It Is Over {7/7}

The exams are over. Seven annoying, stressful panic-inducing bits of paper have been dealt with and the results should be out sometime towards the end of June. Overall there were two real slip ups, one whose wordy bits I'm a bit unsure of and the rest went pretty well. I would rate my exam performance as follows, from the best to the worst.

1. Modelling and Simulation
2. Embedded Software
3. Digital System Design
4. Parallel Programming Languages and Systems
5. Parallel Architectures
6. Distributed Systems
7. Circuits Engineering

And so my fourth year of university is essentially over. There is still 20 points of work still to do for the first phase of my MEng project, but that's integral to the project itself which I count as a separate entity. The project starts next week and it should be good fun with a fair amount of hard work. Getting used to the whole nine-five thing again might be a bit difficult but with an interesting project I'm sure I'll cope.

My shooting scores finally seem to have stabilised somewhat which is probably in part to sorting out my position such that I can actually see more than a blur past the third diagram. I lost the first round of the individual competition by a point but there are plenty more to go before the outcome becomes certain. Hopefully I'll at least be able to improve my average

Perth Summer League round 1: 93/94
Perth Summer League round 2: 94/95

Song of the Day: The Astronaut - Something Corporate

Out of Time {6/7}

So the real silliness is over. Four degree exams in four days. All in all it went better than I expected. There was the odd slip up but nothing (hopefully) truly major for the first three out of the four but after the two exams yesterday I was pretty shattered. Circuits Engineering today was a bit of a struggle, mainly due to switching context from the other courses and trying to get back up to full speed before the exam. The actual exam was ok but a few of the questions caught me a bit (I'm not too good at drawing graphs) and as time ticked down I got bogged down on working out the component values for a Sallen-Key filter. Eventually time got the better of me and a significant chunk of marks disappeared, comsumed by blank space.

:) Only one more to go! This one even has a nice period of revision time before it so I actually have time to relax and focus my mindset properly into that of embedded software. Hopefully I'll end the fourth year diet of exams on a high point.


Song of the Day: How To Be Dead - Snow Patrol

Luck {2/7}

Another one down and it went much better than Distributed Systems (it would have been pushed to be much worse). I enjoyed the Modelling and Simulation topic (maths and models are fun) which just made me stress out more about doing badly in the exam. However, I've decided luck plays a significant role in these things. Hard work and preparation are of course still essential, but some things are just remembered better and some questions jump out at you while others, no matter how hard you concentrate, are lost in the mists.

Next week is when it gets really silly with 4 exams, including two on the same day which should be fun. More panic, more stress, yey...


Song of the Day: My Poor Brain - Foo Fighters