Final Projects and the 100% rule.

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Anyone going through this right now? (For those of you on the quarter schedule at college/university)

The 100% Rule: You do 90% of the work in the last 10% of the time.

Right now I'm running fluid flow simulations for a project I have to present 8am Friday.

Like the Pareto Rule (that 80% of something comes from 20% of something else).

Exactly what I'm doing now. I'm having a late night cram session for one of my classes and this is the first time I've reviewed the material. Ugh, the effects of partying have taken its toll on my studies.

Yes.

The first day of high school zoology class we were told that the final project at the end of the two semesters would be a report, and were given all the requirements for it. 1 day before it was due I started working on it, barely got it finished in time and turned it in. What I thought was funny was when the teacher stood up in front of the class admonishing all of us for "waiting till the last minute", only to hold up my report and say "this is what it looks like when you take the full two semesters to do the work".

I think the rule is actually promoted.

I was infuriated in how professors set deadlines for stuff so late in the semester so that it was a rush to get it all done at the last minute. It wasn't as if you could devote 2 weeks to one class' requirements and then move on. It was a bit here and a bit there and all piling up at the same time.