After our 3 hour review session (in advance of the exam on Wed.), my brain is now dripping out my ears. I think it's going to be hugely helpful, though. (As a side effect, I have been reduced to making bad neuroscience in-jokes on Facebook.)
It may not be a great sign of my self-confidence going into this exam that I checked the student handbook to determine what grade in the course I have to get to pass. It appears to be a C. This may sound ridiculous (e.g., to the people on the Chronicle forum who state that getting B's indicates you're not really cut out for grad school), but:
1) My sense from talking to my fellow students is that the grading in my program is a lot more like undergrad than what many people describe their grad programs like (i.e., many more lower grades are awarded; in some of my classes, I think the average was a B).
2) Last year, my office mate failed this class and had to take it again.
3) Waaaaah. It's hard.
I did sort of have fun playing with this Nernst/Goldman simulator this weekend, though.
Oh, and to get me through the week, I have just bookmarked the Disapproving Rabbits web site. These rabbits really, really disapprove of neuroscience and neuroscience exams.
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I doubt you'll get a C (though what do I know), but I don't think a lower grade in this class would look as bad as a lower grade in something more related to your intended research.
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