Hello there!
If you spared some time out of your busy schedule to read my paragraph, I, Nayeem Ferdous, cannot thank you enough. When I first took the course, I had heard all dreadful (!) things about the course being very critical and how hard it is to ensure a good grade in it. Honestly, in the first few classes, I was clueless about the lectures. So if you are facing trouble in the first few classes, don’t lose hope. Here are a few tips and tricks that I followed that might come to use-
- Don’t miss a class! Even if you do, make sure you have a valid reason and submit an application for it.
- All the projects and assignments are very important, first of all, do a mind map for doing projects.
- Join the Facebook group and keep a check on the updates regularly.
- Try to participate in class, especially when a question pops up in your head regarding the topic. The faculty gives enough chances to ask questions and if your question is logical, you might end up with bonus points like me.
- Concentrate on the topics covered in class.
- Study in groups before exams, it helps a lot with confusions and makes you remember better.
- Put extra emphasis on charts and diagrams, I always noted them down in my cheat sheets.
- Make your cheat sheets while studying, it helped me remember the topics very well and where I’ve written it down.
- Study well for the IOAs and revise them before exams, they carry a lot of marks.
- Go through the guidelines of term projects and group assignments and if you have confusions, ask the faculty or his TA(!), they are very helpful. We showed the faculty our progress of work before the submission dates to guide us and show our errors, and he helped us to get on track.
- The faculty gives a lot of chances to earn bonus points, grab them!
- Check the midterm papers and see where your faults are, make sure you don’t repeat them next time.
- The course is very well structured with clear guidelines, so make sure you follow them. You get almost all your queries cleared from the website itself.
What I learned from this course is that it’s not only hard work that makes you succeed, you also need to have a clear idea of what you are doing. And as they say, if plan A doesn’t work, there have lots of more alphabets to try on!
All the very best, may the odds be in your favor …
You can reach me here, https://www.facebook.com/ferdousnsu
