After 2 weeks of extensive (?) reviews, we were off to study on our own ~ studying for most consisted of sleeping after a few pages of notes and books (mind the 's' coz we read not less than 2 books ~ including reviewer and bible-thick modules) afterwhich we'd send each other messages on how much each felt about not being able to remember a single thing. =)
Then the dreaded comprehensive exams came (Feb. 26, 2007). I was early, full-packed with data that I forgot to convert to information (haha!) plus baon unlike any other... hehehe...
The first exam was on Productions/Operations Management, composed of true or false questions, essays and computations. Reading the instructions already created commotion as ut read ONE BOND PAPER PER QUESTION... did it mean that for each number of True or False we are to use a page??! ... funny talga noh? here are masteral students approaching the end of their masters and yet we still forgot our practicality and common sense!
The 2nd night's exam was Human Behaviour in an Organization, a surprising exam because not a single topic on the review came out.. hhaaha... there was even a question on communication which was not included in the review and was taken the 1st sem. of the 1st year of classes! hehehe... and to make matters worst, there was an uncomplete case at the back, the shortest case I ever read, and I had to make all the assumptions in the world to solve it. hahahhaha
The 3rd night... whew, Managerial Statistics.. I completely went blank at this exam. Took me a few minutes and several flips of pages to realize I'm taking an exam! hahahhaa... oh No No No!
The 4th night... Financial Management. I was qualmish the whole day since I thought the principle of making income statements, balance sheets, and cashflow statements shouldn't be stressed with this one since WE are supposedly targeting the 'management' deal, and not the accountant deal. Yeah, we needed to know how things work, but it's more important to know what to do about the reports, since we can avail of an accountant's services to make these reports anyways. My brains just closed during the reviews and the study-period... hahaha.. after me and sir mario's expressed disgust over the figures, we decided to say que sera sera! and alas when the exams came, it was a case on financial resources to be decided on.. hahahha THIS IS WHAT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IS! yeah! hehehe...
The 5th night's exams, first ever exam that I didn't finish early, whew, I took it from 6pm till 11pm! IMAGINE That! that's Strategic Management for You!
and the last exam.. whew... Marketing. It was pretty impractical to give the exams at 6pm when you have the whole day of Saturday, ain't it? well, we took the case at 6pm and sumbitted the individual analysis by 7am on Sunday. It was a group discussion type of a case, and we needed to arrive at the right issue. We were 12 in the group, and voice raised as midnight came.. hahahha... I went home at around 1am, slept til 2am, then worked on the paper.. whew... got out of the house by 6:15am and arrived at school (fully prepared to submit) at 7:00am.... not looking back at anything, I submitted.
The end of my 7-day compre exams. The results are coming up soon, and I have no idea on what is to happen. No matter what happens, there's no turning back! hehehe..
Then the dreaded comprehensive exams came (Feb. 26, 2007). I was early, full-packed with data that I forgot to convert to information (haha!) plus baon unlike any other... hehehe...
The first exam was on Productions/Operations Management, composed of true or false questions, essays and computations. Reading the instructions already created commotion as ut read ONE BOND PAPER PER QUESTION... did it mean that for each number of True or False we are to use a page??! ... funny talga noh? here are masteral students approaching the end of their masters and yet we still forgot our practicality and common sense!
The 2nd night's exam was Human Behaviour in an Organization, a surprising exam because not a single topic on the review came out.. hhaaha... there was even a question on communication which was not included in the review and was taken the 1st sem. of the 1st year of classes! hehehe... and to make matters worst, there was an uncomplete case at the back, the shortest case I ever read, and I had to make all the assumptions in the world to solve it. hahahhaha
The 3rd night... whew, Managerial Statistics.. I completely went blank at this exam. Took me a few minutes and several flips of pages to realize I'm taking an exam! hahahhaa... oh No No No!
The 4th night... Financial Management. I was qualmish the whole day since I thought the principle of making income statements, balance sheets, and cashflow statements shouldn't be stressed with this one since WE are supposedly targeting the 'management' deal, and not the accountant deal. Yeah, we needed to know how things work, but it's more important to know what to do about the reports, since we can avail of an accountant's services to make these reports anyways. My brains just closed during the reviews and the study-period... hahaha.. after me and sir mario's expressed disgust over the figures, we decided to say que sera sera! and alas when the exams came, it was a case on financial resources to be decided on.. hahahha THIS IS WHAT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IS! yeah! hehehe...
The 5th night's exams, first ever exam that I didn't finish early, whew, I took it from 6pm till 11pm! IMAGINE That! that's Strategic Management for You!
and the last exam.. whew... Marketing. It was pretty impractical to give the exams at 6pm when you have the whole day of Saturday, ain't it? well, we took the case at 6pm and sumbitted the individual analysis by 7am on Sunday. It was a group discussion type of a case, and we needed to arrive at the right issue. We were 12 in the group, and voice raised as midnight came.. hahahha... I went home at around 1am, slept til 2am, then worked on the paper.. whew... got out of the house by 6:15am and arrived at school (fully prepared to submit) at 7:00am.... not looking back at anything, I submitted.
The end of my 7-day compre exams. The results are coming up soon, and I have no idea on what is to happen. No matter what happens, there's no turning back! hehehe..
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