My public policy comprehensive exam is next Friday from 10am to 2pm.
It’s challenging for a lot of reasons, but the biggest is the sheer difficulty of retaining the quantity of basic information (authors, names of books and articles, dates of publication) which is expected.
I will be spending the last week outlining answers to plausible questions, reading or re-reading some key sources, putting key bits of information into big Excel tables, and then reviewing those tables.
Author: Milan
In the spring of 2005, I graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in International Relations and a general focus in the area of environmental politics. In the fall of 2005, I began reading for an M.Phil in IR at Wadham College, Oxford.
Outside school, I am very interested in photography, writing, and the outdoors. I am writing this blog to keep in touch with friends and family around the world, provide a more personal view of graduate student life in Oxford, and pass on some lessons I've learned here.
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Milan, Sounds like you have a good plan for the last week before the exam. All the best. oleh