Re: As for all this Latin...

posted by [identity profile] littleowl.livejournal.com at 04:02pm on 19/09/2002
Y'know, I may just be blowing smoke out of a pipe here, but those passages didn't look terribly difficult if you've had a decent amount of Latin study (admittedly I wouldn't be able to do a full translation at the moment, rusty as I am, anyway) -- I guess it's the finer points of the translation that wind up making a difference? Understanding those vagaries of Medieval vs. Classical and pegging the nuances in the translation?
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Re: As for all this Latin...

posted by [personal profile] owlfish at 08:07pm on 19/09/2002
They aren't meant to be excessively difficult. Most of the penalties in the marking is for the details, though. Every year, there's at least one, if not more, incoming students who pass the MA - this year we had one who passed the PhD first time around too. Also, they generally try to give at least one particularly easy passage and one particularly challenging passage every year. If you have at least 2 solid years of college-level or equivalent under your belt, you'll usually make at least a near-pass on the MA exam.

Or else if you're a language genius - one student entered Basic a few years ago and a year and a summer later passed the PhD. So yes, it's possible.
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