Self Review

And so..my exams ended last wednesday...... and here's how i think i'm gonna fare aka my self report card this semester:

Business and Public Policy

Effort: F-
(heck, i didn't even touch the textbook. And i only studied 2 days before the finals..sigh)

Understanding: D
(At least i understood what the prof in class...only problem is that i probably forget everything say....2 minutes after class?)

Self Perception: F-

(I still remembered on the last day of class. Tobachman probably sensed my boredom in lecture that day....

Tobachman: yada yada yada yada *something on contractual obligation* yada yada...say..i promise xiang li a Ferrari for christmas..(which i think my eyes lit up for 3 seconds)...but come new year... there's no ferrari..nill..none in sight (sigh... i prob smiled at him).... so can he sue me?...yada yada yada....)


GRADE EXPECTED: F+
(Aih...should put in more effort for legal studies next semester....)


Engineering and Lab:

Effort: C-
(I knew i should have done all the questions in the book...and should have figured out what was wrong with that dysfunctional (yes-dysfunctional) red traffic light)

Understanding: B+
(Until today, i still don't get the norton and thevenin equivalence)

Self Perception: B
(Daniel lee is probably the most engaging professor i've taken a class with.... totally recommend his classes...)


GRADE EXPECTED: C+
(Must do exercises in the book Must do exercises in the book Must do exercises in the book Must do exercises in teh book........)


Corporate Finance

Effort: F-
(I didn't even finish those questions in the book. Andddd.. I didn't even realize there was a 2003 practice paper until a friend told me....)

Understanding: B-
(Why is it that sunk cost are not included in the EAC? I know that Prof. Mackinlay said that it can't be recovered...but pay money is still pay money what!!..)


Self Perception: F

(An email to the TA:

Dear (censored),

I'm just wondering if the tax should be taken into account when calculating the EAC.

For example,

my maintainence cost is USd 100 and my tax is 10%. Thus is my net maintainence cost USD 90 ?

thanks!

regards
Xiang Li

Reply:


Yes the case states:

To do the calculation, prepare a spreadsheet table showing all costs after taxes over each investment’s economic life. Make assumptions as necessary. Be sure to include the effects of inflation. ------------------------.

Regards,

(censored)

(so yes it should be taken considered while calculating the EAC...duh..what was i thinking?!!)


GRADE EXPECTED: C-


Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra and ODEs

Effort: F++
(Google shall be my textbook.... nothing beats google...or matlab...)

Understanding: F--
(It's not that we don't understand but I don't think the majority in class could do Temkin's exam...with the average score at 40% for his midterms...)

Self Perception: F--
(Temkin: the next few minutes, i'll provide some motivation for MATH xxx...... so here's the motivation..... ... if we translate ODEs into vectors and solving using homogenous equations on non-homogeous matrices...you'll get..yada yada yada...

o c'mon temkin...you can't expect us to be all olympiad gold medalist like you)

GRADE EXPECTED: F-



Physics and Lab

Effort: C-
(What... as usual..must do all the problems in the book...)

Understanding: B
(it's not really that hard...just that I wasn't really on-the-go for the first few lessons...)

Self Perception: B+
(the only class where my grades has an upward trend while the class average drops as the semester progresses)

EXPECTED GRADE: B

GPA EXPECTED: 1.5

And obviously this won't get me anywhere....thus i shall create a new academic honors list for myself... lXl's List (as oppose to the Dean's List)...sigh...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!