The mini was this morning and the raw scores are already out. I knew it was going to be rough, but this is one of the worst mini's I've ever taken. Let's just say my highest score was 74% for Anatomy and... I'm almost too embarrassed to say the rest. (I might reveal the actual scores when the official scores come out in a day or two and I might not.)
If you recall from last semester, I was struggling to break 60% on the minis for anatomy the entire time. This time I got that 70%+ that I always want from every subject. But the thing is, I don't think it's because I knew the material any better or worse than the other times. I think the questions were just that much easier...
--Which brings me to my complaint about the entire test in general: The difficulty of questioning from subject to subject was all over the place. It kind of feels like you're at the mercy of the question makers.
Either way, there's nothing I can do about it now. The good news is that was only the first mini and there's a lot of the semester to go. I tried a lot of things this time and I can only really point to 2 of those things that really worked while the rest kinda-sorta worked, but I'm going to have to adjust it a little. I'll talk about this more when the official scores are released.
One last thing: Neuroscience is going to be a problem.
We haven't gotten back the score from the Practical yet, but judging from the neuro section on the mini, it's not going to be pretty. Out of all the classes, I think this one is going to come down to the bitter end.
Monday, October 4, 2010
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a lot of people struggle with neuro. Over 13 people in my class failed it out of 70 of us at my medical school. The same ones plus a few retook it and later passed it only to be shut down by STEP 1. Its a bloodbath I tell ya
Neuro is painful painful painful. Hope things turn out well I've got my fingers crossed for you
Okay, this is sounding scary. Neurology is actualy what I think I'm interested in. So my question is, Why's it so hard? Looking at the Youtube video, I get the sense that the subject can be like trying to visualize a subway system, including the various destinations of all the passengers at different times of day. Is it hard just because of the intricacy and all the terminology?
Hi Stranded,
Well again, I have to point out that the class average was 77. (And the averages for all the exams seem to be around the 70's.) So if you look at it that way it's not impossibly hard, it's just who really sucks.
For the practical itself, I'm not sure how other schools work, but this was the first test that we actually had to write in the answers instead of it being multiple choice. (I've actually heard of both styles from other tests, like anatomy practicals, etc.)
And as with almost everything else in med school, it's not really the material that's your biggest threat, it's the fact that you just don't have enough time to study. I'm sure there are other people out here to did just as bad (if not worse) than I did and I'm equally sure that every single one of us could have gotten A's or B's if we had unlimited time for study.
-Jonathan
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