Mitch Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Has anyone recently written the UBC English exemption exam? How was it? Any tips? I'm not worried about the essay piece, but I'm quaking in my boots just thinking about analyzing poetry! It's been a mighty long time since I've done something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Cave Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 I wrote it but only the essay portion. The peopel who did the poetry part said it was some weird poem about someone's dog pooping on the poets lawn. Deep man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanttobedoc Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Mitch, I took it too (in April)... (the poetry part)...and yes, the dog pooping did happen. My dad actually seemed to know the poem when I told him about it after. It was written by some Italian guy. I just read over some of the reference texts that the English dept recommended so that I knew the lit "lingo"... eg) Iambic pentametres, tone, symbollism, imagery and metaphors etc... You will do just fine:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Cave Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 DIRRT Diction, Imagery, Rhyme, Rhythm, and Theme. That's what I remember from grade 9 (20 years ago) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanttobedoc Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Dr.Cave, you must have a good remote memory. Have you moved to Calgary yet? do you have a place? hope the move goes smoothly! I'm packing right now...I hate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joiningtherace Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 couls som1 elaborate on this option plz is it for bc residents only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 DIRRT Diction, Imagery, Rhyme, Rhythm, and Theme. That's what I remember from grade 9 (20 years ago) Whoa! Good memory, Dr. Cave!!! Now, what do all those words mean??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 couls som1 elaborate on this option plz is it for bc residents only? The EET is an option for students applying to UBC who are UBC alumni, or have completed a degree elsewhere, but for whatever reason have not taken the usual first year English courses. You can write the exam, and if you pass, you do not have to take the English credits that are pre-req's to UBC med school. If you fail all of it or part of it, you must take the course(s) prior to applying. You can look it up on the UBC website under the English department, or on the admissions page of the Faculty of Medicine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joiningtherace Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 yeh checked out the site u need to have obtained ur bachelors already for that so I might as well just takethe course, seems easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Cave Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Dr.Cave, you must have a good remote memory. Have you moved to Calgary yet? do you have a place? hope the move goes smoothly! I'm packing right now...I hate it! Hi gonnabedoc (you're in so you should change your moniker), Yeah We're in Calgary now. We found a place but move in next week. Thinks are going well so far. How bout you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaka84 Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 The EET was awful. I only took the poetry portion and since I hadn't looked at poetry critically for 13 years I brushed up by going to a few websites. I walked out of there thinking that I failed the exam. I wrote 6 pages of absolute BS that was barely readable. The UBC adcom told me before I registered for the exam that she hadn't heard of anyone who failed, I was sure I was the first after the exam! Somehow I passed which makes me believe the exam is just a hoop to just through and covers the adcom's butt for prereq's. It gave me undue stress for a month. shaka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted July 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 I wrote the EET today. It was the same poem!!! It really was about dog poop!!!! How do you write an intelligent analysis about dog crap???? Oh well, it's done and over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisyear Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Why did you write the EET yesterday????????? It wasnt a hard exercise, you just needed to say everything you know about poetry in an essay and make it connect to the poem. If anyone needs help for next years, I would be more than willing to let you know how I prepped. thisyear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted August 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 I wrote the EET on Monday because the Faculty of Medicine has changed its policy on admissions, and now all pre-req courses must be finished before applying. I intend to apply next summer, so I needed to write the EET in enough time to allow for taking English, in case I failed (the dog poo poem!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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