OldSaw
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It's finals week here. I've been pretty busy this week. Hopefully I'll have all of my work submitted by early next week. See you all then.
Finals Week
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Yeah it's finals week here as well. I have a Calc III final in 30 minutes. Good luck!
Been there, done that!!!. Don't over-cram; it'll just clutter you're mind up.
Hahahaha! I just finished on Wednesday! Have fun!
I just finished, too. Keep chuggin' along.
Just got back from my calc III final... damn line integrals 
Good luck Dennis, and congrats on 6k!
Finals for me too. I got one final out of the way this week and have three more next week, plus a trig test. Monday is going to be a long day!
I knocked out one today and have two more next week. I can't wait to be done with this degree!
Just past finals week for me. 'Course, I gave them, which I find is much more fun.
I have a Particle Physics exam on the 21st, Biophysics on the 26th and Condensed Matter Physics exam on the 1st. I also have a Viva next friday, then I graduate! 
Hey, if you find it fun, I've got a stack you can grade this week!
Good point - make it comparatively fun.
Press on, Dennis. Good luck with everything!
What do you teach?
I have a Particle Physics exam on the 21st, Biophysics on the 26th and Condensed Matter Physics exam on the 1st. I also have a Viva next friday, then I graduate!
That sounds brutal! What is your major? Congratulations!
Hey, if you find it fun, I've got a stack you can grade this week!
Same question, what do you teach?
A question for you teachers. How difficult or time consuming is it to grade a research paper 5 to 7 pages in length? Or a couple of classes worth of the same research paper?
I also just finished up finals week, for the final time. I'm very happy to say that all of the required coursework for my PhD in biomedical engineering is finished! Now I "only" have to finish up the research, publish 5 papers, go through a defense, and I'll be done!
I start finals this week as well. Can't wait to get it over with. I'm never taking six classes in one semester again! Except next semester...when I take six classes again... But atleast it will be my final semester!!!! 
Grading papers is extremely time consuming process. You have to read it as a critic (in the largest sense fo that word) of the overall idea but also put yourself into the mind of the writer to get a sense of what he/she really wants to say and the logic driving it. I teach business and limit grad student papers to two pages five-six times per term. Seems short, but I find (and so do they) that it is difficult to write a good short paper. Early on, I spend about 20-30 min per paper commenting and editing. Later, a little less time as they are better AND there is less I can add.
I do assure you that reading 55 papers on the same topic can make your brains leak out of your ears.
Quoted for truth. I finished reading my set of papers from Finals week on Friday, and couldn't even stand to read the paper this morning!
All the students moved out of the residence halls today, too. It's been a long weekend already.
Congrats to everyone who survived finals week and/or graduated today!
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