I heard a lot of people say that after my Marketing Research final. After saying “That’s what she said” about a dozen times, I finally joined in the collective group cry session that took place just outside of Angus. I wouldn’t be surprised if I saw 80% of those classmates again in fall… in the exact same course.

I don’t think I’ve had a final that hard before. There were basically 3 parts. One part – statistical analysis. Two parts – written. The analysis destroyed me, and was worth a little less than 50% of the final. That question crippled me, and everyone else I know. There were parts that you could have done well on, but the other parts… it was as if it was a completely different course or something. Well, that might be an exaggeration, but the material that he tested us on was really thrown out of left field. Horrendous.

The first part in the written section was a real breeze. The second question was like right up my ally tho – “You are a market research consultant hired by Nintendo. Design a research proposal that will help Nintendo reposition itself so that it can effectively target baby boomers.” I’ve answered that question on my friggin’ blog, doing it on an exam is a walk in the park.

Still though, I’m actually scared that I may have failed the course because of this. To make matters worse, we got our [optional] project back, and well… my mark drastically went down because of that stupid project.

F***.

On the plus side, I did manage to see the Hulk, Superman, and Batman on top of the bridge in Stanley Park on my way to UBC the other day. I know, that’s pretty random, but a bunch of guys just happened to be in their costumes during rush hour, waving to the passing cars. Things like that are awesome.