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Just Handed In My Term Paper Today:
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Oh, well done! That must feel great to have finally done it. How many words did you have to write?
I'm jealous, mine's due in next Friday. I'm on a design course, and this is really doing my head in. I can't wait to get back to just concentrating on design again. In one week I never have to write an essay again!
At least it's made me realise how much I love to design, and how much I really have enjoyed this course up until now, and no doubt will after Christmas.
I'm jealous, mine's due in next Friday. I'm on a design course, and this is really doing my head in. I can't wait to get back to just concentrating on design again. In one week I never have to write an essay again!
At least it's made me realise how much I love to design, and how much I really have enjoyed this course up until now, and no doubt will after Christmas.
ugh i hate being out of school because of my illness i want to go back to school and do finals and term papers, i always enjoyed this time of the school year -_-.
My last term paper was on Steroids in Baseball. ^_^ got an A on it of course
Good Luck on the rest of your tests and anything else this semester
My last term paper was on Steroids in Baseball. ^_^ got an A on it of course
Good Luck on the rest of your tests and anything else this semester
Jay42 said:Thanks, it was a statistics paper about fast food habits. I'm not sure about the number of words, but it worked out to about 30 pages (typed all on my PowerBook of course). Now I just feel bad for my prof...kinda
uhoh you have got me interested and now you have to host your paper on a website so i can read it ^_^
please <_<
Wow way to remind me that tonight's going to be an all-nighter for my last paper.
oh but congrats for your sake
oh but congrats for your sake
Trust me, its really not that interesting. Unless you are into the CLT for a two proportion population and whether my sample met the technical criteria in order to calculate a p value, its not worth your time. And seeing as though I had no budget, the conclusions were not very valid. My professor will probably post an excerpt after they are graded.
Jay42 said:
You're right, better just keep it to yourself.
Seriously though, congrats! I know the feeling very well. I'm in my 8th year and the only thing I ever look forward to is that end-of-the-semester feeling.
I really need to finish this up soon 
kainjow said:Seriously. I struggle with 2-3 page essays!
I wish I could still write two to three page essays. The length isn't that bad for me I just hate going back and making an annotated bibliography
runninmac said:Wow im really not looking forward to college
It's not that bad really. Once you get there and you discover what you're really interested in, it can be much harder to write within the constraints of a 5 page paper than a 30 page paper.
aquajet said:It's not that bad really. Once you get there and you discover what you're really interested in, it can be much harder to write within the constraints of a 5 page paper than a 30 page paper.
Even when I wrote my paper on an topic I really enjoyed, getting 6 pages was a chore. I dislike writing papers (and I chose the wrong major based on that). Luckily I only have one more semester then it's so long forever with paper writing.
Jay42 said:Unless you are into the CLT for a two proportion population and whether my sample met the technical criteria in order to calculate a p value...You might as well learn now that success will not come your way if you continue to opt for all the easy topics.
I agree 30 pages isn't that long for a research paper, and I'm sure Jay had plenty of tables and charts since it is a statistics paper. The key is to have a really detailed outline. My outline for my research paper was about 3 pages long, double spaced. Most of the lines were only a few words, but there were a lot of scribbles on the page. That outline got me to about 25+ pages.
Just for kicks, I've attached my work.
Just for kicks, I've attached my work.
Deepdale said:You might as well learn now that success will not come your way if you continue to opt for all the easy topics.
...and your paper was about...?
Long papers aren't too difficult.
I'm doing independent research and will be producing a very lengthy paper on my research. It's all about bioremediation and microbes and hazardous contaminiants and stuff like that.
I do love my research though... it'll be good experience for when I go to college.
I'm doing independent research and will be producing a very lengthy paper on my research. It's all about bioremediation and microbes and hazardous contaminiants and stuff like that.
I do love my research though... it'll be good experience for when I go to college.
runninmac said:Wow im really not looking forward to college
Try writing a 237 page design report
, now that was worth the pissup that followedp.s Hope you do well
