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How to Score High in Biochemistry Exams?
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Half of the books bought are not read; half of the books read are not understood; half of the books understood are not remembered; half of the booksremembered are not reproduced (say in an exam
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Therefore, the best and the essential way to score high in Biochemistryexams are to read more number of biochemistry books and try to know andremember at the least, the key facts of all the topics. Fill-in-the-blank questions are good targets of scoring, especially when thelines may have been reproduced from a good text book. Remembering themnemonics will be very useful.
Important information never changes
A survey of multiple years of exams will show that some things are alwaysimportant. If a particular topic is asked in more than one exam, then those areas isworth studying. Old exams are to gather intelligence related to what you need toknow, how it will be asked, and how much time is needed for studying. When youlook at old exams, the question in your mind should be “If the same questions wereasked, will I be able to answer it?”Let us look at few strategies to be adopted in the examination hall. If youfeel that a very significant point or word should be highlighted, there is no harm inwriting it in capital letters or resorting to underlining. For example when you write abiochemical pathway you can use different colors for enzymes, substrates, cofactorsand final product.Read and understand the question first. Know the scoring pattern of examquestions, and put more energy into questions with more score. If there are pertinentfacts or formulas that you are afraid you will forget, then write them down (i.e., do a"brain dump"). (For example you can write down the michaelis-menten equationor Hendorson-hasselbach equation or the mnemonics of certain pathways and soon).Find out if you will be penalized for guessing: If you will not be penalizedfor guessing,
NEVER LEAVE ANY QUESTION BLANK
and try the luck of your wild guesses. If you feel that you are behind the clock, shorten the answer, or mention onlythe relevant points. (You can skip some of the intermediates in a pathway and writethe final end product OR in discussing the kinetics of enzyme reactions you mayskip the effect of one or two factors affecting). In descriptive papers, it is essentialthat you answer the required number of questions. What counts ultimately is the
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