June 11th, 2007 by
danielk
Today I received the preliminary results of my Abitur. Just as I feared, I had underachieved somewhat in Math and History. On the other hand I did better in English than I thought I would. And I hit the jackpot in Computer Science — woohoo! The overall score is 1.7, which means I’m fairly well positioned for university application. To raise my not-so-good Math score of eight points a little, I applied for another voluntary oral exam scheduled for next Tuesday.
Incidentally, I also received the application documents for the Hasso-Plattner-Institut in Potsdam today. If I don’t make it there, I’ll probably attend Freie Universität Berlin instead. The ball is rolling now. I’ll be soon be entering a new stage in my life. I have a feeling it’s going to be a rough ride. Hope it’ll be fun, too.
Yay!
November 6th, 2006 by
danielk
So, I’m now about halfway through this term’s written exams. So far I have sat the exams in both of my major subjects, Math and History, and of the minor ones in German and Physics. The topic for Math was linear algebra, and the History exam was about the peculiarities of the German development and attitude around the first world war and beyond (Deutscher Sonderweg). What’s left is English, Political Science, Computer Science — that’s a laugh — and the second round of my two major subjects.
I already got the results back for Math — 12 points out of 15 —, and History — 15 out of 15! Looks like I’m on a run of luck there. Mind you, with results like that, exams can even be fun. I literally inquired my teacher whether she was trying to kid me when the results of History were handed back to us. And I eagerly await the results of the German exam, where I wrote in a cock-sure manner about matters I hardly have a clue about. The task was to discuss Georg Büchner’s understanding of art. Will she notice? 
Today I sat the exam in Physics, which went fairly well given my frequent absence during the first couple of weeks after the last holiday. Yesterday I had to teach myself the basics of quantum physics (discovery of the photoelectric effect). Luckily we were given ample time to explain this one.
Still, this were all just this term’s exams. The big showdown will be next year around Easter, with the Abitur finals.
