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JustOne - it is my (recent and perhaps incomplete) understanding that your materials will be on the new Desire2Learn (D2L) platform that is launching campus-wide over the summer rather than the traditional hippocrates. D2L is supposed to be completely compatible with both PC and Mac. Side note: if you are watching lectures already a) the structure is supposed to have been completely revamped so you're wasting your time and b) stop it. Go drink a beer, reread your letter of acceptance and enjoy the moment.
See #90 and 91
101 Things You Wish You Knew Before Starting Medical School
Re: Test Blocks and incoming MSIs
My understanding is that the traditional exam block structure will no longer exist for classes 2014 and beyond. I actually just inquired about your schedule of exams in an effort to plan meetings for an interest group and was advised that your schedules aren't quite solidified.
As far as planning for ACL in Oct...I would expect expect you guys to have started taking exams by then (what kind? when? how often? who knows!?) but it doesn't seem likely that you'll be able to make that judgement until you get settled into your coursework. MSI, regardless of the structure, takes some adjusting and making those decisions this far out doesn't really mean much. Once they send your schedule it might be a little more practical to start thinking about that. I have a feeling that you are going to get as sick of hearing "but we don't really know since you are the first class to [fill in the blank] in the new cirriculum" as we are of hearing "so you guys are the last class to [fill in the blank]." I know it is frustrating to not have more to go on WRT planning your life beyond mid-August.
See #90 and 91
101 Things You Wish You Knew Before Starting Medical School
Re: Test Blocks and incoming MSIs
My understanding is that the traditional exam block structure will no longer exist for classes 2014 and beyond. I actually just inquired about your schedule of exams in an effort to plan meetings for an interest group and was advised that your schedules aren't quite solidified.
As far as planning for ACL in Oct...I would expect expect you guys to have started taking exams by then (what kind? when? how often? who knows!?) but it doesn't seem likely that you'll be able to make that judgement until you get settled into your coursework. MSI, regardless of the structure, takes some adjusting and making those decisions this far out doesn't really mean much. Once they send your schedule it might be a little more practical to start thinking about that. I have a feeling that you are going to get as sick of hearing "but we don't really know since you are the first class to [fill in the blank] in the new cirriculum" as we are of hearing "so you guys are the last class to [fill in the blank]." I know it is frustrating to not have more to go on WRT planning your life beyond mid-August.