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tmhlee
Posted: Sunday, June 29, 2008 5:50:10 PM

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I didn't get my official report card but I went to exam review and my teacher showed me my marks.

Calc and Vectors: 95 (finished a while ago at night school)
Data management: 97 (joke course at my school I guess..)
French: 75 (down from 90 at midterm)
Bio: 65 (down from like 80...failed the exam. literally. lol aka 45%)

Okkkk sooo. Lowest marks I have ever gotten in my life. I didn't think this was possible lol.
I had plans to go to BC this summer for Explore/french boot camp at UVic. Because I really wanted to work on my french.
But I dunno. Is it a better idea to redo my bio in summer school to prep for university?

I didn't find the course too hard... mostly because I just sort of refused to do anything near the end of the semester and stressed myself out with uh.. university residence and didn't bother studying for my exams. At all.

Could I just review the notes I have, get a copy of the textbook and read it myself?
Or should I cancel my BC plans?
The last two aren't part of my top 6 so I don't think I'll have my acceptance revoked (omfg will I?),
and I still somehow got honour roll and ontario scholar...
but what should I do? I mean i've graduated and stuff so it seems pointless, but I don't want to flunk out of first year.
And at the same time I'm pretty determined to work my ass off in university...
could i just relearn everything in first year?
(Yeah i plan on taking bio 1st year.. maybe I shouldn't?)
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CRAZYBUBBA
Posted: Sunday, June 29, 2008 6:02:27 PM

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You'll be fine, go to BC; enjoy while you still can.

You clearly weren't stupid before you got accepted. It seems like classic senioritis.
BAH '08 (Queen's) MA'11 (Queen's)
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tmhlee
Posted: Sunday, June 29, 2008 9:09:14 PM

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Haha sounds like I won't be able to enjoy myself after this summer? :S

darn it. senioritis.
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heythereb
Posted: Sunday, June 29, 2008 10:02:47 PM
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dudeeeee. definitely don't do summer school. seriously, you're taking a gamble that your teacher/class will be any good. think about it - it's grade 12 bio in summer school - so i'm guessing lots of students will either be taking it because they failed it in school and it's a prereq. you'll learn nothing and just waste a month. whereas french in bc is totally once in a lifetime type thing - and knowing french will be much useful next year than stupid grade 12 bio.

if you're really set on freaking yourself out over not learning anything, then just borrow the textbook from the library or read over your notes again. but i'm thinking that summer school will be pretty pointless.

I think I'm in your shoes - my bio mark pre-summative and exam was 82, and I studied for the exam for about 1.5 hours and there's no way I passed. And bio is in my top6.
McGill Arts '12
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joyful45
Posted: Sunday, June 29, 2008 10:35:07 PM
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since this isn't related to getting into a university, reviewing textbook should be fine.
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ACTH
Posted: Sunday, June 29, 2008 10:49:32 PM

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Don't bother with retaking it in summer school, just peruse your material. I'm taking my math in summer school only because it brought my average below 90 (89.something) and I lost my scholarship. It makes sense because I can earn more money doing a two week course than working full time.
UWO 2012 - Biological & Medical Science big grin
UWO > Every other school
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tmhlee
Posted: Monday, June 30, 2008 1:54:54 PM

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Yeah there's no scholarship involved anyway because i need 95+ avg... So thanks guys. BC it is smile
I'll try to study on the plane etc I guess ? And review chem and math while there :S
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karla
Posted: Monday, June 30, 2008 1:59:08 PM

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You do not need to review any of your high school material before you go to university. They will likely review most of it there. Anything that you're unsure of you can review quickly while in school but I wouldn't recommend doing a review in the summer. That's a little ridiculous.
University of Alberta - Mechanical Engineering '11
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CRAZYBUBBA
Posted: Monday, June 30, 2008 2:07:16 PM

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My cousin went to McGill for sciences and had said that first year is alot of the gr 12 material so don't worry.
BAH '08 (Queen's) MA'11 (Queen's)
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tmhlee
Posted: Monday, June 30, 2008 8:44:36 PM

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lol the thing is it won't even be review, per se, because I didn't bother learning half the course the first time around.
...still don't bother?

Bah I'm usually not even anal about school work. . . though that might be a bit of a lie.
I'll get the biotextbook pdf and see if I'm motivated to look at it at all.

Mercii
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karla
Posted: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 1:57:39 AM

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If you find you're behind in your bio class in university you could probably pick it up fairly quickly by just reading the text book. However I think most first year bio classes follow high school bio fairly closely. I took Biology IB and got university credit for it at the U of A, and I don't think the curriculum was that different from the normal high school curriculum we learn in Alberta, so therefore I conclude the two courses are quite similar.
University of Alberta - Mechanical Engineering '11
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