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Not with just proofreading. It’s closer to 10^7.</p>
<p>You should have enough for at least one run-through, provided you skip when necessary.</p>
<p>The semifinals…were definitely not as random as the Open Exam. Difficulty for most of the multiple choice is probably slightly easier.</p>
<p>Okay, good. Wait, I take that back - on second thought, I’m guessing that means the essays were horrid. :P</p>
<p>How would you rank difficulty from 1-10?</p>
<p>Let’s see…with 1 as a 9H bio textbook section assessment, and 10 a USMLE step three, probably about a 7?</p>
<p>oldguy: where would you have placed the open exam, then? 8~9?</p>
<p>wait, you’re studying for the USMLE already?
gosh i’m behind</p>
<p>waz there any horrible genetics probblems??? :(</p>
<p>hey, I got my hands on the 2010 open. If anyone knows the password, I can remove the password and send it around.</p>
<p>Messiah, wow. Very nice. I’m pretty sure there are programs that can de-password PDFs, look around. :P</p>
<p>I’m taking semis in about half an hour! :O</p>
<p>Haha, there were plenty of horrible genetics and plants problems.</p>
<p>On the whole, it was fun. Not sure if I qualified, but it was fun. :)</p>
<p>^was multiple choice easy?
^^Messiah, the password could be “don’t”, just like the other two previous tests. :P</p>
<p>got a breakdown of the percentages of topics and difficulty level? It’s my first time in semis (getting into semis was the first in my school…low cutoff)</p>
<p>I tried don’t, no luck</p>
<p>Hey how was the semis compared to last year like how was part a, b, and c each compared to last years semis? does it follow the websites listing of
- Animal anatomy and physiology: 25%
- Cell Biology: 20%
- Genetics and Evolution: 20%
- Plant anatomy and physiology: 15%
- Ecology: 10%
- Ethology: 5%
- Biosystematics: 5% </p>
<p>and time wise, how did it compare with the open exam? (srry so many ques… :()</p>
<p>^That distribution is baloney. Pretend it doesn’t exist. I don’t think I can say any more, though.</p>
<p>The Open Exam and the Semis are both difficult in their own respective ways. But yeah, an 8.</p>
<p>and also plz dont tell me that there was more of the “pick all that apply” ques cuz those drove me nuts on the open…</p>
<p>MeSsIahH, try a brute force?</p>
<p>I don’t see how that distribution is baloney. It seemed pretty accurate to me.
All it’s kinda saying is that there is some of everything, which is kinda true.</p>
<p>There was only one of the “pick all that apply” on the Semi. Maybe two, now that I think about it. They were easy, so no biggie.</p>
<p>The i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, viii ones were more annoying. Yes, they did go up to 8 for some of them.</p>
<p>There is no way that distribution is accurate. Some categories were vastly overrepresented and others were barely there.</p>
<p>which of the subjects do u think were misrepresented and how?</p>