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<p>i think you are refering to the health exemption test. i took the test last year and it is extremely specific and fairly difficult to study for. most of the people who did well on the test had taken ap psych or some other intensive class. out of the ~150 who took it, only about 15 passed and got the credit. i would suggest reviewing mental health issues and std rates etc. if that helps at all.</p>
<p>shoot. i really don't want to waste my time with a Health course. did u take/pass it?</p>
<p>I passed it two years ago (although I've heard they made it harder last year?) It seemed very common sense-y to me. I agree with the previous poster that it did have a lot of psychology on it, but I'd never taken a psych class before and still did well, so if you didn't take AP psych, it's not a death sentence. There were questions about smoking, drug use, alcoholism, obesity, and STD's that I remember. I encourage all the kids on my tours to take it, because it's only an hour of your time and effort that could save you a lot of heartache in PE 101.</p>
<p>i did take it last year but i was not one of the 15 or so who were able to exempt health. i plan to take health in the fall to get it done with. from what my friends who have taken the course have said, the midterm is fairly difficult but the final is not as intensive. this is because they don't want to add it to the stress of other academic finals.</p>
<p>I got a 4 on the AP Psych exam, but I failed the PE Health opt-out test.</p>
<p>I think that a background in AP psych would help only to a limited extent. When I left the test, I thought to myself that taking a health class in high school would have helped more than taking AP Psych. Like amadani said, the questions are super specific. It's a specialized knowledge test, not a reasoning test. It asks you questions with statistics, etc. You can't think that stuff through. You either know the question because you've read it somewhere, or you don't know it. My suggestion for studying is to read a health book with extensive statistics and depth. This, of course, would take a ton of effort, so it might not be worth studying for in the first place.</p>
<p>My advice is not to expect to pass it because very few do. With that said, I would still take the test. Opting out of PE would be great. PE Health is the stupidest class I've ever taken, and I am really embarassed for my own university that they even offer it. In my experience, PE Health was terrible. It was a complete waste of time. I didn't like the professor nor most of the TAs, and I quickly got tired of their comically bad attempts to be objective, when the class was really an indoctrination of liberal viewpoints on moral issues, presented as objective and unquestionable truth.</p>
<p>i wouldn't be surprised if there were some politics involved when emory iladvisedly decided to force all its undergraduates to take health, especially the way the class is laid out. i seriously doubt anybody learns a d*** thing in that class, and emory would have to be incredibly naive to think otherwise. all it does is waste two precious hours a week from more productive activities...like studying conversational latin, memorizing the first thousand digits of pi, counting the number of licks it takes to get to the tootsie-roll, timing how long it takes you to space out while listening to a philosophy major define love, founding emory's official george w. bush fan club, or protesting the war.</p>
<p>Don't even waste your time taking the test. I think you have to wake up early for it.</p>
<p>...last I knew there were about three sections of the test at 10 AM, 1 and 4 PM or something like that. Like I said, it's an hour of your time (that would otherwise be spent organizing your sock drawer) that could save you a lot of work.</p>
<p>i rather do socks</p>
<p>While everyone usually complains about the class itself, I don't think it was bad at all. Honestly, I would take the class again if I need to. The TAs do matter, and the lectures also do matter. I actually learned a lot of stuff in there. It really seemed like freshman orientation cont'd with all of the Emory speakers and contact information that they gave us. Dr. Adame realizes that most people hate health in general and therefore tries to make it more interesting by calling in guest speakers. I did complain as I took the class (partly due to the fact that everyone else was complaining), but I did learn a lot of stuff in there too. </p>
<p>For anyone considering public health or even the premed track, I think this is a good class to start. Doctors are all about making people feel better and I personally don't think it's possible to tell/help someone feel better unless you know how to actually take care of yourself. </p>
<p>Furthermore, it's not a high-stress class at all. With about 3 short 1 page papers (one of which can be rewritten for a higher grade) and 2 exams, the class really isn't too workload heavy. I would start my papers literally an hour before they were due and missed only a couple of points on one of them. It's also just a one credit class, so you know that it's not something to really worry about too much. The goal setting worksheets (if you take them seriously...none of my friends or anyone I know actually did) really do help for learning time management and goal setting as they span over an entire semester. </p>
<p>Just my 2 cents...</p>
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<p>I honestly didn't notice this at all. However, as a liberal, I probably agreed with most of it, and therefore, didn't notice it.</p>
<p>No point taking the exam... take a nap or meet some people instead.</p>
<p>The class was a total waste of my time and I can honestly say I learned nothing. Oh and skip the class where they go over STD. The slides are pretty disgusting. Someone gave me that advice and now I wish I had followed it. Anyway, I think it mostly serves as a common bonding experience since most of the people in there are freshmen.</p>
<p>eh i guess try to take the test if you find the time for it, you probably wont pass.</p>