KCUMB exam schedules

[Grey Wind]

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I'm trying to decide on schools as that 12/15 deadline is approaching. Can any KCUMB students comment on the exam schedules?

Do you have tests and quizzes staggered throughout the semester, or does your whole grade lie in the midterm and finals? If there are quizzes, how much of your grade do they compose?

 

[DRMRL]

Great question. I've been wondering about this too!😕

 

[Runner69]

I might be mistaken, but what i remember when talking with the students was they had maybe a monday exam every two weeks, so you would have a hardcore weekend of studying followed by a more relaxed weekend. then repeat.

 

[Black Adder]

I believe they have tests on thursdays. I'm pretty sure that's what the student hosts said when I interviewed there a few months back...

 

[WDeagle]

I might be mistaken, but what i remember when talking with the students was they had maybe a monday exam every two weeks, so you would have a hardcore weekend of studying followed by a more relaxed weekend. then repeat.

They tweaked that a little this year. The majority of sections are 6 weeks long. The last week is an exam week, usually their are no classes/lab/etc scheduled on exam week. Tuesday and wednesday are path/anatomy/OMT practicals and Thursday is the final and you have friday off. Some sections they will place the OMT and/or Anatomy practical earlier in the section. There is also a midterm on the monday of week 3 covering the material from the first two weeks. The material from the first two weeks is also on the final but their arent as many questions form each lecture. Keep in mind all this could change by next year. They change the format pretty much every year. Also, they added in PEP weeks between sections this year so you never go from on section straight into another one. Last year we would have a final on friday and then start the next section the following monday which resulted in major burn out.

 

[Grey Wind]

They tweaked that a little this year. The majority of sections are 6 weeks long. The last week is an exam week, usually their are no classes/lab/etc scheduled on exam week. Tuesday and wednesday are path/anatomy/OMT practicals and Thursday is the final and you have friday off. Some sections they will place the OMT and/or Anatomy practical earlier in the section. There is also a midterm on the monday of week 3 covering the material from the first two weeks. The material from the first two weeks is also on the final but their arent as many questions form each lecture. Keep in mind all this could change by next year. They change the format pretty much every year. Also, they added in PEP weeks between sections this year so you never go from on section straight into another one. Last year we would have a final on friday and then start the next section the following monday which resulted in major burn out.

thanks all for the replies.

do you like this type of exam/class schedule? it seems to be pretty nice compared to other schools that have exams every week. but then again, weekly exams force you to keep up with the material.

 

[beckhunter116]

They tweaked that a little this year. The majority of sections are 6 weeks long. The last week is an exam week, usually their are no classes/lab/etc scheduled on exam week. Tuesday and wednesday are path/anatomy/OMT practicals and Thursday is the final and you have friday off. Some sections they will place the OMT and/or Anatomy practical earlier in the section. There is also a midterm on the monday of week 3 covering the material from the first two weeks. The material from the first two weeks is also on the final but their arent as many questions form each lecture. Keep in mind all this could change by next year. They change the format pretty much every year. Also, they added in PEP weeks between sections this year so you never go from on section straight into another one. Last year we would have a final on friday and then start the next section the following monday which resulted in major burn out.

This is the part that would worry me. You may want to contact someone in admissions to see if they know how they are going to handle the exam schedule.

 

[WDeagle]

thanks all for the replies.

do you like this type of exam/class schedule? it seems to be pretty nice compared to other schools that have exams every week. but then again, weekly exams force you to keep up with the material.

For the most part i like it. You end up having to study a decent amount on off weekends. I have friends who go to schools that just take exams at the end of a semester like in undergrad. They dont really keep up and just cram at the end of the semester. I have friends who do the weekly thing too. Their tests seem to be easier and shorter and are usually over a single subject. Our tests are supposed to be "boards like" and cover all subjects. I think our test schedule goes well with our curriculum which is probably about as clinically oriented as you can get. Since its systems based everything sort of comes together and makes sense at the end. Either way i dont think exam schedule should be a big factor in choosing a school.

 

[Revilla]

thanks all for the replies.

do you like this type of exam/class schedule? it seems to be pretty nice compared to other schools that have exams every week. but then again, weekly exams force you to keep up with the material.

I like it. As WDeagle said, we have a systems-based curriculum and our exams cover every subject in that system, from anatomy to path to immunology to histology to genetics, etc. A great majority of the questions are clinical (as are the lecture objectives) so you see the relevance of the information while you're learning it. Finals week can be really hectic, but at least you get a PEP (professional enrichment program) week after it so the pressure's off at that point, unless you need to remediate, which is what that week can be used for.