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Honestly if the word is phonetically pronounced the same or similarly enough then it should lose at max half of a point. Obviously if it's something like Illeum and Ilium then sure. Otherwise you're testing something that isn't course content.
First day I meet him.
"Yeah I'm a pre-med major. Future anesthesiology if everything goes according to plan."
Ends up getting less than a 20% on 2/3 Gen Chem I midterms and leaves the university. Good guy though
Agreed, misspelling isn't really a big deal. If they can pronounce it correctly that should really be what matters.
"Yeah I'm a pre-med major. Future anesthesiology if everything goes according to plan."
Ends up getting less than a 20% on 2/3 Gen Chem I midterms and leaves the university. Good guy though
Agreed, misspelling isn't really a big deal. If they can pronounce it correctly that should really be what matters.
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As far as spelling goes, you'd be amazed at the plethora of misspellings I've seen written in patient charts since 2007. We're talking about resident and attending physicians that have scored in the 95th percentile and above on every USMLE/COMLEX step, not that those alone necessarily predict a holistically well-rounded physician. But as a whole, the physicians I work with are extraordinarily talented, productive, effective, and for the most part caring (lord knows we have more emotional exceptions at an academic facility than in private practice). I'm sure much of the spelling errors are due to fatigue as much as the underlying deficiency in English. Nevertheless, as a grammar Nazi, I still cringe when I see "coffing" or some other phonetically spelled word.
But a class is different. I think one letter is a bit harsh; but that's entirely the right of the professor. IMO, you need to learn spelling as much as location, function, histology, and pathology. Either way, you read the syllabus and give the class a feel. Drop/transfer to a different professor if you don't like what you see. I've endured so many grading idiosyncrasies that I thought were unfair and still managed to come out on top, minus one course—but I got over it and moved on. I certainly never yelled at or back-talked a professor or TA. W-T-F?
That outburst and general lack of analytical thinking unveils someone inherently unfit for medical school and residency. What, do you scream at the attending that orders you to do three fecal disimpactions and a bulbocavernosus exam? No. You grit your teeth and do it. *shakes head* There's so much more to that story than I could begin to comment on.
But a class is different. I think one letter is a bit harsh; but that's entirely the right of the professor. IMO, you need to learn spelling as much as location, function, histology, and pathology. Either way, you read the syllabus and give the class a feel. Drop/transfer to a different professor if you don't like what you see. I've endured so many grading idiosyncrasies that I thought were unfair and still managed to come out on top, minus one course—but I got over it and moved on. I certainly never yelled at or back-talked a professor or TA. W-T-F?
That outburst and general lack of analytical thinking unveils someone inherently unfit for medical school and residency. What, do you scream at the attending that orders you to do three fecal disimpactions and a bulbocavernosus exam? No. You grit your teeth and do it. *shakes head* There's so much more to that story than I could begin to comment on.
The syllabus states that you have to spell the word correctly to receive a point, so it's not my rule. There are no half points. When I took the class I got marked down for writing nasociliary nerve as nasocilary nerve (there was a missing "i" in the iary in case you can't find the misspelling). My TA wanted the words spelled exactly the same which is why I have the one letter forgiveness.
And I can't believe I misspelled pterygoid. I was so worried about making an phonetic sounding terrygoy that I messed up the actual spelling. haha.
And I can't believe I misspelled pterygoid. I was so worried about making an phonetic sounding terrygoy that I messed up the actual spelling. haha.
Honestly teachers should give word banks for anatomy tests, I mean idc if it's a page long, but some anatomical structures aren't as easy to spell as Dura Matter or sebaceous gland. But subarachnoid or some of the tuberocities on certain bones ? Come on now, even I have to use spell check.
Word bank? Are we still in middle school?
you know what else is really hard? shoe laces. Lets bring velcro back in style.
seriously people.... In med anatomy we didnt have strict spelling held against us, but if you can't get pretty darn close (within a letter as the OP suggested) I am pretty sure spelling isnt necessarily what is going to hold you back. Most med schools are not going to have a "name that thing" style of anatomy class.
Mine asks questions like this:
Jim caught a ball with his face, entered cardiac arrest, was revived, brought in for an MRI and found out he had a stroke. The elephant in the fridge is:
(A) Green
(B) Yellow
(C) Cold
(D) Anemic
another thought.... how is this different than allowing letter leniency in any other spelling-type test? Should it be OK to misspell things in spanish class? Afterall, you are there to learn to speak it, right? But how about english class? The point is to learn the names of objects, things, concepts, and if you spell it "terrygoy".... well, in my book you havent learned the name at all now have you? The ileum ilium thing is a great example.
If you want this, stop bitching about how it's hard - especially at the UG level. It is going to get harder. If you aren't somewhat masochistic in your education style I suggest going into something else. Perhaps chiropractics. The ability to convince yourself of a similar level of prestige while only having to learn as much as those nursing students wanted to a few posts back 👍
If you want this, stop bitching about how it's hard - especially at the UG level. It is going to get harder. If you aren't somewhat masochistic in your education style I suggest going into something else. Perhaps chiropractics. The ability to convince yourself of a similar level of prestige while only having to learn as much as those nursing students wanted to a few posts back 👍
Sounds like you are being adequately prepared for med school then 👍
I've actually been told by numerous medical students that my university's anatomy course makes medical school anatomy seem extremely manageable. Definitely a plus!
What the hell? Umm...D?
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probably. The first two options don't seem to make a lot of sense. C is the obvious trap answer because one would assume that the fridge is cold and that an African plains animal might find that cold. But the question stem did not indicate that the fridge is running. D is the best answer because a conventional fridge is not large enough to store an intact elephant and therefore the elephant was probably dismembered. The loss of blood would result in a practical anemia. It is safe to assume that we are talking about a conventional refrigerator because of the colloquial "fridge" used in the question stem.
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O crap. I hope you're not parodying med school exam shenanigans. Are tests that nit-picky at your school?
Not usually, and it depends on the professor. But I would be surprised if any med student in here doesn't have at least 1 example of "well that may be technically right, but choice B is the BEST answer because....."
Ive had a couple email replies from professors that seem to read "Why is answer B the best answer? Because F*** YOU! That's why!"
The good news is that attrition is ridiculously low. So med school will suck for the pre-clinic years, but nearly everyone survives it.
My friends currently in the program can really attest to this, especially the nonverbal version where you ask them after class and you just receive a blank, stoic stare with the above quote stamped all over their face just before they act as if nothing was ever said and leave the lecture hall excruciatingly slowly. LoL True story.
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I think you may have just helped me make some neurotic premeds unleash loose stool upon their britches, mate.
I have been a horrible speller most of my life.
The great thing is that you can just dictate everything important, or do a quick spell check.
There are some things that you need to have memorized cold in your mind (Induction and paralytic agent doses) and there are other things that you just need to know how to find the right answer (Spelling)
Taking off points for more than 1 letter is mean. Especially when you can't even spell the words correctly yourself. My med school anatomy class didn't take off any points as long as they understood what you were trying to mean, and it wasn't similar to another structure.
My grammar has gotten horrible, mostly due to me not caring at all as long as I still create a billable chart. When you have 15 charts to finish and your already at the hospital 2 hours past when you were supposed to go home, see if you take the time to re-read everything and make sure your grammar is correct.
The great thing is that you can just dictate everything important, or do a quick spell check.
There are some things that you need to have memorized cold in your mind (Induction and paralytic agent doses) and there are other things that you just need to know how to find the right answer (Spelling)
Taking off points for more than 1 letter is mean. Especially when you can't even spell the words correctly yourself. My med school anatomy class didn't take off any points as long as they understood what you were trying to mean, and it wasn't similar to another structure.
My grammar has gotten horrible, mostly due to me not caring at all as long as I still create a billable chart. When you have 15 charts to finish and your already at the hospital 2 hours past when you were supposed to go home, see if you take the time to re-read everything and make sure your grammar is correct.
Phonetic spellings usually fly in science. I mean, this isn't the 3rd grade spelling bee ffs.
This was posted in the pre-DO forum but should become an introductory video for every single new member that joins SDN.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYlALIXS2UI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYlALIXS2UI
Oh god, this video is spot on.
That's been my signature for almost a year now. I lost a little of each body fluid when I watched it the first time. I still have titration and reflux nightmares. LoL
Most of users of this forum do not know what HLHS stands for. There is no point to use the acronym for Hypo-plastic Left Heart Syndrome. By the way, can you explain the the anatomy and physiology behind those three procedures, including what exactly Hypo-plastic Left Heart Syndrome is. At least throw in that the patient has to be placed on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and that the kid needs boluses of coagulants like Heparin.
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Might as well post since this thread is up.
Hung out with my pal today. We were watching Robot Chicken when he randomly looked at me and coolly said, "I think I'm gonna go medical before all this is over." I was immediately thinking "you dumb-arse."
He's 24.
Misinformed chem major who thinks orgo and p.chem are cake (lol wut?)
Already studying for the mcat with 2 pre-reqs (bio and eng.) under his belt
.......uhh
Why do people think this stuff is easy....?
Hung out with my pal today. We were watching Robot Chicken when he randomly looked at me and coolly said, "I think I'm gonna go medical before all this is over." I was immediately thinking "you dumb-arse."
He's 24.
Misinformed chem major who thinks orgo and p.chem are cake (lol wut?)
Already studying for the mcat with 2 pre-reqs (bio and eng.) under his belt
.......uhh
Why do people think this stuff is easy....?
With a little natural ability and a decent work ethic, it is easy.
Absolutely Darwin, BUT when you consistently try to inform someone OR make suggestions and ALL they do is shrug, it gets overwhelming.
Pretty clear indicator they have no desire to hear your advice. Either because they have already researched it or think they know better. Whichever it is, leave them alone unless they ask for help-continuing to bug them about it is just going to make them dislike you.
So I try to be nice today by going to talk to a friend who is applying to md schools this cycle but took her MCAT a month ago after studying for only a week. So today I thought I'd help her out, answer general questions about applying, just trying to help out with all my SDN expertise.
Me: hey how is your application going?
Uninformed girl: Good! Just finished my primary so now I'm starting secondaries.
Me: Wow so you already got verified?
Her: *blank stare
Me: You know? Like they have to verify your application before they send it out?
Her: Well that probably doesn't take too long, right?
Me: About 4-6 weeks... (trying to change subjects) so how did your MCAT go?
Her: Well I got a 17 (seriously) on a practice test a week before the real one, but I studied a ton so I'm sure I did better on the real one
Me: (still trying to keep cool and be generally helpful) So what schools are you applying to?
Her: Just four. I really want to stay in Chicago.
Me: Nice so are you going to apply for the DO school in Downer's Grove?
Her: No what is DO
Me: You know, osteopathic medicine Like allopathic and osteopathic? It's another way to become a doctor?
Her: *really confused blank stare
Me: OK I'll see you later
Me: hey how is your application going?
Uninformed girl: Good! Just finished my primary so now I'm starting secondaries.
Me: Wow so you already got verified?
Her: *blank stare
Me: You know? Like they have to verify your application before they send it out?
Her: Well that probably doesn't take too long, right?
Me: About 4-6 weeks... (trying to change subjects) so how did your MCAT go?
Her: Well I got a 17 (seriously) on a practice test a week before the real one, but I studied a ton so I'm sure I did better on the real one
Me: (still trying to keep cool and be generally helpful) So what schools are you applying to?
Her: Just four. I really want to stay in Chicago.
Me: Nice so are you going to apply for the DO school in Downer's Grove?
Her: No what is DO
Me: You know, osteopathic medicine Like allopathic and osteopathic? It's another way to become a doctor?
Her: *really confused blank stare
Me: OK I'll see you later
lol
Professor shows a video of some medical procedure involving body fluids (draining of abscess etc) in a class full of pre-meds. Room erupts with ews and grunts of discomfort. Medicine anyone?
You know what, fine, freshmen usually don't know what they are doing and view medicine through rose colored glasses of prestige and money.
The punchline is when the only remaining pre-med=took the MCAT and is almost done with the app, other than myself in the class, is having the ew reaction at such a video. 3 years was not long enough to accepts the ews of medicine, is going to medical school going to fix it?
Another thing. Freshmen yr bio some dead animal dissecting lab [wtf'ed then as a freshman and still wtf'in now]:
My group member: My buddy X better be the surgeon on this exercise because we want good grades as a group for the dissection.
Another group member: Yea, let X do it because his brother is a surgeon.
Well, I just couldn't fight logic like that.
You know what, fine, freshmen usually don't know what they are doing and view medicine through rose colored glasses of prestige and money.
The punchline is when the only remaining pre-med=took the MCAT and is almost done with the app, other than myself in the class, is having the ew reaction at such a video. 3 years was not long enough to accepts the ews of medicine, is going to medical school going to fix it?
Another thing. Freshmen yr bio some dead animal dissecting lab [wtf'ed then as a freshman and still wtf'in now]:
My group member: My buddy X better be the surgeon on this exercise because we want good grades as a group for the dissection.
Another group member: Yea, let X do it because his brother is a surgeon.
Well, I just couldn't fight logic like that.
So what? Just the other day in class they were showing us pictures of the different types of necrosis and my classmates (second year med students) were responding with "Eww." Does that mean we can't be doctors? 🙄
I'm generally not easily grossed out, but even I freak out from time to time (like when we had to dissect the face in anatomy lab). You get over it eventually.
ha
Good luck to her though. She at least seems nice, if clueless. Annoys me so much talking to people with the same knowledge base as above, but they insist they know everything and don't want your advice because you don't know what you are talking about. 😡
Haha, sad but true. I still don't understand how General Biology could possibly be a weeder for med school.
+1
Especially when they're talking to you and become dismissive of the help you offer after realizing they're grossly misinformed... I've just learned to keep it to myself unless I'm asked for advice directly.
I've been aiming toward surgical specialties, have shadowed many, many surgeries and gen surg procedures (e.g., I&D, lancing), can watch an escharotomy without issue etc., but still get grossed out by any surgical procedure involving the eyes. I can't wait to get over that.
I laughed out loud at this because the same exact thing happens regularly in all the pre-req classes at Vandy. To these students' defense, though, the undergrad faculty at many places like Vandy make it their goal to contribute to this phenomenon. My organic prof here literally sat back in her chair when I was getting a little extra help and said, paraphrased, "Yup, the average was 40 for a reason: I'm just giving them a little academic hazing."
Wtf? And this is the director of undergraduate education in her department. I'm thinking to myself, "Isn't this teaching aspect of your job in some way designed to help us retain and understand the material? I get that your main job is research, but bloody hell lady, come on!" I finished the class with a B and decided to return to my alma mater for my last few pre-meds. I didn't need to pay twice the tuition if the challenge I was getting was an arbitrary over inflation of difficulty.
I hate this so much. For my organic chemistry, the professor tried to make half the class drop since that meant he was, "Weeding out the dumb." First test for me was a 92% (class average 40%). I studied a ton for the second and got a 50% (class average like a 30%). Final was a 70% (class average 45%). No curve offered because, "Curves permit stupidity to prevail."
However, I hate the opposite of that professor where the class average is a 95% because the professor cannot bring themself to give a bad grade.
My brother was taking a Medical Ethics class at a top university. Anyway, they were split into small groups to discuss the ethics of euthanasia. A girl in his group started the discussion with "I think there should be more programs to feed them. They look really hungry!"
My brother was taking a Medical Ethics class at a top university. Anyway, they were split into small groups to discuss the ethics of euthanasia. A girl in his group started the discussion with "I think there should be more programs to feed them. They look really hungry!"
I finally found the first post in this thread that should've been funny but instead disgusted me. *shudders* This is just another exemplification that standardized testing fails to fully correlate with intelligence and capacity, mein freunden.
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Slightly Misinformed Premed with pretty good gpa
Her: I think it's my GPA that got me rejected from every school last cycle.
Me: Your GPA seems okay. Did you apply late?
Her: No, I applied at least a week before all of the deadlines!
Very Misinformed Premed
Me doing bio advising for my undergrad: What can I help you with?
Her: Which classes can I take during my first year that will help me get into med school to be a neurosurgeon?
Me: Well, if you follow the standard bio schedule then you should be just fine. I encourage you to get involved on campus too. It will help you get a well rounded experience so you can be really confident about what you want to do for the rest of your life.
Her: No thanks. I already know I'm going to be a neurosurgeon.
Me: Cool, NEXT!
Her: I think it's my GPA that got me rejected from every school last cycle.
Me: Your GPA seems okay. Did you apply late?
Her: No, I applied at least a week before all of the deadlines!
Very Misinformed Premed
Me doing bio advising for my undergrad: What can I help you with?
Her: Which classes can I take during my first year that will help me get into med school to be a neurosurgeon?
Me: Well, if you follow the standard bio schedule then you should be just fine. I encourage you to get involved on campus too. It will help you get a well rounded experience so you can be really confident about what you want to do for the rest of your life.
Her: No thanks. I already know I'm going to be a neurosurgeon.
Me: Cool, NEXT!
This is also a very common and old joke. It is very likely this was adapted and didn't actually happen to the posters brother
My brother knew a guy who went to a party with people he didn't know and woke up in a bathtub full of ice and was missing a kidney.
The cops later found the kidney frozen in the same cryogenic chamber as Walt Disney.
The guy later died and his roommate ended up getting an automatic 4.0 in college.
True story.
But it did....the girl was serious. I don't think my brother would lie about this. Maybe it's a common mistake? He said this girl always made stupid comments.
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