Final Exam Information
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1) Logistics
The final exam will take place on Friday, May 15 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in 50-340, which encompasses the majority of Walker Memorial's third floor.
- Unless stated otherwise, all course content covered in lectures, recitations, and homework is fair game.
- The final exam will be administered on paper, so be sure to bring a pencil. (We'll have spare pencils on hand, but probably not enough for everyone.)
- You may use three 8.5"-by-11.0" pages (six sides in total) of handwritten notes.
- To prepare for the final exam, we recommend that you review content from the relevant lectures, recitations, and homework assignments; prepare your sheet of handwritten notes; and take one or more the practice quizzes under authentic quiz conditions. (Print out a practice quiz and take it in a quiet environment where you can focus. Time yourself. Use only your handwritten notes as a reference.)
2) Studying
Review
- Review slides (from spring 2025)
- Story sheet (from fall 2024)
Practice Quizzes
There's not much time between the end of classes and our final exam. We recommend that you take either (a) the fall 2022 final exam or (b) the fall 2023 final exam under authentic exam conditions. Consider the remaining two exams to be packets of practice problems and work through them at your leisure. Remember: These exams were all designed to be completed in three hours.
Solutions will be posted no later than Friday, May 8.