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# Exam Preparation, Exams, Grading
Each course at ETH works slightly differently in this regard. Some courses offer a grade bonus for completing assignments during the semester,
while others don't. Others still have parts of the grade determined by project work or similar, while there is one course in particular that has exam-like optional quizzes twice
in the semester, which can be 10% of your final grade, each, if they improve your grade.
while others don't. Others still have parts of the grade determined by project work or similar, while there is one course in particular (Formal Methods and Functional Programming)
that has exam-like optional quizzes twice in the semester, which can be 10% of your final grade, each, if they improve your grade.
The most important platform is VIS Community Solutions (typically referred to as ComSol), the online platform for old exams, summaries and Cheat Sheets,
available at https://exams.vis.ethz.ch
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I highly recommend that you do these assignments not just for the bonus, but to get feedback from your TA on your solutions.
It also forces you to do the exercises, which helps you prepare for the exams.
Note that for courses that have a bonus, that bonus is *generally* added *before* rounding.
## Exam Preparation
Studying for the exams can be a daunting task, but it is not that bad, if you plan properly.
The most important tip I can give you here is to also factor in a day off each week, because you will likely not be able to keep going at eight or more hours a day, seven days a week
for too long. Thus, factor in a slower day, or completely ETH-free day during the Lernphase.
The most important tip I can give you here is to factor in **a day off each week**, because you will likely not be able to keep going at eight or more hours a day, seven days a week
for too long. Thus, factor in a slower day, or completely ETH-free day each week during the Lernphase.
It is thus important that during the semester you really try to solve the exercises on your own, completely without the help of AI.
As tempting as it may seem to use AI for the bonus, don't. Not only won't you learn much from it, it's also illegal.
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### Old Exams
::: info NOTE
Old exams are available on [VIS Community Soltions (ComSol)](https://exams.vis.ethz.ch)
:::
While studying with summaries is good to get an understanding of the topic, you should also practice using old exams, to familiarize yourself with the mode of exams
and to get a feeling for the difficulty of the exams.
It is also great practice, as you have more topic-agnostic tasks in many cases here.
Also make sure to occasionally solve one with a timer to experience time pressure, as that is also a major factor in many of the exams.
It is also great practice, as you have more topic-agnostic tasks there in many cases.
Further make sure to occasionally solve one with a timer to experience time pressure, as that is also a major factor in many of the exams.
However, first solve at least one older exam without the time pressure, making sure you understand what you are doing, then add the time constraints.
Don't put off solving one for too long, as exams can very much expose weaknesses rather brutally, so be prepared to not do well in your first exam.
However, first solve at least one older exam (one from >5 years ago, as long as it is of similar format) without the time pressure,
making sure you understand what you are doing, then add the time constraints.
**Don't put off solving one for too long**, as exams can expose weaknesses rather brutally, so be prepared to not do well in your first old exam.
It is of utmost importance to consider that normal, don't be put off by it (this happens to a large part of students at ETH), take the learnings, update your Cheat Sheets
or your notes, maybe go back to the exercises from the semester, and solve these exercises again that you struggled with.
On ComSol, many people put in a lot of effort to properly explain how they got to a given solution, many of which ended up being (or are currently) TAs in the course,
On ComSol, many people (of which quite a significant portion ended up being (or are currently) TAs in the course) put in a lot of effort to properly explain how they got to a given solution,
so take their advice and see how that could apply to your understanding.
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Make sure to bring some food (that doesn't make much sound!), water and enough pens to the exams and don't forget your ***LEGI*** and Cheat Sheets, where you are allowed to bring them.
**Good luck!**
::: details Note on the HIL building
HIL can be a bit confusing. The HIL F41 and G41 rooms are best accessed through the main entrance,
which is the many doors to the right when walking from the bus stop into the atrium of HIL.