Monday, February 1, 2010

So its exam season again

Yes you heard right. Its exam time again, and to say i am a bit nervous is just sort of scratching the surface. I've alreay been off to a stunning start, at least where my actual German Uni courses are concerned. For my Bundesrepublik Deutschland class I have not been able to register online for the exam (which is something you have to do here). I've been trying to over and over again for the past 3 weeks but it still isnt working. But i have been in touch with the department about my issue and apparently i am now allowed to take it without online registration. So, alright awesome. Except that i kinda sorta missed the last class before the test this morning due to my lust for sleep, so thats not too good. But all the lectures are up online, and the professor has already gone over the format of the test so its not such a big deal. For my Sprachwissenschaft class I apparently missed an email back in November from the department concerning getting credits for the class for foreign students. So i had just found out about that last week, and luckily have been able to get added to the list of foreign students in the lectute seeking credit. Which means i will be taking an oral exam next week. Should be fun. I have my Mittlestufe exam coming up this Friday, which i wanna say im not really too worried about. I'm really not worried about doing too badly, I feel if i do a minimum amount of review then i can still end up with a respectable grade. However I want to go above and beyond the call for this exam. I don't just want to do well, i want to ace this sucker. For the Aufbau Intensive Course I had in September I did alright, but i didnt do as well i as thought i did. I had reviewd pretty in depth for that one, went over all grammar with a fine tooth comb, but still came up a little short. So naturally my solution to that is to study my ass off even more for this Mittlestufe exam, so much so that i can be in the upper level Oberstufe course next semester. My BRD test i feel like sort of has a limit to how well i can do on it, seeing as how it is a formal written Uni test, all auf Deutsch, all written answers, and i am not a native German speaker. But the Mittlestufe test i can rock out all over and make it cry for mercy with the amount of right answers, and correct grammar i'll drop on it. I've made it my goal this week to just review for the Mittlestufe test. Kind of put my nervousness about my BRD test and SpraWi test on the backburner and let myself feel the confidence of this Mittlestufe test. And maybe even let that confidence bleed over into my other tests. Because a good solid few days of reviewing for the Mittlestufe test will certainly help me with my other exams. I probably will throw in a litte bit of some BRD and SpraWi studying as well to break up the grammar. As i write this entry i just keep coming back to how nervous i am for this BRD test. Just really afraid im gonna do a dive bomb on the test and have my entire semester of going to the class be a waste. I know, that line of thinking isnt gonna get me anywhere. So please excuse my leaving now, but i hear that Mittlestufe review calling my name. TESTSSSSSSSSSSS!

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