just how difficult are the Czech entrance exams?

[chicagoml]

OK, I'm not expecting a stroll in the park, but how difficult are the Czech entrance exams? My proctor has received my Charles U. First Faculty exam and I'm scheduled to take it at the end of the month. I am currently taking a Gen Chem I class, working full-time, doing some volunteer work, and trying to re-teach myself Bio & Physics on the side. I'm starting to stress a bit about the entrance exam. I'm not a fantastic test taker, but I'd say I'm a pretty good one. Also, this is my first semester back in an undergrad classroom in 9 years, so my sciences were a bit rusty.

Any advice from those of you who have taken this exam (or any of the others)?

Thanks and here's to happy testing,
chicagoml

[czechmedstudents]

theyre quite hard, n need studying for......... how did u do?

[chicagoml]

I took the Charles 1st Faculty exam on 4/27. I think I passed......will know for definite in the next week or so.

[chicagoml]

Harder than I expected, I guess. I was kind of pushing it b/c i just haven't taken enough of the sciences......so I am clearly not ready. Back to the drawing board - well, I've been on the drawing board for a while....now it's just back to my original class schedule for the rest of the summer (bio, physics, and chem).

[xxatti]

Harder than I expected, I guess. I was kind of pushing it b/c i just haven't taken enough of the sciences......so I am clearly not ready. Back to the drawing board - well, I've been on the drawing board for a while....now it's just back to my original class schedule for the rest of the summer (bio, physics, and chem).
Man, that sux. Did you apply to any other schools or just that one?

[oritsegee]

what's d pass mark?

[chicagoml]

It's a 90-question test. I got 40 right.....which initially sounds terrible to me, but I haven't taken either bio or physics - I basically tried to teach it to myself and just didn't quite get there.....also taking a chem class and working full-time!

I had applied to a couple of schools in Ireland also, but I think I'm having the same problem there - I don't yet have those sciences. It's all good though - I am working my way through the classes in a post-bacc program here, so it'll work out for me in the next couple of years.

[Chemist_11]

try www.emailed.org.uk (http://www.emailed.org.uk) for papars which should give you an insight into what the enterance exams are all about.

[oritsegee]

do u think one needs some university classes in biology and chemistry to pass the exams? is american first year work enough?

[borg]

From Debrechen Med School in Hungary
TOPICS ON BIOLOGY FOR ADMISSION TEST


1. THE LIVING WORLD


Classification
Levels of organization

2. CELL BIOLOGY


Chemical Components of a Cell

Elements and inorganic compounds
Lipids, carbohydrates, proteins and nucleic acids colloidal systems

Cellular Metabolism

Enzymes
Energy production in glycolysis, Krebs cycle and terminal oxidation Photosynthesizes
The biosynthesis of lipids, carbohydrates, proteins and nucleic acids

Cellular Ultrastructure (Organelles) Cellular physiology Membrane transport

Endocytosis and exoctosis
The action potential cellular movements

3. ORGANIC BIOLOGY


Nutrition
Respiration
Excretion
Circulation Locomotion

Reproduction

Sexual an asexual reproduction growth and development

Regulation

Homeostasis and regulation by hormones
Nervous regulation
The nervous system
The synapse and neurotransmitters
Autonomic nervous system
The spinal cord
The brain
Memory and sleep

Perception

Receptors and perceptive organs
The evolution of the systems listed above
Structure and function of the corresponding human-organs

Animal Behavior
Innate and learned behavior
4. THE ENVIRONMENT

Ecology, ecosystems
Food chains, limiting factors, cycles in nature
Populations and communities

5. GENETICS

Molecular genetics
Properties of the genetic material
Mutation, recombination
The genetic code
The operon

Classical genetics

Modes of inheritance (discontinuous traits)
Linkage
Sex chromosomes
Continuous traits genetic counselling

6. EVOLUTION

Population genetics
Chemical and biological evolution
Human evolution


Textbook:
John H. Postlethwait and Janet L. Hopson: The Nature of Life 3rd edition. McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1995.
ISBN 0-07-113600-2

TOPICS ON CHEMISTRY FOR ADMISSION TEST



GENERAL CHEMISTRY


Chemical reactions, types of chemical reactions
The structure of the atom
The composition of nucleus
Isotopes
Electronic structure of the elements (quantum numbers, orbital, electronic configuration)
Periodic table, periodic perspective: atomic and ionic radii, ionization energy, electron affinity electro negativity
Chemical bonds, the metallic, ionic and covalent bonds
Intermolecular forces
Changes of state of the matter. gaseous, liquid and solid states, relationship between phase phase diagrams
Aqueous solutions, electrolytes and nonelectrolytes, acids and bases.

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY


Hydrogen and oxygen, oxidation state, oxidation and reduction
Properties and reactions hydrogen and oxygen, compounds of hydrogen and oxygen
The halogens, compounds of the halogens
Noble gases, sources and uses of noble gases
Nitrogen, phosphorous, and sulfur
Industrial acids, compounds of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur
Carbon, allotropic forms of carbon, inorganic compounds of carbon
Metals and metallurgy
The s- and p-block metals, transition metals

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY


Covalent bonds of carbon, multiple covalent bonds in carbon compounds
Hydrocarbons, alkenes and cycloalkenes alkenes and alkynes
Aromatic hydrocarbons, heteroaromatic compounds
Alcohols and ethers aldehydes and ketones
Carboxylic acids, calculation of acidity
Salts, detergents
Esters and anhydrides
Amines and amides, calculation of basicity
Halogen, sulfur, phosphorus containing compounds
Isomerism in organic chemistry, structural, geometrical and optical isomers


Textbook:
McMurry, J., Fay, R.C.: Chemistry, 4th edition
Ed.: Prentice-Hall Internacional, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07458, 2001

TOPICS ON PHYSICS FOR ADMISSION TEST




Describing motion (distance, speed and acceleration)

Newton’s laws of motion

Scalar and vector quantities

Mechanical work, kinetic and potential energy

Elastic and inelastic collisions, conservation of linear momentum

Uniform circular motion, centripetal force

Mechanical advantage, simple mechanical tools (the inclined plane, the screw, the pulley)

Pressure in fluids (Pascal’s principle), Archimedes’ principle, The hydraulic press

Harmonic motion, Hooke’s law

Wave motion, longitudinal and transverse waves, resonance

Kinetic theory of gases, the temperature

The first and second laws of thermodynamics

The electric field, Coulomb’s law

The electric current, Ohm’s law

Simple electric circuits. Kirchhoff’s laws

Electromagnetic induction, the transformer

Propagation of light, reflection and refraction, optical lenses mirrors

The structure of atoms, the electron shell and the atomic nucleus

X-rays

Radioactivity
Textbook: Modern technical Physics by Arthur Beiser
Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company 4th edition (January 1983)
ASIN: 080530682X

[oritsegee]

are these textbooks high school textbooks or university textbooks?



From Debrechen Med School in Hungary
TOPICS ON BIOLOGY FOR ADMISSION TEST

Textbook:
John H. Postlethwait and Janet L. Hopson: The Nature of Life 3rd edition. McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1995.
ISBN 0-07-113600-2

TOPICS ON CHEMISTRY FOR ADMISSION TEST


GENERAL CHEMISTRY

Textbook:
McMurry, J., Fay, R.C.: Chemistry, 4th edition
Ed.: Prentice-Hall Internacional, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07458, 2001


TOPICS ON PHYSICS FOR ADMISSION TEST

Textbook: Modern technical Physics by Arthur Beiser
Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company 4th edition (January 1983)
ASIN: 080530682X

[Cal454]

are these textbooks high school textbooks or university textbooks?

They are all college level books, yet many of the topics were covered in less detail in good high schools. I bought them fairly cheap online. Just to warn you all three books are well over 900 pages.

CAL

[borg]

I wonder if anyone has "insider knowledge" as to which topics/questions are most likely? It is a big mouthful covering all the subjects in depth...

[oritsegee]

i have some other American college level textbooks on physics, biology and chemistry. one of the biology books is by the same authors as the one recommended by the school. i've read the biology and chemistry textbooks already. i didn't read about plants, and invertebrate animals though. i can only hope no questions come from there.

[oritsegee]

I wrote the entrance exam to University of Szeged in Hungary yesterday (10th). Was quite simple, particularly the chemistry. I'm still awaiting the results, but I believe I passed.

[Zara_c]

I too am going to sit an entrance exam in europe next month. I have herd it is quite hard to pass. What kind of marks do you need to pass? I am going to start revising the content using my A level books and notes. Do you think that it adequate to pass the exams? Good luck to you all.

[oritsegee]

i've only just taken the exam and haven't seen my result yet, but i believe that A level is adequate to pass the exams.

[Chemist_11]

Czech enterance exams are based on the British A level. If you know the stuff from the A2 sections of www.emailed.org.uk (http://www.emailed.org.uk) (Physics/mathematics, Biology and Chemistry) you should be fine.