when i was considering whether or not to do this masters course, one of my main considerations was whether i should put myself through the horrors of the statistics course again. ridiculous as this may sound, i was on the verge of not doing this course because the statistics module is a core course. there was no way i could avoid it if i were to enrol in the course. i remembered the painful semester when i was an undergrad trying to comprehend statistics. to date, i believe i passed because of moderation and pure luck. logically, there was no way i could have passed the course with my kind of grades and even the stats assignments and projects i submitted were crap.

fast forward to now: half the semester has passed and damn it, i’ve been skipping too many stats classes. i swear i turned up for classes the first few weeks but no matter how hard i tried i was just LOST. i’ve also tried catching up with the lectures while refreshing the basic knowledge i should have learnt from undergrad days but it just doesn’t work.

right now i’m getting more and more confused by all the stats lingo and analytical models and what not. even with a very good textbook that explains everything in quite a clear-cut manner i can’t figure out tonnes of things. there’s still the stats project which i’ll be doing alone and some other assignment which the lecturer hasn’t released details of yet.

keeping my fingers crossed i pass the stats course and graduate as planned. i might become suicidal if this stats course keeps me in school for another semester, touch wood.