The Autumn term went by so fast it was alarming; yet it’s the longest term in the first year calendar. I can only imagine how quickly the Spring and Summer terms will fly by. Anyways, you know what comes at the end of school terms, yes EXAMS!
For a proper Nigerian guy, exams at London Business School need getting used to. Ever heard of take home exams? Or for the Finance and Accounting courses, crib sheets (basically double-sided A4 paper with pretty much anything you want written on them)? Some of you probably have, but a better question would be, have you ever experienced any of these things? I’d say for most of you, NO, because our schools just don’t have exams like these; instead, we’d be expected to cram stuff and then churn it out.
On the flip side I was alarmed about the crib sheets. Could this be signaling the complexity of those exams? I guess so, because here at LBS, the curve reigns supreme. Basically, you don’t get graded based on your absolute grade, but instead on your performance relative to everyone else in your class. Thus, professors would seek ways to differentiate students, typically by placing strategic bombs in questions for students to get caught in. Issues, issues, issues.
I particularly hated the take home exams, because I agonize over stuff a lot and the longer the submission period was, the more agonizing it was for me.
Anyways, in characteristic Nigerian style, I adapted. The take home exams did traumatize me, but the trauma would end once I turned the papers (for Strategy and Economics). For a hardcore Nigerian guy, Finance and Accounting went very well; once I faltered on my crammed information, I had the crib-sheets to fall back on.
Once the annoyance of exams were out of the way, I started looking forward to the Christmas/New Year holidays, and the frightening prospect of the Milkround- that deserves it’s own article, so watchout.
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