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Ok what is the most words you've EVER written in one day at uni?
I have a friend who has written, no joke, 2000 words in one day
I could never do that!
I'm aiming for about 1000 today, but I slept in until 10 so we'll see how we go, oopsies
I think the most I've ever written is 1,500 and that was in my undergrad, but I got a crap mark not surprisingly!
The most I've written and got a great mark would be about 600.
DBxox
I have a friend who has written, no joke, 2000 words in one day
I could never do that!
I'm aiming for about 1000 today, but I slept in until 10 so we'll see how we go, oopsies
I think the most I've ever written is 1,500 and that was in my undergrad, but I got a crap mark not surprisingly!
The most I've written and got a great mark would be about 600.
DBxox
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#2
(Original post by danni_bella)
I have a friend who has written, no joke, 2000 words in one day
I have a friend who has written, no joke, 2000 words in one day
It depends on what style of working suits you best tbh, but i find that if i do work in lots of different short bits then its gets a bit broken up and messy. I prefer to head in to the library early in the morning, spend an hour getting all the info/books/journals i think i'll need then work non-stop (except for a short lunch break) till it closes at midnight.
My personal record was a coffee fueled ~7000-8000 word chunk of dissertation in one VERY long day (science dissertation as well, so no poetic license allowed).
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#5
I did a day with 3 philosophy essays, 2 politics essays and a law essay and it was probably around 8000 words in the end. This was A level though.
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#6
5000. Final year project (~16000 words in total). Got 78% for it so it wasn't all waffle!
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#8
Probably 2,000ish. I don't like doing that though it gives me brainache and it comes out like mumbojumbo unless I take frequent breaks.
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#9
not at uni so haven't yet although i've probably done a 1000-2000 in history exams or maybe even more....... the horror of those papers - and to think that was only GCSE. Glad i dropped it lol
I'm more worried about how much reading i have to do
I'm more worried about how much reading i have to do
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#10
(Original post by hoonosewot)
I prefer to head in to the library early in the morning, spend an hour getting all the info/books/journals i think i'll need then work non-stop (except for a short lunch break) till it closes at midnight.
I prefer to head in to the library early in the morning, spend an hour getting all the info/books/journals i think i'll need then work non-stop (except for a short lunch break) till it closes at midnight.
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#11
Never actually counted but me and two mates did 5000 words in bout 6 or so hours-from draft, those deadlines are a pain 
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#12
(Original post by abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz)
seriously? **** me that's dedication
seriously? **** me that's dedication
The only time i think it got too much was when we had a biochemistry exam at 9am Tuesday morning, so we all slept into the afternoon on Monday, then pulled a 20 hour overnight revision session in an empty lecture theatre. We were all paranoid that if we slept before the exam we would forget everything
To this day i can still draw an incredibly complicated spider diagram depicting the entire process and nature of osteogenesis in considerable depth.
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#13
(Original post by hoonosewot)
Lol, it never struck me as anything spectacular, there was a group of about 4 of us that did it pretty regularly.
The only time i think it got too much was when we had a biochemistry exam at 9am Tuesday morning, so we all slept into the afternoon on Monday, then pulled a 20 hour overnight revision session in an empty lecture theatre. We were all paranoid that if we slept before the exam we would forget everything
To this day i can still draw an incredibly complicated spider diagram depicting the entire process and nature of osteogenesis in considerable depth.
Lol, it never struck me as anything spectacular, there was a group of about 4 of us that did it pretty regularly.
The only time i think it got too much was when we had a biochemistry exam at 9am Tuesday morning, so we all slept into the afternoon on Monday, then pulled a 20 hour overnight revision session in an empty lecture theatre. We were all paranoid that if we slept before the exam we would forget everything
To this day i can still draw an incredibly complicated spider diagram depicting the entire process and nature of osteogenesis in considerable depth.
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#14
(Original post by hoonosewot)
Lol, it never struck me as anything spectacular, there was a group of about 4 of us that did it pretty regularly.
The only time i think it got too much was when we had a biochemistry exam at 9am Tuesday morning, so we all slept into the afternoon on Monday, then pulled a 20 hour overnight revision session in an empty lecture theatre. We were all paranoid that if we slept before the exam we would forget everything
To this day i can still draw an incredibly complicated spider diagram depicting the entire process and nature of osteogenesis in considerable depth.
Lol, it never struck me as anything spectacular, there was a group of about 4 of us that did it pretty regularly.
The only time i think it got too much was when we had a biochemistry exam at 9am Tuesday morning, so we all slept into the afternoon on Monday, then pulled a 20 hour overnight revision session in an empty lecture theatre. We were all paranoid that if we slept before the exam we would forget everything
To this day i can still draw an incredibly complicated spider diagram depicting the entire process and nature of osteogenesis in considerable depth.
As for words, I dunno, about 2000 in one day? I'm like this user ^ who works non-stop. Get the flow going, man.
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#15
(Original post by abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz)
uni sounds like a ***** doesn't it
uni sounds like a ***** doesn't it
That said though, im moving onto a med course starting next week, and i've heard horror stories about the work load for that.
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#16
Ive done a few essays in one sitting, 1500 words and 3000ers. Its a bit weird. I sort of zone out and go into autopilot, but in a good sense, and just steam roller through it.
In terms of handwritten, maybe a maximum of 8-10 sides if you include everything on my busiest of busy days.
As for nutty exam routine, I unintentionally would wake up at about 2-4am, and then just stay up. I even ended up watching movies or going for walks to pass the time until it was a reasonable hour, revise a bit and head into the exam. Id go to bed later and later throughout until it just sort of rolled over and meant i was getting up super early......or late depending how you look at it :P
In terms of handwritten, maybe a maximum of 8-10 sides if you include everything on my busiest of busy days.
As for nutty exam routine, I unintentionally would wake up at about 2-4am, and then just stay up. I even ended up watching movies or going for walks to pass the time until it was a reasonable hour, revise a bit and head into the exam. Id go to bed later and later throughout until it just sort of rolled over and meant i was getting up super early......or late depending how you look at it :P
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(Original post by abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz)
seriously? **** me that's dedication
seriously? **** me that's dedication
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#18
Probably around 2500 words and that wasnt for my thesis, it was for my coursework at high school.
Oh, written exams at uni, about 15 sides so thats 1500x5 = 7500 words-ish for a biochemistry exam.
Oh, written exams at uni, about 15 sides so thats 1500x5 = 7500 words-ish for a biochemistry exam.
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#19
I have no set target for number of words a day but I do give around a week for each formative and summative essay I do.
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#20
(Original post by danni_bella)
I have a friend who has written, no joke, 2000 words in one day
I have a friend who has written, no joke, 2000 words in one day
Oh, and to answer the question, I've written two 2,000 word essays in one day at university before; but beating that by a mile, at school I wrote 4,500 words for my Advanced Higher English dissertation on 'Absurdism and existentialism in the works of Albert Camus', researched and written between 3am and 7:30am the morning that it was due. What a nightmare, still got a good grade though.
(Original post by danni_bella)
I could never do that!
I could never do that!
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