Anyway, I thought I'd share my pre-block thoughts on the coming exams so you can gauge where you feel, or at least know someone's in the foxhole with you:
Neuro: Sure hope Dr. Smith has learned how to appropriately write a test question by now because the alcohol quiz was straight garbage. We're all screwed on Carrie L's questions FYI, so don't feel alone. I wouldn't be surprised if some of her questions started with with "It was the best of time, it was the worst of times" or "They call me Ishmael" because by the time I get through one of them my decoder ring will have died and I'll barely recall what the initial premise of the question was. Is her pay based solely on the amount of vowels she uses when writing exams or something?
Lab: Sure hope Dr. Mac has learned how to write a question that's remotely relevant to the practice of pharmacy. Not to brag but I usually skeet skeet Dr. J's portion and then spend the rest of the exam going "Whoooooooooooo cares what kind of spatula to use?" Lab exams are the gold standard for poorly written exams and I don't expect that to change. And remember: you have to spell perfectly, or it's wrong. Apparently this memo never made it to the rest of the lab faculty.
My reaction to the spelling rule
Immuno: I gunsling-ed my way through the last multiple choice exam, but I definitely don't want to rest on the merit of "I got really lucky last time."
Law: A PY3 commented on the last post that the law exams get shorter as the semester goes along (which is helpful, we could use advice like this!). Honestly, a lot more of this relates to practice and a lot of it was covered by Uncle Pete last year -- so maybe there's hope. However, its probably an unwritten rule that Papa Joe must ask X amount of questions about things we never covered. The Rider Rule.
Endo: All L_______. *whimper* I'm banking on you guys doing at least as sucky as I do, because I always find a way to mess all over her exams. I guess thats one reason to appreciate the percentile system -- they mathematically can't fail us all!
Awesome:
Sorry, I forgot to mention in my last post that if you or anyone else wants any material for the entire PY2 let me know. I literally have two tall stacks of the crap on my bedroom floor, not being of any use. I can leave it in someone's mailbox, just let me know what classes you really want. That way, I can have a better idea what would be useful material.
ReplyDeleteLifshitz questions are always confusing, so don't feel bad if you do bad on those. Like you said, she likes to be loquacious with her questions.
I absolutely hated the first two tests in Immuno with Yanelli, as he gave us only fill-in-the-blank type questions because he disliked our class. His disliked had to do with someone going above his head to his boss to complain about the horrible notes he gives to print out for class. Does he still give those crappy blank slides that have on it stuff like: what is a T-cell, the immune system is important, etc.? But, the second half of the class seemed to be better, but not much more interesting unfortunately.
Lab at least seems to be better with Dr. Michael Jones running it now in PY3. He is really helpful and I don't feel like he is out to trick me, and the tests are all SPE oriented so no more crazy K-type multiple answer questions on the properties of each type of spatula. Also, no more final math tests!!
Hope this helps ease some tension
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ReplyDeleteFeel free to leave stacks of useful material in my mailbox (Nathan Hamilton) at any time! If you've got some overflow I'm sure anyone by the name of Upton, Meyer, Martin, or Whitesell wouldn't object, haha. I'm not picky, either! Neuro or Immuno would be great :D
I think we actually got on Yannelli's good side by attending his last optional review session and whatnot, but he's going away from the nadskicking fill-in-the-blank questions (thankfully). I don't think he does the crappy blank slides anymore, but he does occassionally have slides with (no exaggeration) about 20 lines of text. Guess he went a little "YOU WANT SOME TEXT ON YOUR SLIDES?" there.
Oh and I've heard the horror tales of PY3 SPE's already -- blind/abused/bitten by a dog patients. Sounds like a traumatic experience overall.