Monday, October 24, 2005
First day of exams is over...
First day of exams. This morning we had Financial Accounting. Almost everybody thought it was going to be a piece of cake and looking at the previous exams I sure couldn't figure out why the average score shouldn't be at least 80-90%. Not this exam. We had 80 multiple choice questions (exam lasts 3 hours) and there were quite a lot of tricky ones. My prediction: all that found it easy made a lot of errors, all that found it difficult saw the tricky questions and did fine. Let's see where I fit in.
Something about the grade system. The grades go from four (highest) to zero (or lower) with a mean of 2,5. All the grades are relative, so that means that if you did very well but the class did better on average, you will get a lower than average grade. For the people that know stats: the grading system is based on the normal distribution.
The afternoon consisted of a group exam in Organizational Behavior. We had to analyze a case by using concept of the course and advice an action plan. We did a short trial run before and developed an almost flawless procedure to get to a correct answer the most efficient way.... almost flawless....
Theory was great, but this is what happened in real life (don't you just hate real life?). Obviously not everyone wanted to stick to the procedure and lots of arguments arised. Quality of the produced material went down, blood pressure went up. Couple of harsh comment flew over the table and the show was now really on the road. In the end we handed in something, but definitely not in line with the quality standards I'd like to keep up. I sure needed some cigarettes and beers after the exam.
Next time I'll bring a baseball bat to group exams. Or maybe I would enjoy strangling people with my bare hands better....
On a happier note: the expected time when I see my girlfriend again is 55 hours, 4 minutes and 37 seconds (let's hope for a small standard deviation).
Tomorrow: Prices & Markets and Statistics.
Something about the grade system. The grades go from four (highest) to zero (or lower) with a mean of 2,5. All the grades are relative, so that means that if you did very well but the class did better on average, you will get a lower than average grade. For the people that know stats: the grading system is based on the normal distribution.
The afternoon consisted of a group exam in Organizational Behavior. We had to analyze a case by using concept of the course and advice an action plan. We did a short trial run before and developed an almost flawless procedure to get to a correct answer the most efficient way.... almost flawless....Theory was great, but this is what happened in real life (don't you just hate real life?). Obviously not everyone wanted to stick to the procedure and lots of arguments arised. Quality of the produced material went down, blood pressure went up. Couple of harsh comment flew over the table and the show was now really on the road. In the end we handed in something, but definitely not in line with the quality standards I'd like to keep up. I sure needed some cigarettes and beers after the exam.
Next time I'll bring a baseball bat to group exams. Or maybe I would enjoy strangling people with my bare hands better....
On a happier note: the expected time when I see my girlfriend again is 55 hours, 4 minutes and 37 seconds (let's hope for a small standard deviation).
Tomorrow: Prices & Markets and Statistics.
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Don't you see a common thread amidst the INSEAD bloggers irrespective of the campus? - all romantic :-).
Appreciate the spirit of blogging in the exam week and disappearing during the break. The asia campus blogger seems to have his priorities right I say.
Appreciate the spirit of blogging in the exam week and disappearing during the break. The asia campus blogger seems to have his priorities right I say.
Just found your site. I think your school is unique and it's interesting how you get the degree in one year at two campuses (I, of course, am on the traditional path of getting a two-year degree at one campus ...)
I'll be back ... hope you're enjoying your break and you're girlfriend's visit.
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I'll be back ... hope you're enjoying your break and you're girlfriend's visit.
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