I've received the results for all the paper I've sat for in the first half of this semester and I fell far from expectations. I sat down and thought for a long while.
Was I setting too high an expectation for myself? Not really. All I asked for is to meet the minimum criteria to enter the honours programme, which is a distinction average.
Was it beyond my capabilities? It shouldn't be because I've done similar modules before.
Did I not study hard enough? I think I've studied hard enough to deserve what I thought was a good grade. I could have studied even harder but that will be at the expense of my sleep and leisure time. Not that I have a lot of sleep and leisure time to start with.
Was I not consistent in studying? Maybe. However, there was this one module which I studied consistently right from the beginning of the semester but when I revised it just before mid sems, I could only remember the main points. I couldn't remember the sub-points of the fine details of whatever I had studied. Sad, I know.
Was the paper too difficult? Not exactly. At least for 3 of the 4 papers I sat for, I sorta breezed through them without much difficulties. When I asked my classmates/friends on how they fared for the papers, they seem to do pretty well. Much better than I did.
Sighs. So what went wrong? Honestly, I've no idea. I guess it could either be my poor memory and/or wrong interpretation of the questions. However, I believe it could be the wrong approach of studying. In other words, it's time I should start re-strategising the way I study and I'd better get it right this time.
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