Exams Definition and 188 Threads

I recently spoke with a Math professor of many years. He said that qualifying exams are a young person's game and that he believed that neither himself nor most professors could pass these exams without serious preparation. Is he right? If so, what does this say about both the worth of these...

i really need help with studying the actuarial exams. My issue is I am not studying 'smart. and with the difficulty of the exams, studying hard won't get me through. I passed exam P, but I studied way too hard for it; ie 1 year for 5 to 7 hours per day, 5 days per week. It ended up with me...

Okay i had this huge exam in linear circuits and we studies so much for it because they made us and told it's very important for the future.Then comes a long a time where we studied nothing but maths and we got the point of circuits i forgot most things like when KVL and some other things like...

Hi all I have a BS and a masters in physics, both attained in very good Brazilian universities. Now I'm in the US for my PhD, and from all the difficulties I thought I would encounter, I find myself struggling with something completely unexpected: exams. This is how exams work in the...

well i passed out 12th but with low percentage.i literally crammed throughout high school.now when i am preparing for the college entrance exams i find it very difficult.it's like i haven't studied anything at all.i want to pursue quantum mechanics.which textbooks should i start with now?

well a week ago i had my high school finals.it was 3 hours and i was writing slow and i could not finish the entire paper on time.i almost left 60 marks unanswered.:cry: now i am depresssed and can't concentrate on other exams.dont tell me that i have to practice because i am studying for the...

I got the exam results for one of my most favourite subjects today-Dynamics of Machines,and it was horrible. Luckily I just managed to scrape through. In my university(German one),getting a very good grade is tougher than the University in my home town. I feel devastated because it was a oral...

I am currently taking Physics for Engineering 1 Section 2014. My first Exam is coming up and was wondering if anyone has an actual Exam they have taken in this class or a good practice Exam. If anyone is wondering why i am asking, i did this all the way up to Calc 3 and found other teachers...

Homework Statement 22. A 5.00 x 10^4 kg shuttle is orbiting the Earth 2.45 x 10^7 m above its surface. What is the Earth's gravitational field strength at this height. a.)9.80m/s^2 b.) 1.29m/s^2 c.)0.418 m/s^2 d.)0.39m/s^2 23. What is the force of gravity between the shuttle and the...

Hello there, I wanted to know whether the Ph.D qualifying exams have to be taken when a student begins grad school? In some university websites, it's mentioned that all incoming students need to sit for the exam before the begin classes (provided they have sufficient background). Some other...

Aside from accessibility/affordability reasons why aren't students allowed to use technology in exams? For example why is it so uncommon to be able to use a computer algebra system? The only reason I ever heard was from my elementary school teacher is that you don't want to put all your trust in...

Are there any official practice exams for the GRE Quantitative and Verbal Exam? I've looked and couldn't find a full length sample exam, with answers and percentiles. I was only able to find little practice quizzes or problem sets.

As Gandalf said, 'worst' is a bad word, but I think it applies. My own worst fear was doing a huge amount of work and then not getting the grade to reflect that. What's your worst fear about exams? Panicking? Getting a mediocre grade? Not getting the credit you deserve? Not being admitted...

I am currently trying to learn more about what actually composes an Engineering degree (The curriculum) I have a particular question about open ended exams, or exams that are scored relative to your classmates scores and also pose novel problems for you to solve. Are these as hard as...

Over time I have realized that exams do not actually test intelligence (I can't define intelligence here but please bear with it). I'll take a specific example to explain this: - There are two people are I know, one of them always used to score more in math and the other less somehow. But the...

Is it normal for university exams to never include some of the material that is in the curriculum? I have some modules that are quite extensive, but about 4 to 5 groups of exercises appear to repeat in the last few years. However, they also ask for students to study about 10 to 15 types of...

How long does it take to "Forget" a subject for exams? I'm interested in studying a subject for exams, completing the basic studies a few weeks before the actual exam day. If I study it "deeply", meaning I have an understanding of it that is beyond the surface and I actually understand the...

Hi, I'm a MechE student and I will be joining grad school soon. I recently took a course on C++ and in the end-of-course exam (which had 30 multiple choice questions to be done in 60 mins), I scored a 71/100. I was quite disappointed, since in the last few weeks, I spent lots of time...

How do you prepare for exams that have curve-balls and/or problems that are not from the lecture or on the homework?

Greetings, I am going to receive my bachelor's degree in science the next year and I have registered for the two GRE exams. Regarding the admission procedure and the exams, I have a few inquiries: 1) While registering for the GRE subject test I was asked to select which institutions to...

We are having final exams at the university , I will be absent for at least one week . Can't wait until I finish this semester it was pretty tough for me . Hope me the best luck .

I graduated with a degree in mathematics back in 2005 and have been working in the insurance industry, unfortunately, not math or quant related at all (more on the customer service, management side). So actual math, statistical work experience = 0. I"m now 30 and I'm looking to be a career...

the exams I'm looking at will be in analysis and applied math, the first covers: real analysis, advanced calculus, and complex variables; the second: a second course in differential equations, partial differential equations, and numerical methods. i may be able to take preparatory classes in the...

A group of 45 Computer Science students at a particular University had to take their first Discrete Mathematics course in the Autumn, Winter or Spring quarter of their Freshman year. How many possible ways were there for this group to meet this requirement? i came across this question on...

So, I'm a first year physics grad student who's absolutely miserable in these grad classes. However, being a teaching assistant and running my own lab sections is my absolute favorite part of my week. I actively look forward to getting in front of the class and helping the students. I was a...

I found out today that I failed my written comprehensive exams. I'm devastated, ashamed, and embarrassed. I don't even want to show up on campus tomorrow, let alone see my research advisor or anyone on the comps committee. Our Ph.D program allows two attempts, so I can take the exam again in...

my basics and concepts in physics are relatively the best among my classmates but i have not done expected amount of problems that require IPhO. i am from India and first level NSEP is on 25 november 2012 so i have about 100 days for problem practice. I have collected the following books -...

My Calc III teacher this fall gives take home exams because he insists that there isn't enough time to cover all the material in Calc III, so he needs every class hour to teach, thus he gives take-home tests. Knowing people who took his calc III class last fall, and him curving an A to be 70%, I...

I just finished the last final exam of my engineering undergrad and I know I did terribly bad. I am worried that I might fail the course and have to come back another year to gain credit in that one single course in order to graduate. If that happens, my parents will kill me. They are already...

Is anyone aware of a mock placement exam for transfer students in completion of an associates in physics? I did some searching online but all the placement exams I found were for incoming freshman.

Homework Statement . A saucepan containing water is left boiling on a cooker in a kitchen for some time. As the water evaporates from the saucepan and then condenses , the temperature of the air in the kitchen is raised. Given that the volume of air in the kitchen is 15.6m^3 and that water...

I was browsing through a few schools websites, and apparently, UCR, UCLA and UCSD do not force Chemistry PHD candidates to take a written comprehensive exam! However, the Physics PHD candidates take a brutal and long comprehensive exam consisting of 2-3 quarters each of advanced quantum...

Hi friends this is my first post on PF. I see their is some undiscovered resource in Forum. I am appearing for exams like BIT-SAT, AIEEE and Advanced Placement and A-Levels. I need those books which can make concepts clear in Physics from scratch or at intermediate level. And also for Maths...

In exams, we look up for inspiration, down for desperation, left and right for information. Do You agree on this?? Father: Why did you get such a low score in that exam? Son: Absence! Father: You were absent on the day of the exam? Son: No but the boy who sits next to me was!

I have recently seen my Grade 7 brother's maths homework script and I was shocked to find out that he was marked down for not writing down '(Answer)' next to each of the results for his problems. Also, I found out that he was marked down for writing just 'the cost = ...' and not 'the cost of...

URGENT - Need advice on what to do about exams I am prescribed dexedrine for ADHD but for some reason it has been making me feel like crap for the past week so I couldn't study at all for my last 2 exams. Theres not much point in me even showing up for the exams because I won't be able to do...

I'm looking for an A-level physics exam, from any year, a whole exam. I'd like to compare the difficulty to the exams we see here in BC Canada. Please if you have sample exam share it! Also if this is the incorrect forum please move my post, - I wasn't sure where to put it elsewhere! Thanks

As finals are approaching, I'm looking for practice final exams from other universities which will allow me to test my knowledge and prepare for exams. So if anyone is willing to share/has links to a collection of practice tests of Quantum and Classical Mechanics at the undergraduate level, that...

All multiple choice exams with only 30 questions. Obviously each question is worth a good amount of points. But why then do they ask questions that say "select all the answers below that apply" and then have a choice of anywhere from 5-6 answers? If you select too many answers you get the...

Hi I know latex but need to know the template used by physics teachers for final exams ? Can anybody guide me ? there are many options in latex, which one is used for setting up exam papers ? thanks

I've been doing practice exams today for fun (I'm only in 3rd year, go to school in Canada, and have no real intent on going to graduate school in the USA; so there really isn't a reason to be practicing them considering I don't think I'm going to be required to take them). Each time giving...

How exactly would be the best method in approaching them? It is not so much solving them that bothers me, but the fact that I am pressed for time. It becomes infeasible to draw diagrams, free-body/motion diagrams, listing knowns and unknowns, and then starting the analysis to solve 1 out of 13...

In general would you say it is OK to assume theorems/results etc. in exams without proof? For example if I was asked to prove that the only central element of a lie algebra \mathfrak{g} was the zero matrix and I had a theorem that said that the centre of \mathfrak{g} is trivial if...

How to get "Aha" moments in the middle of math exams? I find that when I work on math homework, I usually spend hours (or days) on a single problem, with little success. I usually go around in circles, and end up frustrated and clueless, with a huge mess of scribbled paper in front of me. Then...

Hi, By leaving everything to the last minute I managed to flunk all my math courses this year. As such I now have 4 resit exams in August to prepare for. The courses are Introduction to Analysis Sets and Algebraic structures Linear Algebra Advanced Calc (goes up to about Calc II level...

Just out of curiosity, I'm interested with how other undergrad courses do with these. I'm about to sit a QM exam. In our exam, we are given a list of constants and integral identities. No equations at all ... and that's an awful lot of equations for the 30ish hours of lectures we have had...

Hello everybody! In about 2 months, I will be taking 4 of the standardized ACS chemistry exams (physical, organic, inorganic, and biochemistry). I bought the official guides for physical chemistry and organic chemistry, and they've been extremely helpful. I blew through the organic chemistry...

Inspired by the topic "Interview questions from hell" and with the final exams coming up, I'd like to ask from you what the worst exam was that you've had. I've got a few stories that I would not like anybody else to go through: - In discrete mathematics exam, the prof was really...

(For engineering / math classes) at some of the 4 year colleges, (in California or anywhere really,) what is the semester usually like as far as review days before tests, study guides for exams and tests, and quizzes? Do the teachers provide any of the above? And also, do you usually have...

Hello all, I have examinations in the upcoming 2 weeks but I can't concentrate due to these rampant suicidal thoughts I've been having, I`m going to go to the doctor and get treated for depression . Do you think it is possible to be exempt from exams due to these circumstances? Thank you for...