Finally, anatomy final exam done

[kristo]

Today I finished the hardest test I've ever taken in my life: Anatomy final exam. Four painstaking hours of oral/practical testing in a dissecting lab. Just theoretical histology took a whole hour - after I had already identified the tissue samples I got and pointed all the relevant things out in the microscope...I really thought he was going to fail me a couple of times (examiners can and will simply ask students to leave if they make a serious mistake on the exam, i.e. immediately fail them). Embryology was great, gross anatomy also went really well.

So, everything I've studied in gross anatomy, histology and embrylogy for the last whole year (2 semesters) put to the test. Every tissue sample, everything ever mentioned in lectures, seminars, or in any known books on the subject...everything is fair game. Around 80% fail their first chance. At least 60% will never pass. Actually, out of the 54 people scheduled to take the test yesterday and today, 39 postponed it to a later date.

Recently, I haven't been sleeping (almost at all), zero appetite, for the last 1-2 days I occasionally wanted to throw up (never did, though)...and finally, it's over. Passed on my first try (even though I scheduled my test in the second week out of six), and with a grade high enough to be eligible for research at the department, if I choose to do so (which I won't, I want to go into clinical work, not research).

Sorry if I sound a little too pleased with myself, but after all this hard work, I feel that I deserve it.

[spenac]

Good job. Now I know who to ask when I have questions.