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Old 15-06-2007, 16:03   #27
SamF
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Re: exams and college - what did you study?

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Originally Posted by Eric View Post
My doctoral comprehensives ... particularly the specialist section on medieaval lit. It seems that the guy that set it was interested in the Icelandic Sagas ... I knew Beowulf almost by heart, but all that work meant sfa. I do believe that exams test little but memory, and how one reacts under stress. Good luck, and I hope you don't need it.
Also tests how fast you can write. In my law exam I could have written down the entire course, however answering the quesitosn within the time limit is near impossible, you need to *know* what they want and exactly how much they want it.
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