Anyone taking their Comprehensive written and oral exams this month?

[KenAnderson]

My graduate M.A. English comprehensive written exams are next week!!

AH!!    6 hours long!!!  Trying not to panic.

 

Anyone else taking their exams this term?

Edited April 11, 2013 by KenAnderson

[lisajay]

i've got comps on may 3. prepping for a question on the relationship of postmodernism to modernism & another on the role of ecocriticism in 20th century american lit. good times!!

[sebastiansteddy]

No exams here, just my MA thesis... and I am SOOO CLOSE to finished. Grr, just want to be done with it!

[ComeBackZinc]

PhD comps this summer. 24 hour exam, July 30th-31st, 7-day exam the following week.

[wreckofthehope]

Yup, first of my orals is next month, gah.....

[muchado]

Taking written comps on April 24th. We got the email yesterday, and I immediately wanted to throw up.

[wreckofthehope]

for those of you who are taking phd comps/generals, what's your study strategy? 

I'm also doing a novels field...have about 50 books on this first list. I read everything once, make a general 'thoughts' note, then do a second pass through (not necessarily reading the whole book) and make more detailed notes about how the book fits into the topic of my exam, particularly useful sections, and how it relates to other texts on the list. I have regular meetings with my committee to discuss groups of texts from the list,too. Our exams are only oral exams, so practicing talking about the books is the most important part, I think...

Edited April 11, 2013 by wreckofthehope