<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Chaos at the Sky]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://chaosatthesky.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[chaotic_iak]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://chaosatthesky.wordpress.com/author/chaoticiak/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Midterm]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Midterm. The word that many people hate. A week full of study and pressure. In most colleges, midterm counts at about 25-50% of the final score, with finals counting about 40-60% and the rest are attendance/homework/quiz/etc. Failing midterm means a maximum of about B, or C if you&#8217;re unlucky enough to hit the 50% midterm course&#8230;</p>
<p>The midterm for me is next week, 21-25 October. Although due to my choices of courses or probably just luck, I have no midterm on the last two days, giving a nice half-week holiday :3</p>
<p>What will I do to prepare for the midterm?</p>
<p>I won&#8217;t do much, actually. I&#8217;ll just learn a little bit more than usual tests at school or quizzes here. Looking back from my quizzes, I studied for a total of zero seconds for Calculus I, also zero seconds for Biology, another zero seconds for Introduction to Programming, yet another zero seconds for Basic Korean I (which now I regret), and probably about 20 minutes for each Chemistry quiz. There&#8217;s no quiz for Physics yet, and heck, there&#8217;s no midterm for Physics. So, I plan to approximately do&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8211; 20 minutes of study for Calculus I, mostly to review what the definitions are.<br />
&#8211; An hour for Biology, mostly to reminding self what things are different from what learned at school.<br />
&#8211; 20 minutes for Introduction to Programming, mostly to toy with Python&#8217;s quirks.<br />
&#8211; An unknown amount of time (probably 3-4 hours in total) for Basic Korean I, because I can&#8217;t do languages.<br />
&#8211; An unknown amount of time (probably 2-3 hours in total) for Chemistry, because what the heck is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schrodinger%27s_equation">Schrodinger&#8217;s equation</a> doing in chemistry?!</p>
<p>I mostly plan to get enough sleep though. Even though the exams are at the end of the days (none is before 16.00, and on all days I&#8217;ll stay until 22.00), a good sleep is still good. Compare with the scenario of not enough sleep, where I might oversleep and rush to prepare myself to get to the exams&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;oh dammit it&#8217;s 25.00 here already. For the uninformed, 25.00 means 01.00 on the next day. I start to keep the time rolling continuously, only subtracting 24 hours (and advancing the day by one) every time I sleep for considerable time.</p>
<p>Ugh anyway. Homework&#8230;</p>
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