Posted by alexandra_k on January 28, 2019, at 12:42:24
In reply to Re: clash, posted by alexandra_k on January 28, 2019, at 1:22:54
and that was the thing that made the UMAT so clearly and obviously such a f*ck*ng farce.
because i finished the exam.
because i worked to time.
and becuase i know that other people did not.
because i know that other people, often, lack examination strategy.
i did take a glance around because i was curious...
at how many people were spamming options (because a guess might possibly be correct but a blank field cannot be) in the 30 or 40 seconds up until the end...
but people were leaving fields blank.
but i answered ever single section 2. every single one of them.
in an exam that was intentionally designed to be overwhelming (so people would walk out feeling like failures no matter what).
i was worried that my overall score might be low because i spent proportionately too much time on section 2. because i was fairly confident that the answers were workable.
section 1 freaked me out, because of the math thing. i felt like it took time to understand teh task, but then it would take time to work the answer and i wasn't sure that it was the best investment of my time so i'd cross the wrong ones and go back and guess between the remainder in what time i had...
anyway...
i don't believe the majority of people in the room did better at it than me.
that's not even slightly even partly plausible.
in a test that is suppposed to be predictive of academic potential.
the student who has A's for university science, literature, courses...
that student.
does worse than the majority of 18 year olds.
really?
what a f*ck*ng farce.
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