Part of comprehensive exams prep includes taking sample exams to help identify any areas where gaps in information may exist.
I continue to be astonished with the sheer volume of knowledge I have welcomed into my being. I also find strange gaps in that knowledge.
Professors cover tons of subject matter each semester, with inevitable focus in places that interest them most. That's just how it works.
I am beginning to see just where the interests have lain with my profs, and where the exam requirements may be much broader in some places.
The good news is I am expanding my understanding of multiple topics as I work through this process. The bad news is my personality focuses not on what I seem to know but on worrying about what I don't know (well), and as a result I am stressing myself out.
Seriously, I'm bound to miss a few questions when they're served up in sets of 100 and cover ungodly breadth of knowledge.
But I hate missing any at all, and I just need to be ok with that.
Big hugs,
Stevie the (Periodic) Perfectionist
I continue to be astonished with the sheer volume of knowledge I have welcomed into my being. I also find strange gaps in that knowledge.
Professors cover tons of subject matter each semester, with inevitable focus in places that interest them most. That's just how it works.
I am beginning to see just where the interests have lain with my profs, and where the exam requirements may be much broader in some places.
The good news is I am expanding my understanding of multiple topics as I work through this process. The bad news is my personality focuses not on what I seem to know but on worrying about what I don't know (well), and as a result I am stressing myself out.
Seriously, I'm bound to miss a few questions when they're served up in sets of 100 and cover ungodly breadth of knowledge.
But I hate missing any at all, and I just need to be ok with that.
Big hugs,
Stevie the (Periodic) Perfectionist
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