Kaj_Sotala comments on Knowledge is Worth Paying For - Less Wrong

45 Post author: lukeprog 21 September 2011 06:09PM

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 22 September 2011 07:33:59AM *  9 points [-]

I have a Bachelor's degree and I've never either had an open-book test in college, nor heard of anyone having one. (Though we did have a couple of "you may bring one A4 worth of your own notes" tests.)

Comment author: [deleted] 11 April 2012 10:10:29PM *  1 point [-]

It depends on where you are, among other things. In Italy, about 90% of the tests I've taken in university were open-book, but I spent one year as an exchange student in Ireland and none of the tests I took there were open-book.

Comment author: [deleted] 26 September 2011 01:26:25AM 1 point [-]

While I've never finished a Bachelor's, I did spend about two years at a university and open-book exams weren't unheard of at all.

Comment author: MBlume 22 September 2011 11:44:11PM 0 points [-]

Nearly every upper division physics final at UCI.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 23 September 2011 12:22:52AM 3 points [-]

Sorry, nearly every one of them fell into which category? I can parse your sentence as being open to textbooks, being not at all open or allowing you to bring your small bit of notes.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 23 September 2011 01:52:53AM 0 points [-]

Did any of them restrict the edition of the textbook?