February 16, 2007 : The 101st National Medical Licensing Exam, Leaving for Hotel
© 安岡喜晴 (JoyShine)
I left for the hotel to take the 101st National Medical Practitioners Qualifying Examination (NMPQE).
The exam schedule is as follows:
■ Day 1 (February 17)
Section A: Clinical (9:30–12:00, 60 questions)
Section B: General (13:30–15:30, 120 questions)
Section C: Mandatory General (16:10–17:00, 50 questions)
■ Day 2 (February 18)
Section D: Mandatory Clinical (9:35–12:00, 50 questions)
Section E: Long passage (13:20–15:00, 30 questions)
Section F: General (15:40–17:00, 80 questions)
■ Day 3 (February 19)
Section G: Clinical (9:30–12:00, 60 questions)
Section H: Clinical (13:25–15:30, 50 questions)
I planned to stay at "Hotel Granvia Osaka" and arrived at the hotel a little after 10 PM.
On the train to the hotel, I noticed a frightening fact.
The score ratio of Section C to Section D is one to threeeeeee! I never expected that!
This means... This means... The test results depend almost on only 50 questions of Section D! This is too scary! Too scary!
I haven't failed past exams in any book, but when I realized that the test results depend mostly on just 50 questions of Section D, a terrible fear took over my mind!
I immediately emailed a friend at 9:04 PM,
"Now I'm on my way to the hotel. Why are the allocations of Section C and Section D so different? This is almost decided by Section D on the second day..."
Two minutes later, I received an email from the friend, "Yes, it is true! The test results are almost decided by the results of the second day."
Oh! I didn't know that Section D is worth three times as much as Section C!
I thought it was 1 to 1, but I think I shouldn't have noticed it because I'm not good at working under pressure.
But now it's too late... that ship has sailed... I already noticed that... Why did I notice that? I want to stay without knowing, I want to pass, with ignorance is bliss, yay!
After arriving at the hotel, I went to room number 6127.
Soon, Mr. T came to the room and said, "If there are any problems, don't hesitate to let us know."
Thank you for being so considerate, my graduation was postponed and we are not classmates, I really appreciate your concern.
I received an email at 10:21 PM : "Have you checked in? If so, let us know."
Then I replied at 10:59 PM : "I checked in!"
And got a reply at 11:21 PM : "Hi, get plenty of rest for tomorrow's exams. Good night."
I was supposed to check in at 6:00 PM, but I was late and checked in after 10:00 PM.
I shopped at a convenience store and returned to my room.
Then, "Let's go to bed and get a good night's sleep for tomorrow's exams." is a story for most students,
but in my case, "Finish the rest of the parts I haven't studied yet during the night!" lol.
I will finish the book of past problems of the Public Health test from now on, definitely!
I have passed exams burning the midnight oil so far, and with all my might, I swear I will make it this time too!
But I felt a decline in my energy compared to when I was in my early 20s.
Last minute midnight cramming is so hard for me anymore, I really felt the decline in both physical and mental strength between early 20s and late 20s.
Finally, I finished cramming the past problems of public health in about two hours and went to bed.