This time in 10 days I’ll be here!
Summer is finally here, and my exams are finished! All i’ve got to do now is finish packing and then leave tomorrow morning! I’m so excited to finally go home!
That’s another exam done with! Luckily there were 4 questions in particular that I was very comfortable with answering, so I chose the best 3 to answer.
One question was about how we percieve objects visually- nice and easy, lots of material to talk about, another was how novice’s solve puzzles, and the third, how we use previous knowledge to solve problems. The latter 2 involve very similar ideas. I feel like it went quite well, much better than I had feared, and without sounding too confident, I think i’ve passed.
I feel really enpowered now though, and just want Tuesday’s maths/stats exam to be here. In comparison I thnk i’m really going to enjoy that one. Call me mental, but I like following formulae. You can’t really go wrong, it’s fun!
Anyway…talk over the weekend! I’m going to chill out now and start packing!
I forgot to say!
In 24 days, i’ll be off back to Germany for the first time in 5 years! It’s been 5 years too long…And it’ll be the first time that Marc and I would have been away together alone, and i’ve got so much planned! Will update you another day.
until my first real big exam! I’ve just been over lots of names and dates, and ‘m definetly making progress. But i’d rather just have them in my head by now so I can focus on other things! If I remember the things I did today on Friday then i’m sure i’ll be fine, but i’m scared that under all the adrenaline i’ll forget the silliest of things. And I have a bit of a habit for that =/.
I’m starting to feel a bit more hopeful though. And I think that my Maths exam next Tuesday will be ok,I just need to make sure I follow the formulae carefully! And remember the marking scheme of course!
I was doing a bit of motivational research on Friday, looking up MSc courses and grants. A bit premature I know, but i’d rather start looking now, for motivation, than not bother until 3rd year when i’ll be rushing about! I really like the look of the MSc in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience at Goldsmiths, and there’s a route which focuses on practical and imaging methods, which is really up my street! Neuroscience is definetly the route I want to go down for my Masters I think, it’s a good course to progress to D.Clin.Psy with, and if for some reason I didn’t want to do that anymore,the Neuroscience MSc would definetly open doors. And with the research experience i’m getting at the moment i’m sure it would help me to stick out from the crowd. I’d love to go to UCL or ICL, but I should be realistic too. I’d lvoe to live in London, at least for a year. I have a dream of living there for good, but i’m also a country girl, so living there for uni would halp to get it out of my system.
Anyway, I should probably go now. If I don’t blog before (which I probably will) then wish me luck for Friday!
Just thought i’d share :)
Otters Who Look Like Benedict Cumberbatch: A Visual Examination.
All otters are from The Daily Otter, for all your ottery Tumblr needs!
Well after all that worry I got a 1st in my oral exam…Not expected at all! Can’t quite believe it!
Tomorrow I have my last Japanese exam, then all being well i’ll have another 15 credits, so 30 altogether to add to my CV. We’re also due to have a sleep lab meeting too for the press, which shall distract me from my exam stress! Anyway, must go now, got to revise some names & dates for my Cognitive exam. Sorry it was quick today!
I can’t believe how long i’ve been away!
I’m so sorry, had so much work to do at uni it’s unbelieveable, but the hard work has been paying off. So far i’m averaging 66%, which is great news, i’m really happy with it. The sleep lab stuff is well under way, we had a photo shoot during a wire up, and the pics should be on the website anytime soon. I’ve just this minute finished the first half of my Japanese (Level 2) exam, which was pretty easy, so that means another 5 to go. My first ‘real’ uni exam is on Monday, and i’m pretty anxious about it, as it’s an oral exam, but I suppose i’ve got to get used to it =/
My cognitive exam is the one i’m most worried about. The topics are Language, Problem Solving, Memory (amnesia) and Perception. It’s all good except from my lecturer loves to use scare tactics to motivate us. It’s not really working the way he planned though…
I can’t believe how quickly this 1st year has passed. We’ve already had to choose our 2nd year modules aswell! I chose Sleep, Dreaming and Circadian Rhythms for Semester A, and The Psychology of Religion and Spirituality for Semester B. The latter is actually much more interesting than it sounds, the neuroscience behhind relgion, religious cults and practices, mysical experiences (like talking in tongues) and extremism/terrorism. It looks really interesting, and the lecturer, Dr.Bretherton is really nice. He’s written a few books, and he’s also a clinical psychologist so he’s quite well qualified!
I hope you likes this little update, and you’ll have to excuse me if i’m a bit quiet for the next couple of weeks. If any of you are out there revising for exams of any kind, good luck! And goodbye x
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