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Words per Minute
How many WPM do you type? Has your fast/slow speed helped/hurt you on exams?
- holydonkey
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Re: Words per Minute
I'm not quite sure how many words I can type in one minute, but I suppose it would be somewhere around the total number of words I am currently typing, as I am typing this in one minute although I might be slowed slightly because I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to type next except I know that it will be more words that will be typed within the same minute. I do worry about about my ability to type a large number of words on an exam as I've never done it before, but I imagine I'm a little slow.
Around 100 I guess.
Around 100 I guess.
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I type about 50 on those tests where you have to read and type, faster if I'm typing my own thoughts.
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10 maybe 15, is there a website where you can test this, enever actualy tried
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- webbylu87
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- NayBoer
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I can regularly do 70-80, and I've been able to test 90+. Now if I only had something to say.
My girlfriend can break 100 without much problem.
My girlfriend can break 100 without much problem.
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Re: Words per Minute
Dr. Strangelove wrote:80 wpm
- Jarndyce
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According to this site, 78 wpm.webbylu87 wrote:This seems to be a decent one: http://www.typeonline.co.uk/typingspeed.php
65wpm for me.
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You typed 94.8 Words Per Minute! (--LinkRemoved--)
Obviously less when not transcribing something.
Obviously less when not transcribing something.
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24 words per min with 13 misnatkes arccording to that websitewebbylu87 wrote:This seems to be a decent one: http://www.typeonline.co.uk/typingspeed.php
65wpm for me.
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- Big Shrimpin
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Re: Words per Minute
40 wpm on a three hour exam means about 7000 words which is lots (factor in reading time @ ~20% of allotted time to craft a concise, accurate, and thoughtful answer--leaving you about 2hrs 20mins to type). I know of posters here reporting 10k+ words written on an exam, which is awesome. While there is most likely a correlation between exam grades and words typed, I would assume that at some point diminishing returns kicks in (depending on the class/professor/subject).
On one hand, I wrote like 7K+ on a 3hr torts exam and most others I know wrote nowhere near that. I got a top 5 or so grade, but people with ~4.5k also received top grades. On the other hand, I wrote far less on a civpro exam and also got an A, but many others wrote much more than I did. Moreover, on word/character-limited exams (which are, in my opinion, crap), typing speed probably does not factor into your grade unless you have the reading comprehension skills of an infant or you have failed in managing your time.
OP: Bottom line, typing speed is not a necessary nor sufficient condition to do well on exams. It can be a huge help if you have a monster policy question at the end of an exam and you've happened to screw yourself on time management for the other parts, but if you've budgeted your time effectively (which is quite doable if you've adequately prepared) you should not need to write like 120 wpm to get a top grade.
Preparation and time management, ftw.
hth
On one hand, I wrote like 7K+ on a 3hr torts exam and most others I know wrote nowhere near that. I got a top 5 or so grade, but people with ~4.5k also received top grades. On the other hand, I wrote far less on a civpro exam and also got an A, but many others wrote much more than I did. Moreover, on word/character-limited exams (which are, in my opinion, crap), typing speed probably does not factor into your grade unless you have the reading comprehension skills of an infant or you have failed in managing your time.
OP: Bottom line, typing speed is not a necessary nor sufficient condition to do well on exams. It can be a huge help if you have a monster policy question at the end of an exam and you've happened to screw yourself on time management for the other parts, but if you've budgeted your time effectively (which is quite doable if you've adequately prepared) you should not need to write like 120 wpm to get a top grade.
Preparation and time management, ftw.
hth
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I would think that composing speed would be more of a limiting factor than typing speed on exams.Big Shrimpin wrote:40 wpm on a three hour exam means about 7000 words which is lots (factor in reading time @ ~20% of allotted time to craft a concise, accurate, and thoughtful answer--leaving you about 2hrs 20mins to type). I know of posters here reporting 10k+ words written on an exam, which is awesome. While there is most likely a correlation between exam grades and words typed, I would assume that at some point diminishing returns kicks in (depending on the class/professor/subject).
On one hand, I wrote like 7K+ on a 3hr torts exam and most others I know wrote nowhere near that. I got a top 5 or so grade, but people with ~4.5k also received top grades. On the other hand, I wrote far less on a civpro exam and also got an A, but many others wrote much more than I did. Moreover, on word/character-limited exams (which are, in my opinion, crap), typing speed probably does not factor into your grade unless you have the reading comprehension skills of an infant or you have failed in managing your time.
OP: Bottom line, typing speed is not a necessary nor sufficient condition to do well on exams. It can be a huge help if you have a monster policy question at the end of an exam and you've happened to screw yourself on time management for the other parts, but if you've budgeted your time effectively (which is quite doable if you've adequately prepared) you should not need to write like 120 wpm to get a top grade.
Preparation and time management, ftw.
hth
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105 wpm (6 mistakes). I still can only get in around 6k words on a 3 hour exam though.
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Re: Words per Minute
Typing speed really doesn't matter much on exams. It's more about how fast you think than how fast you type.
And no, the people who write longer exams do NOT get better grades. If anything, I think professors prefer concise answers.
And no, the people who write longer exams do NOT get better grades. If anything, I think professors prefer concise answers.
- DoubleChecks
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using that co.uk site, i had 119 wpm w/ 3 mistakes...though 2 were me not capitalizing the i...lol
0 mistakes i was 113
my roommate is pretty insane; he averages above 145 and hits 165+ occasionally...he looks as if he's just slamming multiple keys at the same time on the keyboard, yet they spell words haha
0 mistakes i was 113
my roommate is pretty insane; he averages above 145 and hits 165+ occasionally...he looks as if he's just slamming multiple keys at the same time on the keyboard, yet they spell words haha
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Well, yes, provided that you can actualy write a detailed and concise answer. Most 1L's cannot. Generally students who claim to be "concise" leave a bunch of shit out.reverendt wrote:Typing speed really doesn't matter much on exams. It's more about how fast you think than how fast you type.
And no, the people who write longer exams do NOT get better grades. If anything, I think professors prefer concise answers.
At least if you are writing longer answers, you are generally hitting more issues or engaging in more thorough analysis. When the prof. is grading off of a checklist, hitting more issues obviously is helpful.
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- RVP11
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Re: Words per Minute
I've been bottom 10% in words on the page and top 10% in grade on an exam. I'm talking under 10 pages when most people wrote 15+. If there's a correlation, it's a pretty weak one - at least for the professors who grade holistically rather than with a grid or checklist.
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Maybe I had unusual professors. Two of mine actually said there were a finite number of issues and they'd start taking (mental) points off when you tried to force the facts into law that wasn't really applicable. Looking at the grades of the people I know, they weren't lying.thesealocust wrote:Never encountered one of those. Not all use a grid or checklist, but the only alternative I've seen in the wild still give points for correct statements, just without an upper limit or pre-conceived explicit list of valid points.RVP11 wrote:at least for the professors who grade holistically
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