(11/05/2010 12:12 AM)Assassinator Wrote:  

(10/05/2010 11:16 PM)Tetris999 Wrote:  but i never be content with myself if i didn't achieve my goal (which is 100% every test); i never achieve it, but it never hurts to aim high eh?

I find aiming for these things to be really bad "bang for your buck".  Often here, the lecturer make at least some of these questions extremely difficult just so that noone, or only the very very best can get it.

To get these questions, it would require significantly more study effort.

Lets say this is an extremely difficult test and...

It would take you 15hrs of effort to get a score of 30
It would take you 50hrs of effort to get a score of 50 (average score)
It would take you 100hrs of effort to get a score of 70
It would take you 200hrs of effort to get a score of 85
It would take you 500hrs of effort to get a score of 100

Your score/time efficiency for your first 15hrs is 2
Your score/time efficiency for your next 35hrs is 0.57
Your score/time efficiency for your next 50hrs is 0.4
Your score/time efficiency for your next 100hrs is 0.15
Your score/time efficiency for your next 300hrs is 0.05

You get vastly diminishing returns for your time later on, so I tend not to bother.  No way I'm going to spend even anywhere close to 500hrs in this example.

If getting 100 is really that important to you, then go for it.  But I personally don't care too much about ideals, I care more about efficiency.











Lolololol, yr 7 scale...

It would take you 10 minutes of effort to get a score of 30
It would take you 30 minutes of effort to get a score of 50
It would take you 1 hr of effort to get a score of 70
It would take you 3 hrs of effort to get a score of 85 (average score)
It would take you 6 hrs of effort to get a score of 100

How long would you spend?  I spend 6hrs cramming the day before and 100 the test (actually, that's a lie, I knew that stuff already, I spent 0 seconds cramming).  That's how retarded yr 7 maths is here.

Ooooh, you got me before i corrected my grammar. Anyway, yeah, that makes sense, i guess it's more about what my priorities are and where I'm going.