I’m in the process of writing the last exams of my uni career. In total I’m going through 4 exams. Three of them are for the extension block which consists of 8 weekly hours worth of courses. I had the first one (4h) on March 3 and it went really well, as far as I can tell.

Today was the second exam: the deepening line (Application Systems, ……this one was a 45 minute oral exam…and it didn’t go all that well, at least not as planned. I revised for roughly 2.5 weeks for this one and tried to get a grasp of ALL the stuff that was distributed along well over 1k sheets…I guess I was prepared for “top level” or overall/comprehension questions, but most of the questions resolved around 2-3 topics and where aimed at

1. comprehension / knowledge
2. deep(er) knowledge
3. connection with other stuff

…and I just couldn’t get into the groove and tbh in the end I was happy that I even passed…final result: 4.0 (1.0= best, 4.0= pass, 5.0 = failed). My first 4.0 in the main study period :-(

On the bright side I know that it’s over, I passed, which means two down, two to go…although it bugs me that this one put a dent in my grade average (prior to this oral exam: 1.84, after it: 2.02)…ah well, now it’s time to chill a little and then hit the books hard again for the upcoming exams (extension courses “Software ergonomics” - April 7th and “peripheral devices” - April 5th)…two good grades in these exams will lift my grade average again and I can finally “drop the pen” on April 7th…the only things left to do then are:

1. 3 months internship
2. 6 months diploma thesis