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I have a huge-ass essay due tomorrow in my 'favourite' (sarcasm) university class - cognitive science and i haven't even started the f**ing thing. How i got to this point i have no ******* clue and this seems to happen to me over and over again for some retarded reason. I am never the type of person to solely blame circumstances for my misfortunes, but it's extremely mentally exhausting to always realize that you're one step below the appropriate the standard..
So yeah, i messed-up again and I need some dire advice right now as to what to do. As things are right now, i will probably not write a good essay no matter which decision i choose or however hard i'll try to push myself. But i need to have something concrete in mind, some detailed course of action as to how to proceed and i can't seem to settle on one...
Now this essay is 25% of my overall mark and should i receive a less than a satisfactory mark on this paper, i'll have to perform the logically unthinkable, which would be to get a REALLY good mark on the final exam or otherwise risk failing the course. AGAIN. And that is pathetic..
So what the hell can i do now? (and as i said i'd really appreciate some concrete advice from anyone/ detailed plan of action)..
The standards for my essay are:
-at least 2500 words (which is about 6 pages if you count for all the indentations, etc..)
-at least 10 sources to use and include in the bibliography (books and articles)
-embedded citations- MLA or APA format
-... and it has to be argumentative and have a challenging thesis..
What I have so far:
1. a thesis which i don't really feel confident utilizing
2. an (almost) appropriate amount of sources for the essay
My problems
- I'm not really confident if the thesis that i came up with is appropriate enough as i think it's too simplistic.
- I have doubts about the quantity of the information that is relevant to my topic and that being said i don't really know WHAT IS relevant to my topic since i barely know anything about it
- That being said, i'm not sure if i should risk properly going over my material in order to get a better understanding of it and to pick out what i 'think' is relevant since i have so litttle time left
- From that, I also don't know if i should or shouldn't aim to hand in the crap that i'll call my essay tomorrow or maybe a day or two later (since there is the course-related option of handing in an essay late, but with a 5% penalty per day (not just a school-day))
-And finally, I have NO IDEA about how i'll structure my essay (i.e. how the themes and the discussions which I'll be (probably) be trying to cover will[/align] be compartmentalized among the paragraphs of my essay. And once again this all relates to the problem of not knowing my topic well at all (which in turn relates to the problem of having little time to try to properly get acquianted with it and to try to really figure out what may be relevant to include in the paper)
So could anyone suggest me something concrete and detailed in essence which i could do at this point and which i wouldn't regret as the (most ) wrong decision to make?
P.S. I usually don't post my academic problems online but i'm pretty desperate right now
So thanks to whoever read all this and i'd appreciate some input
So yeah, i messed-up again and I need some dire advice right now as to what to do. As things are right now, i will probably not write a good essay no matter which decision i choose or however hard i'll try to push myself. But i need to have something concrete in mind, some detailed course of action as to how to proceed and i can't seem to settle on one...
Now this essay is 25% of my overall mark and should i receive a less than a satisfactory mark on this paper, i'll have to perform the logically unthinkable, which would be to get a REALLY good mark on the final exam or otherwise risk failing the course. AGAIN. And that is pathetic..
So what the hell can i do now? (and as i said i'd really appreciate some concrete advice from anyone/ detailed plan of action)..
The standards for my essay are:
-at least 2500 words (which is about 6 pages if you count for all the indentations, etc..)
-at least 10 sources to use and include in the bibliography (books and articles)
-embedded citations- MLA or APA format
-... and it has to be argumentative and have a challenging thesis..
What I have so far:
1. a thesis which i don't really feel confident utilizing
2. an (almost) appropriate amount of sources for the essay
My problems
- I'm not really confident if the thesis that i came up with is appropriate enough as i think it's too simplistic.
- I have doubts about the quantity of the information that is relevant to my topic and that being said i don't really know WHAT IS relevant to my topic since i barely know anything about it
- That being said, i'm not sure if i should risk properly going over my material in order to get a better understanding of it and to pick out what i 'think' is relevant since i have so litttle time left
- From that, I also don't know if i should or shouldn't aim to hand in the crap that i'll call my essay tomorrow or maybe a day or two later (since there is the course-related option of handing in an essay late, but with a 5% penalty per day (not just a school-day))
-And finally, I have NO IDEA about how i'll structure my essay (i.e. how the themes and the discussions which I'll be (probably) be trying to cover will[/align] be compartmentalized among the paragraphs of my essay. And once again this all relates to the problem of not knowing my topic well at all (which in turn relates to the problem of having little time to try to properly get acquianted with it and to try to really figure out what may be relevant to include in the paper)
So could anyone suggest me something concrete and detailed in essence which i could do at this point and which i wouldn't regret as the (most ) wrong decision to make?
P.S. I usually don't post my academic problems online but i'm pretty desperate right now
So thanks to whoever read all this and i'd appreciate some input