Hey God, you maybe fooling yourself more than anyone else here. You think you should be rewarded for coming to medical school and passing a physiology exam? What type of reward are you seeking? Is it the satisfaction of thinking that you are alot smarter or work harder than the rest of the class?

Interestingly enough although there was disparity between the difficulty levels of all 3 exams, the averages were almost identical. If competition motivates you, I can assure you that beyond your immediate circle there are many people breathing down your neck, so for the sake of your own security, reward, and satisfaction, I would suggest that you start running faster.

Last semester a friend of mine scored a 96 on the 1st anatomy exam and 98 on the practical. After he picked up his grades, he looks at me and says, "wow I'm so happy, but now I have to work even harder". His attitdue or grades have not changed since. He rocked Neuro, Biochem, and Physio, and interestingly enough, in his humble opinion he described all 3 exams as fair.

The bottom line is simply that he knows his ***, therefore as I explained to you earlier. If you fall short on self-motivation or incentive, no matter how difficult or easy the exam maybe, you are definitely doing something wrong.

SMU gives you all the necessary resources to do well on the USMLE, including those resources which are available to just about anyone with a pulse. Remember, spoon feeding ended in elementary school, now it is your sole responsibility to make sure that you are prepared.

By the way, the system at SMU is not questionable. But the maturity of those students who exploit the system, may very well be. As long as you dont fall into the trap of "false sense of security", you will never have to worry about your future success.

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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'm sorry but we dont get tested on what we know in first aid
or what we can recall out of USMLE secrets
We get tested on what we are taught in class.
There is no point learning all the high yeild stuff on your own
if you are not sure you are getting the basics right first.

Besides, dont worry about me, I hit the ground running
and i havent stopped. It doesnt mean i dont have a right to be concerened
about whats going on around me.

Your reasoning is quite stupid.
How am i supposed to study and pass the USMLES
if i am unable to pass a simple physiology exam without
the proffesor giving me 90% of the answers?
How am i supposed to know that my study technique is working?
It seems like you are the one who is fooling himself.

First lets do some simple math, 50 questions out of 70 is.........70%. So if you claim 90% of the exam was given, then you are either making an ignorant assumption or your basic math skills are a little rusty. Luckily you dont have to be a mathematician in order to be a doctor.

Furthermore, if you go back to each powerpoint presentation, you will find a total of approximately 30 questions that were identical on the exam. With the review, throw in another 5 and at best you have 50% of the exam.

Of course this is only an approximation, but it is definitely more accurate than your biased paranoid flaunt. Some of the more challenging questions, and I'm not saying the exam was difficult, were original or not given to us by Dr. J. If you simply memorized the questions, and had no previous familiarity with the material, you would have a very difficult time passing the exam (~40% people failed the exam). Furthermore, I believe that many people in the class have taken physiology in the past, and could have performed at least average with little study time, with or without the questions.

Finally, self-evaluation is the key to success in medical school. I never failed an exam in my life that i was actually prepared for.

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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

Anyway I am done with this arguement.
You can continue to fool yourself if you want.

If you guys are still getting the questions in advance, I would use them last, after you have studied properly. The Cayman campus is making a joke out of medical school and will the reason we loose licensing rights in more states. Now being in Maine, I have seen that even the administration up here views the Cayman as a joke, in fact it has been dubbed the "nursing school"

Good luck and try to learn something down there.