

So close -  — 5 months ago

I got my results from my Christmas exams this week and was 2% off a first! I was disappointed at first but having had time to think about it, I realise that I just didn’t put in enough work during the semester to deserve a first. Studying non-stop for the month before the exams just doesn’t cut it, and there was a crystal-clear pattern to my grades – the ones I did best in were the ones that I worked hard at throughout the semester.

So now it’s time to rally:

  • Actually go to the library more. I’m not always in the mood for it but the fact is I get more done there than I do at home.
  • Prioritise study periods and not just fit them around everything else.
  • Study at weekends and stop seeing them as mini-holidays from college.

Feb 07, 04:56AM PST 10 cheers | 5 comments

Freedom!  — 6 months ago

Glorious freedom! I had my last Christmas exam today and thank God I am off for a whole month now. This has been the toughest semester I have ever gone through – before today I hadn’t left campus for a month, had done nothing except study. I am going home tomorrow for the first time in 6 weeks, I’m so excited! I have a month off! It’s Christmas!

Anyway, to get back to the goal at hand, I feel I did quite a good job this semester. I still haven’t perfected the art of consistent study, but I’ve done a much, much better job keeping on top of continuous assessment work this year. My exams in general went really well, I’m so pleased with myself and, while I don’t want to go down the dangerous road of predicting marks, I’m quite confident about being able to achieve this goal.

I must also apologise to my subscribers and to everyone who’s cheered me recently, I know I have been a less-than-exemplary member of the 43 things community recently but it’s all been for a good cause and I’m back now!

Dec 20, 05:12PM PST 3 cheers | 2 comments

Still going well!  — 7 months ago

There is one subject that I’m a bit worried about – I haven’t been doing brilliantly in it but it’s my own fault for not putting in as much work as I should be. It’s a subject in which it’s possible to get extremely good results so it would be a shame for me to do badly in it just because I couldn’t be bothered working hard enough. I’m planning to spend most of this weekend working on it.

I also got an A+ for a French essay that I didn’t even want to hand up because I was sure it was terrible – the best part is that it’s worth 50% of my final grade so I’m doubly thrilled!

Nov 16, 04:14PM PST 10 cheers | 0 comments

Going well so far...  — 8 months ago

...80% in my first class exam and two B+s and one A for my French assignments, hooray! To be honest though, these exams are not difficult compared to what I have coming up in the next few weeks so I need to step up my efforts even more if I want to keep this goal on track.

Oct 20, 03:59PM PDT 10 cheers | 8 comments

Therese has gotten 80 cheers on this goal.

 

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