Hi Sarisha, 
 
I am also in this class right now! I have talked to a student who took this class this year and they didn’t used to provide any practice exams, so at least we get one that the GSI’s made :). 
 
Basically, I am going to treat studying for this exam like any other memorization-heavy Biology class. Starting today, I am going to be going through all the lectures notes first. Basically, how I like to do this is that I start by re-summarizing all the information on each slide to fit under a “question” that I formulate. So for example, if the slide is about the protein geometries, I would write on a doc “What are the four main levels of protein geometries, and what are the the properties and types of bonds/interactions that define them?” or something roughly like that. Reformatting it like a question helps me fill in any gaps that I am unsure about. I will go through almost all of the slides in this way. 
 
Next, I like to input the terms that I know are unclear to me at this point in a Quizlet. I will continue to review the slides as the weekend goes on and take the practice exam a couple days before. Based on how I do on that, it will guide my studying for the next day. I will add any unfamiliar topics from the practice exam from the Quizlet from earlier. I also have a small group of people that I will be studying with to talk out any unfamiliar concepts. It really helps me to “teach” the topics to other people. Since this exam has some short responses, I would recommend actually trying this yourself, even if you are just imagining to teach it to someone. 
 
I think how this first exam goes will guide my studying for the future, so try not to stress too much! It will give us a sense for the format/style so we can improve next time. 
 
I hope this helps! If you have any other questions feel free to respond to this post or come to our office hours next week. 
 
-Cate, PMH Co-President