<p>Question. This has been posted in the wrong thread.</p>
<p>My lil sis is going to LA for phy sci. Question is, on a typical exam, do they expect you to know all the unnecessary crap in the book AND the lecture, or basically only what's in the lecture.
I know that at UCI/UCSD in bio classes it's almost always only on the lecture material...</p>
<p>almost always on lecture material. the lecture material is the main focus, and the textbooks are just "supplements". if something in the book is not covered in lecture, you usually don't need to know it. if there is a course reader though, you will pretty much have to know that cover to cover, since the professor puts that together and will usually lecture on everything they put in it.</p>
<p>....and theres another phy sci thread already. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>How crazy were the free response questions on the exams? Were there long explanations expected, or was it more fill in the blank type questions?</p>
<p>dude you just posted the EXACT SAME THING on the "Physiological Science at UCLA thread." I think phy sci majors understood that that was directed towards them ;)</p>
<p>nobody cares.</p>
<p>free response requires enough detail/explanation to thoroughly answer the question. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Remove the smugness from your answer honda addict. My question was, do the free response questions generally require lengthy explanations?</p>
<p>you just put what they want lol. what the hell are you asking? what kind of teacher enjoys reading extra information/explanations? you write whatever it takes to answer the question, be it long or short.</p>
<p>i asked if the questions that are generally asked are complex enough to require exceptionally lengthy answers.</p>
<p>im not sure if you wanna know about phy sci specifically (ie upper divs) or everything, but from what ive taken so far as a freshman (ls core classes), the short answers have been very direct ie i could answer each one in one sentence if i knew the exact answer.</p>
<p>Errr... by the questions that you're asking, I don't know if you truly grasp "School". Questions are going to vary depending on professors, the class (lower div versus upper div), and the expectations should be explained before the exams in either case. You're rarely going to get too much of fill-in-the-blank (not high school any more), although you may get some where you're looking at the human skeleton when it's more relevant... Common sense no?</p>
<p>So demanding. "Remove the smugness..."</p>
<p>Anyways, PhySci classes deal with a wide spectrum of questions. Some may ask you to identify certain parts of the body, or some may ask you to list main functions; those are typically fill-in-the-blank. Other questions ask you about the general mechanism of a system, etc. Those are best answered with short, succinct answers, like 5-6 sentences depending on subject material. It's still a final, so there's limited time.</p>
<p>Professors vary, etc.</p>
<p>how is that smug?</p>
<p>some people can provide concise answers that answer everything the question asks for in a few sentences. some people can write 10 pages and not answer the question. so how "lengthy" your response depends on you. the prompts may or may not be specific. it could just be one world. but they expect you to go into detail and specifics to show you know the material and not just have one sentence general answers. generally, people try fill up the space blank space provided with their response, if that answers your question.</p>
<p>k thanks guys</p>
<p>i don't even remotely understand how "free response" or "lecture vs book" even matters for anything regarding majors...it's sad that you would honestly chose a major based on these factors.</p>
<p>no one is choosing any major based on these factors. read the original post bruin</p>
<p>bruinboy is saying that this thread is stupid. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>you are stupid. read what he said again.</p>
<p>the original post is even worse...it indicates that you are comparing UNIVERSITIES based on what kind of exams are administered in physci at ucla!</p>
<p>honestly, i don't see why anyone would EVEN have this questions. you don't base ANYTHING on "what kind of tests are given"; you base your decisions about where to attend on your overall content with the university as a whole. you base your major on your overall interests in a field.</p>
<p>i don't think the original post is stupid; i bet there are 100's of first years at ucla that would consider exams when making a choice on what major to pursue. the bottom line is, this doesn't matter since most classes are "curved" (actually scaled).</p>
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<p>There is no need for name calling...:(</p>