I thought all 3 exams were fair. If you worked hard then good for you, most people I know did exactly the same. After all we are in medical school, therefore you should never be short on incentive or self-motivation. If you're not an overachiever you maybe doing something wrong.

Like Dr. S always told us, "you either know it or you dont".

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"..it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to recall the whole array of available remedies so as to pick out the best. Strange to say, too, it is the most thoroughly informed man that is likely to suffer to the greatest extent in this way..." -Merck's Manual, 1st edition 1899

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” Confucius

I would have to agree with you LQ, it just irritates me how people like godschosenone complain to DR. S and Dr. P last semester about "challenging" exams. I think if he wants something challenging enough for him then he needs to play his video games blind folded during the breaks with his other freinds

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GODCHOSENONE, please dont complain about the exams being to simple. They were not simple, if they were simple then the avg would not be in the lower 70's. If you have remarks to make like that.....keep them to yourself. Also i believe that if your a brighter student and dont have to study more often, you should make extra time and study for the test that really counts, the USMLE STEP ONE!!!!!

For the last time i was not part of the group that complained.
but its funny how many others did so, when they found out the
exams we were taking in no way prepared them for the style of the shelves.
I personally know 5 people, that got honours in class and still failed the
comprehensive. They were fooled into a false sense of security, that is not good for any school.

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Hey God, waiting for anyone to make you feel secure is just another way of describing your own complacency. It is your responsibility and yours only to make sure that you are prepared for the USMLE. Furthermore, in preparation for any exam, you have access to USMLE related questions in the form of Kaplan Qbank, BRS, pre-TEST, Lange's review series, Lippincot's, multiple websites (with actual USMLE questions) related to every basic science.

For example, as far as the USMLE is concerned the Michigan medical school website is likely the most comprehensive and thorough source of review and self-study in anatomy available anywhere. This semester for Physiology, Dr. J gave us a list of at least 5 different books with review questions available in the school library. Furthermore, if you are really motivated, SMU gives you free online access to every major science journal including New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, NATURE, and SCIENCE. Ironically many people who I have talked to are not even aware of this option.

Therefore, before you walk into any exam, no matter how difficult or easy it maybe, you should make every effort possible to tap into as many of these resources as you can. Take full responsibility for your own actions, and tell the 5 people you know to stop making excuses. By the way, medical school at best only scratches the surface in comparison to what you will have to learn for the rest of your life.

Hopefully I made you feel a bit more secure

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"..it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to recall the whole array of available remedies so as to pick out the best. Strange to say, too, it is the most thoroughly informed man that is likely to suffer to the greatest extent in this way..." -Merck's Manual, 1st edition 1899

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” Confucius

"this test is too hard," "this test is too easy," "we're all going to fail the USMLE," "everyone is going to pass," My mom still wipes my ***," "yeah well my mom still reads to me at night." Suck it up. Godschosenone, what kind of name is that. Yeah you know your stuff, we know it, why dont you know iknow that you know it. (that was a great sentence!) Trouble is you have a god complex, or a god's chosen one complex, and when was the last time you heard a doctor with a god complex was a good doctor. There will always be a bell curve, and people at the bottom will say it was too hard, people at the top will say it was too easy. So why dont we ask the people in the middle? "Oh it was fair." Weird how that works eh?

Most people who i spoke to who scored at least 10 points above the average described the exams as "fair". But then again when you work your *** off, especially in medical school, you are easily humbled.

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"..it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to recall the whole array of available remedies so as to pick out the best. Strange to say, too, it is the most thoroughly informed man that is likely to suffer to the greatest extent in this way..." -Merck's Manual, 1st edition 1899

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” Confucius

lmao at you, judging me by my s/n. How do you know that my name
wasnt chosen because every thing i do is with thanks to God?
As for the issue at hand, I'm sorry, but if you are told where the questions are, given the answers and still failed. Then you have a problem.
That test was not hard. We were given 90% of those questions before hand, thats baloney, i have never heard of a school doing this before i came here. It wasn't even as if we were given a 1000 questions and told he was only going to pick 50.
But whatever, if you are happy with that, so be it.