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Whats everyones workload like at the moment?

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  • 26-11-2010 10:28pm
    #1
    dr gonzo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,676 ✭✭✭


    I'm sitting here trying to plough through one of three big assignments i have to have done for next wednesday, im a bit swamped to be honest.

    So i was wondering what everyone elses workload is like so i dont feel as bad?


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    dyl10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,355 ✭✭✭dyl10


    Over the next two weeks I have:

    -presentation to the department worth 20% of a 5 credit module
    -presentation to the class worth an unknown amount
    -essay worth 40% of a 10 credit module
    -essay worth 50% of a 10 credit module
    -research proposal worth 40% of a 5 credit module
    -assignment worth 20% of a 5 credit module
    -statistics exam worth 20% of a 5 credit module

    All of this is due before the 10th of December.
    I hope that makes you feel better :)


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    littlefriend
    Registered Users Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭littlefriend


    dyl10 wrote: »
    Over the next two weeks I have:

    -presentation to the department worth 20% of a 5 credit module
    -presentation to the class worth an unknown amount
    -essay worth 40% of a 10 credit module
    -essay worth 50% of a 10 credit module
    -research proposal worth 40% of a 5 credit module
    -assignment worth 20% of a 5 credit module
    -statistics exam worth 20% of a 5 credit module

    All of this is due before the 10th of December.
    I hope that makes you feel better :)

    Oh my God! Best of luck, hope it goes ok. Do you have exams after all of that?


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    dyl10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,355 ✭✭✭dyl10


    littlefriend wrote: »
    Oh my God! Best of luck, hope it goes ok. Do you have exams after all of that?

    Thank you, these last few weeks are possibly the most time per day I've ever committed to work.

    No exams after that, thankfully.


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    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 13,010 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    I had that kind of workload a year ago, and at the end of the last semester, but it's a lot better this time. I had one assignment due today, but had enough time to finish and submit it early; another due next Friday which is substantially finished and just needs polishing. However, this semester I have exams in all six subjects, and they're worth more, so it's about to get hectic round here.

    Death has this much to be said for it:
    You don’t have to get out of bed for it.
    Wherever you happen to be
    They bring it to you—free.

    — Kingsley Amis



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    littlefriend
    Registered Users Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭littlefriend


    dyl10 wrote: »
    Thank you, these last few weeks are possibly the most time per day I've ever committed to work.

    No exams after that, thankfully.

    Enjoy the 10th! Such a nice feeling when you deserve your time off.

    Sorry OP! I have a big assignment to hand in on Monday but apart from that and the exams I'm done. Not too bad I guess but I can't get my head around the assignment I'm doing. I think the best thing is maybe decide what you are going to stay and more or less stick to it. I always waste loads of time and tie myself in knots by going off on tangents.


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    graw
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    On a masters programme... working two jobs... pages upon pages of derivations to learn... being pushed for thesis ideas... and have a group project on the go. So, not very busy at all! :rolleyes:

    Btw, best of luck getting all of your assignments an what not completed.


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    Joneser
    Registered Users Posts: 428 ✭✭Joneser


    Insane amount of work to be done, I'm in 4th year computer science:

    40-50 page report due for friday (worth 75%)
    Assignment for wednesday (worth 15%)
    Project demonstration on wednesday (worth ~40%)
    Write a 5 page report for the demonstration mentioned above.
    Another assignment due for friday (worth 15%)

    And over the last 2 days had to give a 20min presentation and write a 2000 word research essay (combined worth 50%)

    So yeah...plenty of stuff to be doing lol :P


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    Sad Professor
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    5000 word essay worth 60 percent due on Monday. Only got about a 1000 words done so far and I'm working today and tomorrow, so I'm probably going to have to do an all-nighter on Sunday to get this done.

    A 1500 word essay on Wednesday which I haven't even started yet.

    And a presentation on Thursday.

    Oh and 6 exams. :(


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    Fad
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    -Japanese Oral Exam.
    -Japanese Written Exam.
    - 30% Databases Assignment due on Tuesday (I dont use windows, so Access 2003 makes me want to MURDER people).
    - 15% Data Structures assignment on Trees or something..... I have to have it in by Monday week.
    -Computer Architecture Resit Exam on Thursday.
    -Calculus & Statistics Resit Friday week.

    Plus 5 other exams & 5ish extra inorganic tutorials during the reading week because the module is such a fúcking disaster >_<


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    unknown13
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    Did my 30% Excel assignment today and submitted it online. Just have to submit the hard copy and that is my workload complete.


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    dr gonzo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,676 ✭✭✭dr gonzo


    Feckin hell, by comparison to some workloads on here my post just seems obnoxious now. Good luck to everyone too.

    I never thought i'd say this but i cant wait to just be studying for exams.


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    BlandKitten
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    Fad wrote: »
    - 30% Databases Assignment due on Tuesday (I dont use windows, so Access 2003 makes me want to MURDER people).
    Trust me, it's isn't that you're not using Windows. This assignment is just a bastard all round :l


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    Fad
    Registered Users Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    BlandKitten wrote: »
    Trust me, it's isn't that you're not using Windows. This assignment is just a bastard all round :l

    I just want like 10 or 15% from it...... could not be less arsed with it :(


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    rainbow kirby
    Registered Users Posts: 26,928 ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    Bahahaha, it looks like that assignment hasn't been changed since I did that class 5 years ago.

    Protip: There's a similar level of variety to the exams.


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    #16
    errlloyd
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    Eh, pretty much nothing.

    1 2000 word assignment for Sunday,

    I think more important is exams soon.


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    #17
    littlefriend
    Registered Users Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭littlefriend


    I kind of feel like I don't have to do any college work because of the snow. What perfect procrastination fodder


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    GobBass
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    Just to give you an idea...

    German IIIa – Protokoll - 3rd December - (2pm - 4pm) 30% at stake
    Transforming Cities Learning Journal - 3rd December (3pm) - 30% at stake
    Glaciation – 5000 word essay due December 3rd (3pm) - 100% at stake

    Transforming Cities MCQ - December 8th / 9th - 40% at stake
    German Prose – 2,500-3000 word essay - due December 10th - 70% at stake

    Exams:

    German Minority – 2 essays - December 11th (9am - 11am) - 50% at stake
    German II b Resit - December 11th (12pm - 2pm) - 50% at stake

    * Sunday off, but studying for...*

    Geopolitics – 2 essays - December 13th (9am - 11am) - 67% at stake

    * Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday off, but studying the entire module of...*

    Ideas in Geography – 1 essay, MCQ - December 17th (3pm - 5pm) - 100% at stake

    Its hard to say I haven't been dealt a nice pre-Christmas present. And that glaciation essay, which I had little choice in doing the module, is killing me at the moment leaving little or no time to begin this awful calendar ahead.

    Bah,humbug...bah,humbug indeed.


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