I've finished two of my exams so far. The first one, computational finance, went pretty badly. One of the questions involved inverting matrices which, as a 4th year student, I should probably know how to do, but couldn't remember. It wasn't actually on the course so he probably could have put the formula down for it, maybe he just expected us to know.

The second one, stochastic modeling 2, went much better. It was a huge cram session for it since I haven't gone to any lectures all year, except for project ones where it was required, and I had a day and a half to learn the course.

So I'll be lucky to pass the first one and should do fine on the second. My exams are spaced out reasonably nicely, it's usually two exams in three days and then 3 - 5 days off in between. So after the second exam I can have a short break, try to catch up with emails and other commitments, and hit the grind again.

I've been trying really hard to eat better and avoid energy drinks, it's hard when I'm in college all day though. I'm definitely eating a little better, I've cut out the hot breaded chicken rolls and have started getting proper meals or at least cold chicken rolls. I had a Red Bull yesterday to get the most out of the last few hours before the exam, but other than that I've managed to avoid them. I am drinking a fair amount of coffee though, usually have a cup with each meal, I'm not sure how big an issue that is though.