The Final of the First
My Final Exam in 1st Year of
The days in the Private Study Period were really boring. School closed, tuitions closed, the heavy rain, the political crackdown, so there were no internet connection, no network game, and especially, no short message service and the GSM network didn’t work well. I really hate being alone at home, studying. Seeing and hearing various news, I was so confused that whether the exam would be held or it would be postponed. Not only had I, all of my friends also felt that uncertainties we had never experienced before, not knowing what to do. Fortunately (or unfortunately) the exam was about to be held in 4th of October as it was planned before, and the Practical Test in 18th. But I didn’t care, I’d learned enough, studied and passed all Theory and Practical tests. I was ready to pass 1st year, but with not high marks.
The Theory Test
Chemistry - 4th October
The first day was the most exciting day. It was held in the medical university of senior year students, located in the downtown area. The exam starts at 1pm so I had enough time to cram in the whole morning. My dad and relatives phoned and encouraged me. But I hadn’t finished my studies and I didn’t have time to eat or talk.
Unlike the ones we’d had before, this exam was more special, serious and scary. The cold teaching theatre was used as the exam room. The sitting plan made our friends and me so much far apart, and the faces of examiners seemed that they would never forget us. But as soon as I saw the question paper, I could managed to calm down coz it was quite easy to pass, but hard to get distinction (for me). It wasn’t a problem.
Physics and Mathematics – 5th October
I needed to rush. It was combination of two. I had to put an equal effort on both subjects. After these subjects, I was quite relieved that my least favorites were gone. I was so tired and sleep then, coz of the exam pressures.
Really thanked that Saturday and Sunday, we had to retreat before next subjects. It was the shortest weekend I had ever had.
Botany & Zoology – 8th October
I was thirsty. My mouth was tired. I had to memorize as much as I could. I didn’t want to be unlucky. So as to carry them all into the exam room, I had to repeat as many times as I could. Then what I saw on the question paper was what I had known.
English – 9th October
I left some medical terminology coz I wouldn’t get too much from it. I’d been so annoyed that I’d already known that there wasn’t anything special to memorize for English subject. Serious care and concentration on reading comprehension and grammar, and some effective writing on referral letter and essay will carry the scores. The Essays were about “Advantages and Disadvantages of Being Rich” and “My experience in university 1st year”. I chose the first coz our 1st year medical students’ life has no special experience.
One remarkable type of question was Alphabetical arranging of given words. I experienced the names of 20 types of awful disease names in
Anyway, only practical test was left then. I was about to play network games with my friends on the next day. We still had a week before the practical test.
Practical Test
Actually, the practical test wasn’t important for us. We’d done well in the Theory Test. But Practical Test is interesting, coz we could get the feeling of university students’ life from it. I really like Practical, Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology, much more than the Text Books. I answered those four subjects quite well, but not very much great. I was really annoyed for taking the exam for nearly one month. This is usual, all medical students have to take the exam for the whole month, and coz the studies are too much.
October, the month of the exam, had passed away……
Our memories in the 1st year of medical university had left behind…
Started from the day of Fresher Welcome Ceremony……
Ended in the day when The Exam Results came out……