Tanked an exam? Let's cry together

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exam 1: neglected to bring/know that we could bring a cheat sheet. i didnt read the obvious discloser on the the course website.

exam 2: cheat sheet was provided, noticed it half way through the exam, wasted my time studying by memorizing about a dozen formulas which were provided. This was also on the course website. The exam was also hard as balls

i need to read the course websites before exams.

What are your stories. Doing this should make us all feel better right?
 
I didn't tank any exams, I actually got As on all of them.
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I used the whole 3 and a half hours of my Administrative Law exam (100%) to study for some Commerce exam (60%) that I had immediately after. I submitted a booklet of Commerce revision and an apology note punctuated with a ":)".

Long story short, Administrative Law = 0. Statsorwhateverthefuckitwas = 50. Best. Move. Ever. Strategic fails are where it's at, mang.
 
Never tanked an exam. I did get a F or two, but that was my own fault. For every class/semester, first two exams are always gimmes; the last three are the ones that count.
 
For the class I have in mind, I did better on the final than I did on the midterm. At least there's that. Hopefully prof will be a doll and float me a C. Not counting on it, though. :/
 
NEOPARADIGM said:
Technically I think "tanking" means "throwing" or "fucking up on purpose." But I've always understood "tanking an exam" to just mean you failed it.
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Oh. Yeah I always thought "tanked", "bombed", "failed" etc all meant the same thing. Why would you fuck up an exam on purpose?
 
Two finals today

Both huge classes

Both went bad....who would have figured.





So much effort put into a class just to get a crap grade because of one test.
 
Had one of those moments. Test going great, 60% done, 40 minutes in... hit the problems I have to visualize and couldn't do shit. Got panicky and forget everything else.

Lost my A, and most likely lost my B, who knows, maybe even the C
 
I tanked a midterm once, then talked to a friend of a friend (who became a friend after this ^_^) that took the class the previous quarter. Turns out I devoted my studying to the wrong area; only 10% of what I furiously studied for was on the test >_<

I needed to get an A just to pass the course, so I sought out some help....and I passed. =p

EDIT: As for INTENTIONALLY tanking an exam, I tanked one once when I had As in all my classes (and was already destroying one class in particular). I just got momentarily lazy and decided to half-ass studying for the final. I think I got a C or a D, but finished the class with a B so whatevs.
 
Made it late to my exam today. Luckily I was still able to finish it in time. I probably would have done better if I had got there on time though. And actually studied for it.
 
I did the opposite on my engineering this semester. We only had to do 4 out of the 8 problems, and I did 7. As a result my final exam score was 150%, because I missed one.
 
I remember tanking a project that was due for the Finals.

Then I got home and an email was sent out that said that the project would be extra credit instead because almost everyone failed! It was some stat course.
 
Thankfully I haven't tanked in an exam for a while but the last time was AS Level History where I got a D. I got the paper back and the examiner had just written "No" in the margin and then stamped a "U" at the bottom.
 
I tanked my calculus class but it doesn't matter since I don't even get credit for it.

Have algebra tomorrow which I will probably tank but I don't care. I just need to pass the class.
 
Does tanked mean fail?

I've failed my practical exam twice in a row, now I'm the only one left in the class who hasn't passed. They think it's because I'm too nervous. Technically I do everything right but I keep failing in one specific area. Now I have to spend my summer practicing with staff until I get it right. I think I get kicked out if I fail again.

Feels bad, man.
 
Blanking at exams has happened to me. Sat there for a good 5-10 minutes trying to think of whatever the hell I revised.

Also, I hate how you're never properly educated how to revise. To this day, I still don't have it 100% down and would love to know how to actually do it once and for all.
 
I've had 2 finals so far, 2 more to go. I just got my grade back for my Calc 3 final and...it was less than 50%. Really really bad. I'm flipping the fuck out right now. I know I fucked up my exam today to. I don't know what the fuck I'm going to do. I'm pretty sure I'll do well on one of my 2 remaining finals, but the other one is also going to be awful.

Seriously, FUCK multiple choice math exams. No partial credit on problems that take up half a page of work is goddamn bullshit.

I feel like this entire semester is going down the drain just because of these finals, and if my GPA drops below a 3.0 I'll start losing financial aid and I won't be able to afford school. I was doing so well in the beginning of the semester too. I'm seriously wondering if I'm going to have to change majors or drop out or something.
 
EmmanuelMunoz said:
So much effort put into a class just to get a crap grade because of one test.
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Yes. If you please, I too have a vent about this.

Give me a 200-question multiple choice test covering everything we read all semester and I bet I don't miss more than 20. But the final, upon which 35% of the course grade is based on, is a series of what amount to 12 questions. If I'm weak on five or six, almost by pure coincidence my grade goes to shit despite all the fuckton of shit I did actually learn.

Fuck you, man. Fuck you.
 
MIMIC said:
I tanked a midterm once, then talked to a friend of a friend (who became a friend after this ^_^) that took the class the previous quarter. Turns out I devoted my studying to the wrong area; only 10% of what I furiously studied for was on the test >_<
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I fucking hate this, I do it all the goddamn time.
 
Took five exams this week. Did well on four, tanked one pretty badly. But so did the rest of the class so it will most likely be curved. Win some lose some.
 
Probably flunked the final I wrote yesterday. It was a physics one, on electricity and magnetism. Stuff totally went over my head, it's probably the most confusing class I've ever taken. It's really frustrating, because I'm doing so well in my other 4 third year engineering classes this semester, and this stupid physics class that's barely to my major just ruined me.
 
I've got a 4.0 after a year and seven classes into a 2 year master program. Standard tests were what I hated about going to physical classes. You had to know it then and there. My current program is all online so I can do stuff at my leisure. There is no pressure to know X at 2:00pm on Monday afternoon. Plus it's mostly papers and projects anyway.
 
All my exams went well...except for my banking class.

Holy shit, I thought I did better than that when I finished. Oh well, at least the prof was nice enough to curve it to a C- when it should have been a D.
 
from the sounds of it, you should switch your major to english. that way, you'll comprehend the tests but you'll still end up with a shit degree anyway
 
I had to write two essays for my early modern world final yesterday and felt really bad about it at the time, but I ended up getting an A somehow, so that was pretty cool.

Today I took my computer science final. I don't think I can say the same for this one. There was a whole chapter that I forgot to study, and it made up a good chunk of the exam. We were even allowed to have a cheat sheet and everything.

So at this point the odds of maintaining the 3.25 GPA I need to keep my scholarship seem pretty low.
 
-COOLIO- said:
exam 1: neglected to bring/know that we could bring a cheat sheet. i didnt read the obvious discloser on the the course website.

exam 2: cheat sheet was provided, noticed it half way through the exam, wasted my time studying by memorizing about a dozen formulas which were provided. This was also on the course website. The exam was also hard as balls

i need to read the course websites before exams.

What are your stories. Doing this should make us all feel better right?
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Wow that sucks that they didn't explicitly tell you that a formula sheet would be provided like they always did for me. If it's any comfort, every time I did poorly on an exam there were always people who did much worse and the curve would really bump my grade up.
 
-COOLIO- said:
exam 1: neglected to bring/know that we could bring a cheat sheet. i didnt read the obvious discloser on the the course website.

exam 2: cheat sheet was provided, noticed it half way through the exam, wasted my time studying by memorizing about a dozen formulas which were provided. This was also on the course website. The exam was also hard as balls

i need to read the course websites before exams.

What are your stories. Doing this should make us all feel better right?
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Wasted time by memorizing a dozen formula? Serious question, but how long could it possibly take to memorize 12 things?
 
I always tank my physics tests. I swear my teachers always pick question that's I've never seen before. I usually spend 20 minutes trying to figure out what to do, and by the time I get it, the test is almost over. Multiple choice usually saves me from completely failing.
 
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