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Has anyone else experienced the "Black Monday" setup for medical school exams?
For anyone that is wondering, the "Black Monday" setup is where all the exams for your various classes take place on the same day, typically a Monday so you have the weekend to study (i.e.: You are taking Embryology, Cell Biology, Medical Ethics, Histology, and Gross Anatomy. The exams for all these classes take place on the same day.)
My medical college uses this format and I think it?s an awful idea. We typically have to take 4-5 exams on various subjects on the same day. Taking one exam with such a large amount of material is difficult enough, but I don't know how they expect us to take and pass five different exams that each covers such large amounts of disparate material on the same day. If other medical students experience similar testing situations, I will just have to suck it up, but if this is more of a rare occurrence, the students at my medical college will have to see if a change of policy can be implemented to make this testing situation more tolerable. Any insight/information is appreciated.
Mike
For anyone that is wondering, the "Black Monday" setup is where all the exams for your various classes take place on the same day, typically a Monday so you have the weekend to study (i.e.: You are taking Embryology, Cell Biology, Medical Ethics, Histology, and Gross Anatomy. The exams for all these classes take place on the same day.)
My medical college uses this format and I think it?s an awful idea. We typically have to take 4-5 exams on various subjects on the same day. Taking one exam with such a large amount of material is difficult enough, but I don't know how they expect us to take and pass five different exams that each covers such large amounts of disparate material on the same day. If other medical students experience similar testing situations, I will just have to suck it up, but if this is more of a rare occurrence, the students at my medical college will have to see if a change of policy can be implemented to make this testing situation more tolerable. Any insight/information is appreciated.
Mike