The computer science exam on Wednesday night was quite possibly the easiest final exam I have ever taken. Basically it was like another in-class test, covering only material since the last test five weeks ago. They usually require an hour or so to finish, but we had three hours to take our time.
That said, I face a couple of the hardest finals any freshman could possibly have: Calculus II and Introduction to Materials. The subject material for calculus is pretty easy, and is definitely review from IB HL Math (from high school), but we covered so much this semester, the exam is going to be packed.
As for Materials (no, this is much different from the freshman Chemistry of Materials I course), there is also a great deal of material (no pun intended), I just never understood it. There is a full-class review session on Monday night (17 DEC 2001), but my team (my lab group) is getting together Sunday afternoon to review.
I did find out that my plane tickets and reservations are confirmed for my trip back to Cairo next week. I will post an itinerary as soon as I can, probably this weekend sometime. Unfortunately, I cannot guarantee site updates during the vacation because I’m not sure I have configured the web server correctly for access from outside RPI. Keep your fingers crossed!!