Essays or exams?

whatamess_2

Exams, Hate writing essays.

mrcow

studentphil wrote:

The million pound question, which of those 2 do you prefer?

I thought the million pound question was why do men have nipples?

EthelBloggs

I think I would like a combination of both... scary thing to have a year's work being marked on the performance of one day. What if you're not feeling well or crippled with nerves or something?:eek:

sneekymum

Exams - I've done 105

studentphil

A three hour exam or a 2000 word essay and a 2 hr exam, what a choice!!

Spendless

mrcow wrote:

I thought the million pound question was why do men have nipples?

I know the answer to this :j . Please send me your million ££s:D

Barcode

A combination of both. A well-researched, thought out 5000 word essay can easily take a few months. At least with an exam, you can just pick very specific objections and write about them. It's so simple to memorize an argument premise by premise, rather than recall pages of text.

All my undergrad exams were three hours, ten questions, pick three. I used to revise around 4 topics. Never a huge amount of material, just a couple of objections, used to get clear on specific arguments. Work out what my own view was. My answers never exceeded more than about 3 pages, and 4-5 paragraphs. I think if you're writing much more, you are probably waffling and your time would be better spent improving your answer.

(this only applies to philosophy exams, no idea about others).

I used to dread exams thinking my mind would somehow 'go blank.' If you have revised the material, it is suddenly not going to vanish the moment you pick up the pen. I now know what to expect, I've gone through it numerous times, and now find myself not too concerned about a few exams next year.

An essay can give me too much of an excuse to be lazy I find ...

studentphil

Exams are a good bit of luck really as to the exact topics and questions you get and that can make a good few per cent difference to your mark.

fabwitch_2

I loved doing Esays as the final component in my degree course module as you usually have a couple of months to perfect it, Saying that I usually did very well in my degree exams if you revise well and stay calm and have planned spider grams for questions that may come up that you can use in your answers has also worked well for me.

sneekymum

I did an exam yesterday - I was aiming for 100% but I know I made one stupid mistake - so I'll probably get 99%.

It wasn't about the minimum I could get away with - I need to know my subject thouroughly.