old exams in pharmacy school

[KMIMSM]

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is there a need to ask friends or upper level classmen for old exams in pharmacy school? is there such thing?

i know in undergrad it helps tremendously but does this apply to Pschool?

 

[pearljam5a1]

In my school it's considered an honor code violation to have an old exam. You are not even allowed to write down anything when the exam is reviewed post-test.

 

[thephoenician88]

yea there are old tests floating around, some profs give us old tests, but the profs change their questions by the year

 

[KMIMSM]

anyone in Cali schools wanna chime in?

 

[roziak]

I wouldn't rely on old tests to get you through pharmacy school. Just learn the material the old fashion way: studying! 😀

 

[desmoulins45179]

At UB they give you a ton of old tests (my friend is a pharmacy student and she got a ton of them. some going back 10 years)

 

[yappy]

OP: I can’t believe you did that in undergrad. There is no integrity in the GPA you have.

 

[hckyplyr]

Probably shouldn't be contributing this...buttt I know a girl at UB who is now in her P2 year...she said during their P1 year they are paired up with an upperclassman to help accomodate their transition in the program...she said these (most) of the upperclassman give them their old tests,which in her case were identical...it would piss me off cause I would be studying my ass off for my organic test and she would brag that she just got a 100 on her biochem test and was done in 15min...that doesn't seem right in my eyes

 

[IrishRxMan]

When it comes time to take the NAPLEX are you going to ask if anyone has an old copy of it? Once you're in pharmacy school you need to study the material, not just what was on previous test. The only thing that could help with looking at an old test is how a professor poses the questions. But, it would still not be ethically right to do that either. You need to learn the information for yourself so you can know what you are doing as a pharmacist. I would suggest you don't engage in using old tests once you are in pharmacy school and if you are using them in undergrad, I would stop. If you got your grades because a professor was lazy and used the same test bank, how valid is your GPA? Pharmacy is a profession that doesn't have many examples of unethical behavior or misconduct. Please don't become one of the few that have tarnished our reputation.

 

[busyizzy]

Shouldn't you worry about getting accepted into pharmacy school first before you start worrying about the exams in pharmacy school?

 

[Monalyce]

OP: I can’t believe you did that in undergrad. There is no integrity in the GPA you have.

I don't think you should go around judging the validity of anyone's GPA. My undergrad encouraged students to use old exams (which were available to everyone online). Studying habits are very personal...who are you to judge?

My school sells the old exam packets to students. They cannot be reproduced without violation of the honor code, like many schools. No professor asks the same questions, obviously.

True, you won't get an old version of the NAPLEX to study. However, you will be able to study the types of questions it will ask.

 

[diastole]

OP: I can’t believe you did that in undergrad. There is no integrity in the GPA you have.

When I was at UCLA, they had old tests on file that you could get from the library. The profs put them there. I wouldn't doubt the integrity of anyone unless you have all the information.

In my pharmacy school, one of the frats gives out old exams. It is above board and the powers that be know what is going on. Half the time, the profs give us the questions they used last year so they don't have to write new questions for their daily quizzes we get.

 

[diastole]

When it comes time to take the NAPLEX are you going to ask if anyone has an old copy of it? Once you're in pharmacy school you need to study the material, not just what was on previous test. The only thing that could help with looking at an old test is how a professor poses the questions. But, it would still not be ethically right to do that either. You need to learn the information for yourself so you can know what you are doing as a pharmacist. I would suggest you don't engage in using old tests once you are in pharmacy school and if you are using them in undergrad, I would stop. If you got your grades because a professor was lazy and used the same test bank, how valid is your GPA? Pharmacy is a profession that doesn't have many examples of unethical behavior or misconduct. Please don't become one of the few that have tarnished our reputation.

I'm not sure how the NAPLEX works but when I took the PCAT, I actually paid Pearsons to take old exams. It was pretty helpful as it gave me an idea of what types of questions were on the exams and where my weak points were. There is nothing unethical or remotely shady about that. There is a difference between using old exams that are the exact same and old exams that they change up each year. In one case, it is cheating and in another case, it could just be good preparation (depending on the policies of your school of course).

 

[AwesomeGator]

A lot of our professors give us old exams as well, it has nothing to do with "lack of integrity," or "GPA being invalid" or whatever. Last time I checked UF had a pretty decent reputation. Honestly there's SO much material that you cover a professor could write like 20 years worth of different test questions on the same stuff.

Its really helpful because you can somewhat get an idea of the types of questions they ask and how they ask them, because we all know every professor is different.

However if you memorize the last 3 years worth of old exams and that's it, you can be pretty sure you're going to fail.

 

[yappy]

My experience has been students sharing fall term tests to their friends in the same class spring term - not several year old tests. If a prof hands out an old exam that is no problem - everyone receives it. If a student gives his friends an exam that is largely unchanged from the term before... to me thats cheating.

 

[Sparda29]

 

[desmoulins45179]

If a student gives his friends an exam that is largely unchanged from the term before... to me thats cheating.

Most profs are aware of things like this. If the prof wants to stop that from happening, that the prof should either change their questions from the fall to spring exam or collect the exams.

 

[yappy]

You're right, its the teachers fault.

 

[Sparda29]

A lot of our professors don't give the exams back, if you want to review it, you have to go to the professors office.

From what I've heard, the professors are reusing exams.