Attending class

[zeloc]

I've heard a lot of people say that they don't attend classes because their schools have a note-service in which they can get the lectures verbatim. And it makes a lot of sense because why spend 8 hrs a day in class when you can study during that time and have lots of free time. My question is, where can I get these transcripts? My school doesn't have such a service, but I'm assuming the material is similar enough from school to school that I could get by on others. How are these usually distributed?

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[DrPharaohX]

Ours are up on a site on the med school's web space, so they're just exclusive to us.

 

[Sharkfan]

We have our own website for transcript access too. Gotta be a class member to get your hands on anything, especially since we've all paid and contributed to the system.

Maybe you can get a friend at another school with a similar curriculum schedule to share with you?

 

[thackl]

I'm assuming the material is similar enough from school to school that I could get by on others. How are these usually distributed?

I think that's bad assumption and you will waste more time trying to correlate another school's curriculum to yours than if you just went to class.

 

[AntGod22]

alot of students in my school use net transport to download the online video lectures which allow you to watch a regular lecture at double speed so a hour long lecture lasts only 30 minutes, its a life saver

 

[Dr. Rosenrose]

I do not attend class and do pretty well, but I would not do this if I were using notes from another school. If you are hell bent to miss class the best thing to do is use the brs for the class.

 

[DrOctopus]

alot of students in my school use net transport to download the online video lectures which allow you to watch a regular lecture at double speed so a hour long lecture lasts only 30 minutes, its a life saver

Do they sound like chipmunks? I don't think I could study if the professor sounded like Alvin.

 

[klubguts]

We had an electronic scribe service too, exclusive to people who paid for it. I agree with the others, don't try to screw around with other schools notes. i didn't attend much class beginning second year, and studied from the texts/syllabi..although i was in the scribe service, i rarely read these because i had so much other reading to do....just my 0.02. good luck.

 

[AntGod22]

Do they sound like chipmunks? I don't think I could study if the professor sounded like Alvin.

not really some professors do but you have the option of slowing it down by 1/10 the speed, so sometimes u have to slow it down to 1.6x the original speed instead of say a 1.9x or a 2.0x. Its the best thing since sliced bread.