Thread: Shelf Exam

A question for all you 2-4 semester students. Of the Biochem and Histo Shlef, which do u think was the tougher of the two? Also is the exam limited to one room, or can people in the same room ahve either the biochem or histo shelf?

Thanks

Histo shelf is very easy...well at least to me and others in my class.

Biochem wasn't bad, First Aid was good enough prep for it.

Originally Posted by Pepe22

A question for all you 2-4 semester students. Of the Biochem and Histo Shlef, which do u think was the tougher of the two? Also is the exam limited to one room, or can people in the same room ahve either the biochem or histo shelf?

Thanks

What about the Mini III. Would you say it's very detailed or do they just stick to the general concepts since it is cumulative?

I don't think the biochem mini 3 was cumulative when I took it in the Jan 04 semester because that was when we had to take both shelf exams, not random.

Originally Posted by Pepe22

What about the Mini III. Would you say it's very detailed or do they just stick to the general concepts since it is cumulative?

Originally Posted by FoxTrot

Histo shelf is very easy...well at least to me and others in my class.

well crap. I did some practice questions from the BRS histo CD, and some of the questions contain details that the average person wouldn't remember. I'd say this makes up about 25% of the questions..... unless BRS isn't an accurate reflection of the actual shelf exam.

I did the practice q's from the BRS histo CD too and also used Histo Pre-Test and read the BRS throughout the semester, so maybe thats why it was easy. But I think the histo shelf is known to be a pretty fair exam though either way.

Originally Posted by link626

Originally Posted by FoxTrot

Histo shelf is very easy...well at least to me and others in my class.

well crap. I did some practice questions from the <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=valuetheplace-20&keyword=Board%20Review%20Series&mode=bo oks>BRS</A> histo CD, and some of the questions contain details that the average person wouldn't remember. I'd say this makes up about 25% of the questions..... unless <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=valuetheplace-20&keyword=Board%20Review%20Series&mode=bo oks>BRS</A> isn't an accurate reflection of the actual shelf exam.

the shelf exams dont really mirror any of the minis or many of the brs questions. i went to ross at a time when we had to take all of the shelf exams and i dont remember too many being easy...doable, not definitely not easy. besides, what score do you need to consider it easy? its all relative. 70 is the US average and 80 places you in the top 10% so unless you can score above a 80, i wouldnt call it easy. a student scoring 70 boasting that the exam is easy tells a lot about himself as he is only an average student who thinks something is easy all-the-while, half the class has scored better than him.

having said that, the exams that you're most likely to recognize as being remotely on par with your ross education is the histo shelf, the behavioral shelf and the icm shelf. the way the anatomy course was taught during my semester down there, the anatomy shelf could have been written in a foreign language.

yeah. i'm doing some problems from a supposed biochem practice shelf exam. and holy shizz..... the details you have to remember.

I can pick the right answers if i look at the textbook. but there's no way i'd be able to answer some of them off the top of my head. I'd need a memory chip implanted in my head.

what's the lowest score you can get on the shelf after its all said and done ? 0 ? i heard somewhere it might be 50. after the curve

Originally Posted by nomoneynomoney

what's the lowest score you can get on the shelf after its all said and done ? 0 ? i heard somewhere it might be 50. after the curve

i'm thinking more along the lines of 45. if 70 is the mean and the stdev is 8...it would be very hard to get below the 45. random guessing and bubbling in of straight "C's" should get you atleast that much.