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I personally think UF does a TERRIBLE job at testing the important stuff. I would say most of us are learning how to ace tests, instead of what's important the rest of our careers. I try to learn the material, to KNOW the material so I can be a good veterinarian. UF wants you to be a good 40 question MC (100% of your grade) test taker on the most arbitrary CRAP that you will NEVER see, ever again in your life. It pisses me off.
(This is probably what most first years are like, hoping 2nd year is better)
Anyway, I try to just focus on myself, learn what is important for my future of helping living beings, and take the grades that come along with it. People forget that your grades will most likely sky rocket in clinics if you actually LEARNED the material. The important part of SCHOOL.
/end rant. Sorry
Heh...this is how I feel a lot of our tests are like here...so you're not alone. Many of the professors repeat questions, so if you don't look at your test box, you can be really screwed. I had a hard time doing that the first semester because I want to LEARN the material and not just remember answers/recognize questions from another test. But I've learned to look through them a little bit. Maybe not as much as other students, but it has helped my grades I think...or I've found a way of studying that works and just haven't really realized it...not sure which.