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Old 2008 May 15th, 12:36 AM   #3 (permalink)
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School: U-Mich

Required prelims: micro and macro

When taken: late August after first year

Retake: August after 2nd year. Exams are graded pass with distinction; pass; marginal fail; fail. If you pass one exam with distinction and marginally fail the other, you are granted a pass on the second exam and not required to retake it.

Score required to pass: Not set or announced. You also don't get your score after the exam. The faculty tell us that every year there is an absolute score required to pass (not that X percent or Y number of students pass and the others fail).

Link to old prelims: not available online; Mary Braun distributes a hard copy of old prelims to students signed up to take the exams.

Field exams: Two exams required; first attempt is early September before 3rd year begins and second attempt is early September before 4th year begins.
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