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Kellogg Stats Waiver Exam Results

Just yesterday I found out that I passed the Statistics waiver exam that I wrote about in a post last week (Click here for post). Most of my JD-MBA classmates also passed, which is good news. Before the exam, I was a little worried given I had never taken stats before, but I put in some good study time the night before, and was able to learn the material pretty quickly.

The exam itself was three hours, and the material was a bit harder than I predicted it would be and a bit harder than the practice test.  But then again, most “final” exams feel that way. Fortunately, we were able to use a calculator and bring in notes into the exam.  And because all the material was still so fresh in my mind, since I had just  studyied the night before, I was able to reason my way through all of the problems and eventually figure out most of them, or at least enough of them to pass.

I took the exam over at Kellogg, not the law school. Although he didn’t proctor it, a Kellogg professor did grade the tests. And yesterday, the school emailed me a copy of a document that he wrote up, which provides everything that I’m expected to know as I move on to future classes. While the DECS 433 course seemed interesting, it’s definitely nice to move ahead and to make more free time for electives at Kellogg.

So now the question is which exam is next? … Maybe Accounting? Maybe Stats 2? Or maybe none of the tests–since I think the other classes would be useful to take.  At this point, I’m not sure.  But if I do end up taking another waiver exam, I’ll try to post a bit of information on my experiences with those as well.

4 Comments to Kellogg Stats Waiver Exam Results

Orlando
February 9, 2010

Congratulations! I’m glad to hear that you were able to waive that exam; there are much more interesting classes to be had.

Jeremy C Wilson
February 9, 2010

Thanks Orlando. I’m also considering getting another class out of the way this spring (March through May), so I’ll have fewer required courses to take next fall, once I begin in Evanston.

DreamChaser
February 10, 2010

congrats Jeremy! I will look to you for advice on taking the waiver exam then 🙂

Jeremy C Wilson
February 10, 2010

@DreamChaser –Hi DreamChaser, thanks for the note. Definitely happy to help when the time comes. Though Kellogg will certainly give you enough to pass the exam as well.

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