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I learned this rather well studying abroad in Ireland. I got a final grade of 92 in a class on protein modeling, which in the UK/Irish grading system is really high.

The professor asked me if I had taken the class before.

I hadn't, but the exam was all short answer and multiple choice. Which was very different from the long-form work most of his students did, but absolutely in an American student's wheelhouse.

I was okay in the class. What I was really, really good at was the test.



Yes. Can confirm that American tests look bizarre from a UK perspective.

However our syllabuses are utterly uninspired and probably couldn't do a better job of putting people off science and mathematics if they tried.




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