What are exams like in uni? (1 Viewer)

[procrastinatingqueen]

Anyone here knows what are exams like in uni??
Would it still have lots of essays? Would it be harder?

 

[Queenroot]

Niqqa you didn't specify a course

 

[Squar3root]

Harder yes. You need to know all your content very well. More essays yes

 

[varsity54]

Exams in uni are fairly similar to those you do in the HSC, except a tad harder and more vague. Then again, they vary based on the degree one is undergoing. However, you will come across the usual suspects - essays, multiple choice, short answer.

 

[engineering]

Harder compared to what?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Sample+university+exams+PDF

 

[RenegadeMx]

the are carefully constructed to ensure as many students fail as possible

 

[iStudent]

They are weird and I feel, not really standardised like they are in the HSC (where a huge board comes together to write FAIR and *DOABLE* questions).

You can get these questions which you feel like is way out of your scope - questions that you'd have no idea how to answer coz they ask things that aren't even covered in the semester.......... pretty demotivating to study so hard only to realise that a solid portion of the exam is impossible to answer

Depends on what course I guess. For medicine there's not really any essays but the exams are definitely harder. In high school 90+% is the norm and expected. In uni, let's lower that to around 60%... (not because people have become lazier, just that it's impossible lol).

 

[integral95]

Brah like 20 minutes into the exam, the supervisor would interrupt the time, noting a mistake in one of the questions. What is even proofreading?

 

[Queenroot]

Brah like 20 minutes into the exam, the supervisor would interrupt the time, noting a mistake in one of the questions. What is even proofreading?

brah i can't deal

last year in one of my finals at the racecourse, there was 2 other subjects doing exams and their exam was munted with errors and the dumbass supervisor kept interrupting and destroying my focus to correct the question fkn hell

 

[Squar3root]

Brah like 20 minutes into the exam, the supervisor would interrupt the time, noting a mistake in one of the questions. What is even proofreading?

You would think that they would give it to the head demonstrator to look it over

 

[procrastinatingqueen]

Harder compared to what?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Sample+university+exams+PDF

compared to high school.
oh, dont worry. i googled a lot. i was asking for personal experiences, etc.

 

[procrastinatingqueen]

Niqqa you didn't specify a course

well to be fair i dont know what im gonna do with my life soooo i had to generalise

 

[procrastinatingqueen]

Harder yes. You need to know all your content very well. More essays yes

oh okay. thanks.
i just wanted to know if i'll be fucked or what

 

[procrastinatingqueen]

Exams in uni are fairly similar to those you do in the HSC, except a tad harder and more vague. Then again, they vary based on the degree one is undergoing. However, you will come across the usual suspects - essays, multiple choice, short answer.

oh okay okay okay. thank you!

 

[procrastinatingqueen]

They are weird and I feel, not really standardised like they are in the HSC (where a huge board comes together to write FAIR and *DOABLE* questions).

You can get these questions which you feel like is way out of your scope - questions that you'd have no idea how to answer coz they ask things that aren't even covered in the semester.......... pretty demotivating to study so hard only to realise that a solid portion of the exam is impossible to answer

Depends on what course I guess. For medicine there's not really any essays but the exams are definitely harder. In high school 90+% is the norm and expected. In uni, let's lower that to around 60%... (not because people have become lazier, just that it's impossible lol).

ooohh... that sounds.........terrible.
either way, many thanks to u