<p>So my final is next week and is roughly 80% of my grade. I have heard lots of negative things about him, but mainly what I am wondering is how should I approach studying for this test? Book problems? His powerpoints?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Am I the only one that doesn’t understand a single thing he says? And his midterms aren’t related to anything? I study a lot for all his tests and it doesn’t help…</p>
<p>i guess as long as u understand the book, u’ll be fine. i basically read the book and did okay in my last midterm</p>
<p>To the above poster: did you also do his practice problems from the book?</p>
<p>Also lol: did you take a look at his slides? because they are almost like greek to me…all over the place</p>
<p>yeah i did. the practice problems sure have something to do with the exam(calculation, equation etc…) My emphasis of my reading is pretty much based on his slides lol(since they are on slides, they must be important and yes, they look hecka greek to me) but i still read the whole thing to understand the concept.</p>
<p>Study all old exams you can get your hands on… Know how to do everything on them and understand the book pretty well. This will put you above most other people and put you above the average allowing you to pass. Very few people actually understand baugh, as I personally have not walked out of the lecture once saying “that made sense” except when he showed that video about quantum mechanics a few weeks ago.</p>
<p>I failed the first midterm pretty bad, way below average, but i barely studied. For the second one i studied my ass of from the book and 3 or 4 old midterms and it got me a little above average. Just study as much as you possibly can (understand everything in the book and be able to apply it, as baugh expects you to make connections that he supposedly teaches but since we dont understand baugh we gotta do it ourselves) and try office hours on stuff you dont get in the book (TA office hours, as baughs are pretty useless to me).</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies. </p>
<p>im definitely gonna blast hrough the book, do the practice problems, and try to get some old finals</p>
<p>anybody get their hands on some finals? I checked the test bank but couldn’t find any…
its gonna be really tough to study if i don’t even know what it’d be like on the test</p>
<p>anybody know of any TA review sessions tomorrow?</p>
<p>All I got was an email earlier this morning about the possibility of it being as late as 10pm tomorrow. I haven’t gotten any updates on the situation since then.</p>