Joshjrn Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 (edited) only took the sat once. never took the act. wanna talk about shitty exams ill tell you about the 10 hour shit-fest that is the FE.You can all cry me a river until you've taken the Louisiana Bar. Three day exam, Monday/Wednesday/Friday. Nine total sub-exams, three per day. You start at 8am and don't leave until 5pm. Almost entirely essay. Sub-exam time limits vary between two and three hours. Total exam length is 21.5 hours of test time. You aren't allowed any reference materials. The entire exam must be answered from memory. This is a copy of the exam (you obviously normally get one sub-exam at a time) with the small number of multiple choice questions removed. http://www.lascba.org/exams/QuestionsJuly2012.pdfOh, and it's only offered twice a year, so if you fail, you have to wait six months to try again. And you have to take the entire thing over. Edited October 28, 2012 by Joshjrn Link to comment
Emeraldwpn Posted October 28, 2012 Author Share Posted October 28, 2012 only took the sat once. never took the act. wanna talk about shitty exams ill tell you about the 10 hour shit-fest that is the FE.You can all cry me a river until you've taken the Louisiana Bar. Three day exam, Monday/Wednesday/Friday. Nine total sub-exams, three per day. You start at 8am and don't leave until 5pm. Almost entirely essay. Sub-exam time limits vary between two and three hours. Total exam length is 21.5 hours of test time. You aren't allowed any reference materials. The entire exam must be answered from memory. This is a copy of the exam (you obviously normally get one sub-exam at a time) with the small number of multiple choice questions removed. http://www.lascba.org/exams/QuestionsJuly2012.pdfOh, and it's only offered twice a year, so if you fail, you have to wait six months to try again. And you have to take the entire thing over.damn! yeah eff that, but sooner or later, once or if I get accepted I will be taking some sort of medical exam. Link to comment
Snipezzz Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 I'm taking the ACT this year Link to comment
Sheckky Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Doc, what are you trying to do in the military? I am in the process of joining the airforce currently.intelligence analysisI actually have that as a job I'm semi interested in. Link to comment
Doc Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Doc, what are you trying to do in the military? I am in the process of joining the airforce currently.intelligence analysisI actually have that as a job I'm semi interested in.I'm in a college intelligence analysis class now Link to comment
Cordeiro Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Scored a 32 on my composite score, got 35 in reading, lowest score was science because I had skipped the intro science class in high school, and most of the stuff was from that class, I think I got a 29 or 30 in that portion. Link to comment
Emeraldwpn Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 got a 92 on my asvabnice, congrats Link to comment
Doc Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 got a 92 on my asvabnice, congratsthanks Link to comment
Joe Jenninz Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 lol at the lawyer complaining about the bar. If you'd like to experience awful testing, try to practice medicine.MCAT (which I didnt think was bad but we'll include it)USMLE Step 1 (9 hour 400 question exam)USMLE Step 2 CS (10 hour clinical skill exam held in only 5 cities nationwide)USMLE Step 2 CK (9 hour 400 question exam)USMLE Step 3 (9 hour 400 question exam + 10 hour clinical skill test)Yearly In-Service Exam for your specialty Then the Boards for whatever specialty you're in (General Surgery for me) - written and oralThen the Boards for whatever fellowship you complete (Thoracic Surgery for me) - written and oralAlso you have to retake the boards every 10 years. Also you have to accumulate approximately upwards of 100 credit hours/year depending on where you live of continuing medical education. /won. Link to comment
Emeraldwpn Posted November 2, 2012 Author Share Posted November 2, 2012 (edited) lol at the lawyer complaining about the bar. If you'd like to experience awful testing, try to practice medicine.MCAT (which I didnt think was bad but we'll include it)USMLE Step 1 (9 hour 400 question exam)USMLE Step 2 CS (10 hour clinical skill exam held in only 5 cities nationwide)USMLE Step 2 CK (9 hour 400 question exam)USMLE Step 3 (9 hour 400 question exam + 10 hour clinical skill test)Yearly In-Service Exam for your specialty Then the Boards for whatever specialty you're in (General Surgery for me) - written and oralThen the Boards for whatever fellowship you complete (Thoracic Surgery for me) - written and oralAlso you have to retake the boards every 10 years. Also you have to accumulate approximately upwards of 100 credit hours/year depending on where you live of continuing medical education. /won.wooh, that's dedication. After 10 years, do you have to refresh your knowledge through books or the knowledge gained from working the field for 10 years sufficient? Edited November 2, 2012 by Emeraldwpn Link to comment
Joe Jenninz Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 lol at the lawyer complaining about the bar. If you'd like to experience awful testing, try to practice medicine.MCAT (which I didnt think was bad but we'll include it)USMLE Step 1 (9 hour 400 question exam)USMLE Step 2 CS (10 hour clinical skill exam held in only 5 cities nationwide)USMLE Step 2 CK (9 hour 400 question exam)USMLE Step 3 (9 hour 400 question exam + 10 hour clinical skill test)Yearly In-Service Exam for your specialty Then the Boards for whatever specialty you're in (General Surgery for me) - written and oralThen the Boards for whatever fellowship you complete (Thoracic Surgery for me) - written and oralAlso you have to retake the boards every 10 years. Also you have to accumulate approximately upwards of 100 credit hours/year depending on where you live of continuing medical education. /won.wooh, that's dedication. After 10 years, do you have to refresh your knowledge through books or the knowledge gained from working the field for 10 years sufficient?ideally but guidelines are written and rewritten so often you usually need to brush up on technical things because the 'textbook' answer and real life practice aren't always identical.IE: I'm sure most of you get prescribed antibiotics for things you would never actually answer "give antibiotics" for on a board question Link to comment
Joshjrn Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 (edited) lol at the lawyer complaining about the bar. If you'd like to experience awful testing, try to practice medicine.MCAT (which I didnt think was bad but we'll include it)USMLE Step 1 (9 hour 400 question exam)USMLE Step 2 CS (10 hour clinical skill exam held in only 5 cities nationwide)USMLE Step 2 CK (9 hour 400 question exam)USMLE Step 3 (9 hour 400 question exam + 10 hour clinical skill test)Yearly In-Service Exam for your specialty Then the Boards for whatever specialty you're in (General Surgery for me) - written and oralThen the Boards for whatever fellowship you complete (Thoracic Surgery for me) - written and oralAlso you have to retake the boards every 10 years. Also you have to accumulate approximately upwards of 100 credit hours/year depending on where you live of continuing medical education. /won.Now, over how much time did you take those exams? I took 21.5 hours worth of written exams in roughly 100 hours of total time (8am Monday to about 5pm Friday). From what I've gathered from the Steps, they are taken with weeks, if not months, in the interim. Correct me if I'm wrong? I wasn't complaining about the the length of the examination procedure, per se. I was complaining about the absolutely monumental amount of information you have to know going into Monday because you don't have time to learn much of anything between Monday and Friday. Plus, the fact that you have to undergo a marathon of 21.5 hours of written examination with very little time to recuperate between days of testing. P.S. No, we're not including the MCAT. If we are, I can obviously include the LSAT, ass Edited November 2, 2012 by Joshjrn Link to comment
Joe Jenninz Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Each step is individual; Step 3 (the two parter) is 2 back to back days :-PAnd needless joking doctor-lawyer hatred aside, the LSAT is a joke for real. And when compared to the MCAT, its roflcopter Link to comment
Ninexblue Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Pretty convincing Joe. Only thing you have going against you is that you went to Duke.So did Austin Rivers. Now that man is a roflcopter. Link to comment
Joe Jenninz Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 You misspelled "American Hero" Link to comment
Joshjrn Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 (edited) Each step is individual; Step 3 (the two parter) is 2 back to back days :-PAnd needless joking doctor-lawyer hatred aside, the LSAT is a joke for real. And when compared to the MCAT, its roflcopterOh I wasn't complaining about the LSAT. It was fine. Just figured I'd throw it in there if we were listing every exam we had ever taken But yeah, anyway, they could give me a 10 hour exam every three months for the rest of my life if they wanted to. Wouldn't bother me. The problem was doing 21.5 hours in such a short period of time, particularly considering the nature of an essay exam. On an exam with a large number of objective questions, if you know 90% of the material, you'll likely get around a 90% on the exam. On an exam with four essay questions, you can know 90% of the material, and if you don't know one of the questions, you're knocked down to a 75% right off the bat. Plus, 21.5 hours of feverish typing Edited November 3, 2012 by Joshjrn Link to comment
Cpatel23 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 ACT is the poverty, taco bell version of the SAT. SAT subject tests is where it's at. Link to comment
Doc Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 ACT is the poverty, taco bell version of the SAT. SAT subject tests is where it's at.ive missed you Link to comment
Jake Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 >that feel when a black person fails the reading section of the ACT Link to comment
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