Is there a Biochem in NYUCD?

[xenomblack]

Hi.

I was looking through NYUCD curriculum, and found no class titled "biochemistry"

Perhaps this is because the class itself doesn't cover biochemistry as an undergraduate course does, or am I missing something?

http://www.nyu.edu/dental/bulletin/ddsprogram.html

This was the link I was looking at.

Maybe it's the Cellular Organelles and Functions class, but I thought that'd be more like the cell bio class.

Just curious... 😀

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[crazy_sherm]

I'm sure its rolled in there somewhere in the curriculum otherwise noone would be able to pass Part I who didn't already take biochem in undergrad. They're probably trying to teach it more in context rather than as a stand alone class.

 

[Streetwolf]

First two on the list seem to cover biochem. Need an NYU student to confirm though.

 

[Yellow Snow]

Yes, there is biochem in your first semester titled Building Blocks of Life.

 

[armorshell]

Yes, there is biochem in your first semester titled Building Blocks of Life.

Our biochem class has such a lame, boring name compared to that. 🙁

 

[pmantz]

Our biochem class has such a lame, boring name compared to that. 🙁

I think the name is pretty cheesy, I bet the text has lots of pictures and workbook pages you can tear out to turn into the teacher.

 

[Joe70h8]

First semester, you take Building Blocks of Life and Cell Organelles. BBL is a traditional biochemistry course and Cell Organelles is a cell biology course. There's obvious spillover between the two courses. And as an aside, Dr. Roy is the man.

 

[Mackchops]

I think the name is pretty cheesy, I bet the text has lots of pictures and workbook pages you can tear out to turn into the teacher.

You lose points if you don't tear along the perforated line. And don't even get me started about colors -- I used a "brown" crayon on the coloring final when the number indicated "burnt sienna" and I got an "S-"... So pissed.

 

[Yellow Snow]

You lose points if you don't tear along the perforated line. And don't even get me started about colors -- I used a "brown" crayon on the coloring final when the number indicated "burnt sienna" and I got an "S-"... So pissed.

Dude, I totally saw that. I was gonna say something but since I had an "unsatisfactory" on the midterm I thought I could use a lower class average on the final... Got an S!

 

[mmasurf]

yup building blocks of life is the name, and you will soon come to your senses that you can buy a lippincott biochem book and pass the course without ever showing up to class. and yah dr roy 0wnz.

 

[xenomblack]

yup building blocks of life is the name, and you will soon come to your senses that you can buy a lippincott biochem book and pass the course without ever showing up to class. and yah dr roy 0wnz.

thanks for the info!

But I thought NYUCD used a DVD-resource????

What is this Lippincott you are talking about?
and are there physio and cell bio version of this book??

 

[dentwannabe]

thanks for the info!

But I thought NYUCD used a DVD-resource????

What is this Lippincott you are talking about?
and are there physio and cell bio version of this book??

yes, you get Vitalbook, which has all your books.

some people use lippincott for biochemistry as a supplement. I think its okay. Its GREAT for SOME things, that you don't find clear from the lecture. Otherwise, use lecture notes, slides, club notes (don't ask now, you'll see when you get here). I can't imagine someone using JUST LIPPINCOTTS and skipping all the lectures AND STILL PASSING.

 

[mmasurf]

yes lippincotts has many things as for vital book its pretty much worthless, its simply a waste of $2000 bucks. For anatomy people buy the 30 dollar netter atlas which is far more superior with images. Then you simply use the powerpoints teachers give you and you listen to the mp3s and your set. you can still pass with lippincotts because the stuff in lippincotts is exactly what you need for the boards which is the whole aim of these classes.

 

[Mackchops]

I haven't understood what people mean when they say vitalbook is useless. Sure, a lot of people agree that it sucks and so they go out and buy lippincott's and netters -- I have netters and wish it was on vitalbook. But vitalbook has full textbooks for all our courses. We have TWO biochem books on there that, in my opinion, are more in depth than lippincotts -- Marks and Baynes. Gray's Anatomy. TWO Mcminn's atlases. We have peterson's OMFS. A dental and a medical dictionary. And Tons more great texts. Is it useless because it's not in paper format? You can highlight and searching is a snap. I'm asking an honest question because I really don't understand what's so horrible about having to carry all your books around on your laptop. I really LIKE vitalbook.

 

[armorshell]

If you can do a search on that vitalbook thing a I wish I had one. I sit and stare at my stupid analog books wishing I could just type in "RANKL" and see what comes up.

 

[Mackchops]

If you can do a search on that vitalbook thing a I wish I had one. I sit and stare at my stupid analog books wishing I could just type in "RANKL" and see what comes up.

For you, buddy, I found 30 hits in 7 different books.

I like flipping through the oral surgery texts in my free time just to see if I can find the nastiest trauma pictures.

 

[armorshell]

For you, buddy, I found 30 hits in 7 different books.

I like flipping through the oral surgery texts in my free time just to see if I can find the nastiest trauma pictures.

Now I'm jealous.

 

[fancymylotus]

Our Biochem class was a little bit of a joke(undergrad biochem was WAY better)...I basically did never go to class and read Lippincotts+the slides they posted and came out pretty well.

 

[mmasurf]

in theory yah vital book is amazing but did u notice why people still print out vital book because you can't stare at a pc for 10 hrs. Also the guide to passing dental school is to listen to mp3s and use the powerpoints they give u. If you do that you can pass the majority of classes, and you will never use vital book. If there was a poll taken iam sure some people will vote for vital book because they still think they need books to pass but in reality no one reads the text. Club cds/old exams/powerpoints/mp3s is what you need, end of discussion.

 

[xenomblack]

in theory yah vital book is amazing but did u notice why people still print out vital book because you can't stare at a pc for 10 hrs. Also the guide to passing dental school is to listen to mp3s and use the powerpoints they give u. If you do that you can pass the majority of classes, and you will never use vital book. If there was a poll taken iam sure some people will vote for vital book because they still think they need books to pass but in reality no one reads the text. Club cds/old exams/powerpoints/mp3s is what you need, end of discussion.

I've heard alot about getting old exams to do well in dental schools.

How likely is that most exams will be passed onto the incoming class at NYU?
and what are the best methods? (I assume "become friends with an upperclassman" would be one, but what else?)

Thanks!!

 

[mmasurf]

its actually easier than that, the professor posts them for you to review, thats at least what they did for anatomy i think.

 

[xenomblack]

its actually easier than that, the professor posts them for you to review, thats at least what they did for anatomy i think.

That is pretty awesome

 

[Mackchops]

You can also get them from a nearby printshop for a reasonable cost or buy the VSDA/CSDA notes at the beginning of the year.

 

[xenomblack]

You can also get them from a nearby printshop for a reasonable cost or buy the VSDA/CSDA notes at the beginning of the year.

If I wanted to get the notes before the school year stars, is there an online shop I could go?

And What are VSDA/CSDA notes???thanks!

 

[Joe70h8]

1. No, there is not an online shop for you to pick up these notes. Also, there is no need for you to pick these notes up before school starts.

2. VSDA and CSDA are two student organizations. Vietnamese and Chinese student dental association.

 

[Columbia07]

Are you guys/girls completely unaware of StatRef or Access Medicine (text online that you can search through using keywords)? I would say 70-80% of the information needed for the 1st two years of dental school can be found here (they don't have too many dental texts yet). Also, you supplement these with lectures/podcasts (thank you Columbia School of Dental Medicine... haha), I don't think you would really need to buy any textbooks--maybe Netters, Brand, White and maybe Cohen.