Medical School Level Anatomy

[2011MS1]

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Would it be worth taking a medical school level anatomy? Not one that is simplified toned down version.
In our school Human Anatomy is designed for pre-health professional, except for pre-med +pre-dent, because they are supposed to be taking it in grad school anyways. (All other can take principle of anatomy or comparative anatomy.)

The Professor is an ex anatomy teacher at medical school. Essentially the class is designed to be graduate level anatomy, and the prof outright says that she is teaching everything she did in medical school. It has 4% A rate and only at 40% pass rate (more often than not people are in there for their 2-3th time!!). You have to learn every bone, muscle (origin and insertion), nerve (origin and innervations) etc etc. There is 8 hours of lab a week, but for those 1-3 people who make A they go to all the open labs..10-15 more hours a week. The lecture is 5 hours. So essentially if you take this class you will not be doing anything else.
In the pass there have always been a few accepted premeds that gets in the class every year by fake switching major. And basically the consensus is that if you can get a A-B in this class medical school anatomy is walk in the park (basically they said the material covered in medical school is same if not less and now they are taking it the second time....). Of course they think it is worth it but they are kinda gunnerish to start with (however to be fair they are nice people and don't toss other people under the bus to get the grade, they work their ass off)

Right now I got 4.0 with over 140 hours with some of the hardest class in the school under the belt, but the general census is that this is THE hardest class in my school. I am interested in taking it the last semester (so it wont affect my admission). While I dont know if I can make an A I am pretty sure I can get a C at least 🙂 Would you take anatomy twice to ensure Honor in Medical School? Oh yea btw, since I already have so many hours my last semester is basically take-whatever-you-want semester

We also have Human Histology that is designed to be equally as comprehensive. Do you think Human Histology is worth it?

Clearing things up...

1. I was asking about taking it AFTER i get accepted.

2. I taken MCAT already 🙂 Got a 39

3. No I have not been accepted, I am applying this summer...This is planning for next spring (2011, by then I would be accepted)
4. I am a bio major so I already have TONS of upper level (including Physiology but we also have another physiology that is much much more detailed.)

5. Why do you guys think Histology is better from my understanding it is pretty much physiology with tissue identification.

6. Of course there is cadavers lol...8 hours of it a week and you have to go to all the open lab hours (15+) if you want to get B-A

 

[scapermoya]

Would it be worth taking a medical school level anatomy? Not one that is simplified toned down version.
In our school Human Anatomy is designed for pre-health professional, except for pre-med +pre-dent, because they are supposed to be taking it in grad school anyways. (All other can take principle of anatomy or comparative anatomy.)

no. even if you got a decent grade and it helped you do better in your medical school anatomy class, that doesn't assure you 'honors' or whatever in medical school. you concede that it won't help you get in. sounds like the potential benefits are low.

why is this class even offered? why is the A rate so low? seems silly to me

 

[seelee]

Taking it now would not hurt you, nor would it "guarantee" honors, but it will probably help you to get through med school anatomy with less headaches. However, you will be giving up you last opportunity do take some really fun, easy class that is completely unrelated to medicine (I took guitar, piano, and philo of science). It's up to you.

 

[silverhorse84]

Personally, I wouldn't do it. Gross anatomy sucks, and there's no way I would want to take it twice! It's hard in medical school, but honestly if you put the time into it, you'll get through it with few problems. I think the reason some people struggle is because for a lot of medical schools is the first course (or one of the first), and they just don't know how to study in med school yet (trust me, most of you will change your study habits). Honors at most schools is dependent on how well you do compared to other students, not just how well you do - that's an important distinction!

I would wait, but that's just my $0.02 - If you really like anatomy and you want to take it out of interest then go for it.

 

[7starmantis]

As I understand it, gross anatomy isn't a very high yield class (in reference to USMLE) even in med school, why spend all your time and effort with no return at all (undergrad)? I absolutely love anatomy but this seems counterproductive to me.

 

[nonsciencemajor]

I was in the same predicament as you. Only thing is that I have ONLY done the pre-req's needed for admission (general bio, chem, orgo, and physics) and thus felt like I needed to do one upper level science course to prepare myself for medical school. I start med school in August.

So this semester, last semester of undergrad, out of many options I decided to take graduate level human physiology course (the textbook is guyton- a medical school textbook). If you are so inclined on doing a course, I would highly recommend taking physiology. This was after recommendation from friends and professors in med school.

Physiology is the foundation of medicine, and high yield for USMLE, and requires a combination of understanding and memorization. Also the more practice one gets in physio, the better one becomes.

Anatomy is really not worth doing at the undergrad level, I heard though. So I would def not do this class, and if you want to take a class, take a graduate level physiology class at your institution.

If you still are insistent, I would take the human histology class over anatomy. Not many undergrad's even offer anatomy, and there are plenty of people in med school who honor anatomy without having had it in undergrad. But having prior experience in histology maybe helpful I think.

 

[armybound]

I wouldn't take anatomy.

Histology is a useful course, though.

 

[Generic Student]

I would do it. Not every class you take has to prepare you for the MCAT. Having anatomy and doing well in the class you describe can only help you in medical school. During medical school your fellow students will need to learn everything from the beginning and for you it will be a review.

 

[armybound]

2011, have you already been accepted to med school? if not, do you really want to risk failing an important course and having it on your application?

 

[MaryLennox]

if you LIKE anatomy, yeah, why not?

But, I would only take it during your last semester before you graduate because:
-if you don't do so well, it won't matter because you'll (hopefully?) have a med school acceptance already
-you forget it fast, so the closer you take it to actually matriculating, the more helpful it should be

is this a class where you get to dissect? even if you forget all the details, getting dissection practice in now will save you lots of frustration later. anyway, i love anatomy so i am biased but if you want to take it, do it. don't worry about it for the MCAT.

Histology, on the other hand, i found to be VERY useful on the MCAT!! Especially if there's a lot of physiology involved in the course. (like when i took histo we had to know the hormones produces by each gland and their functions, i had to learn some embryology, reproduction, etc.) and it was all very helpful for the MCAT.

 

[the duck]

It has 4% A rate and only at 40% pass rate


You aren't seriously asking us if you should take a class that is nearly guaranteed to hurt your gpa? I would definitely take a pass on this one, you'll be covering all the material again soon anyway. The damage you'll do to your gpa will far out way "look good" factor of that course.

 

[2011MS1]

Clearing things up...

1. I was asking about taking it AFTER i get accepted.

2. I taken MCAT already 🙂 Got a 39

3. No I have not been accepted, I am applying this summer...This is planning for next spring (2011, by then I would be accepted)
4. I am a bio major so I already have TONS of upper level (including Physiology but we also have another physiology that is much much more detailed.)

5. Why do you guys think Histology is better from my understanding it is pretty much physiology with tissue identification.

6. Of course there is cadavers lol...8 hours of it a week and you have to go to all the open lab hours (15+) if you want to get B-A

 

[MilkmanAl]

As a general rule, it is foolish to take a course solely to prepare you for med school, mostly because it won't. If you want to take the course, go for it. Otherwise, punt. It's not going to help you that much for med school, and it certainly will not guarantee you a good grade. Courses like physiology, histo/microanatomy, genetics, and biochem that give you a bunch of general concepts to build on will be much more useful to you.

 

[2011MS1]

As a general rule, it is foolish to take a course solely to prepare you for med school, mostly because it won't. If you want to take the course, go for it. Otherwise, punt. It's not going to help you that much for med school, and it certainly will not guarantee you a good grade. Courses like physiology, histo/microanatomy, genetics, and biochem that give you a bunch of general concepts to build on will be much more useful to you.

Ok I know what you are saying. But I am saying is that this class really is medical school level class it is not a watered down class. You learn everything that you learn in medical school in anatomy. I dont know this from personal experience of course but I know a few medical student who took this and the opinion is unanimous.

 

[MilkmanAl]

I think you've been lied to or misled. There's not a chance in hell you could fit a med school anatomy course into a college semester, "graduate level" course or not. The labs alone would need at least a year.

 

[2011MS1]

why is this class even offered? why is the A rate so low? seems silly to me

This is weed out class for Pre--Ultrasound, radiography, radation therapy, pharmacy, nursing, dental hygiene, PA, etc..

 

[2011MS1]

I think you've been lied to or misled. There's not a chance in hell you could fit a med school anatomy course into a college semester, "graduate level" course or not. The labs alone would need at least a year.

If you add the open lab hours it is over 20 hours a week (no one pass if they dont go to open lab hours). Add the lecture it is 25 hours a week. Plus it is not just the teacher that is saying it. It is just the census of people who took it in the past and went to medical school later. But that is not the point. the point is this class has significant amount of content. Oh we also have 2 other anatomy... "anatomy" and "comparative anatomy" that are much easier. (No cadevara for anatomy and only pigs and stuff for comparative)

 

[MilkmanAl]

So...that means you have 5 hours of lab per week plus 5 of lecture and some extra time to review. Frankly, I don't buy it. Though undoubtedly intense for undergrad, that is not on par with med school. Even if it is somehow a complete anatomy course, I still say don't take it for the reasons I listed above. You're not guaranteeing jack by taking the course.

 

[nina1985]

Anatomy spread over the course of a semester and a half is moderately painful. But, I can't imagine spending my last semester in undergrad cramming it in... especially knowing I'd have to take it again. Sounds like my personal definition of torture.

Just don't let yourself get burnt out over this!! It is definitely not worth it!

 

[blaithnaid]

consensus.

 

[nonsciencemajor]

I have been accepted to med school only with pre-req's

But I want to take at least one upper level science course to prepare myself That is why I am taking physiology.

I have heard that physiology, biochemistry, and cell bio in that order if you really really really want to take a course to prepare for med school... but honestly, from what I have heard and seen, no undergrad course will be able to come close to a medical school course

but if you are so inclined, and if you have not done physio, then I would highly recommend you do that. Otherwise if you are insistent on histology vs. anatomy, I would do histology hands down...

seriously, there is no point doing anatomy now

 

[armybound]

5. Why do you guys think Histology is better from my understanding it is pretty much physiology with tissue identification.

because it really can give you a leg up in med school. it is just identification, so if you already can identify it, you'll spend less time studying for histo in med school and can spend more time on the important classes

 

[2011MS1]

because it really can give you a leg up in med school. it is just identification, so if you already can identify it, you'll spend less time studying for histo in med school and can spend more time on the important classes

Wont that be the same justification for anatomy as well?

 

[futureboy]

you have to go to all the open lab hours (15+) if you want to get B-A
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Can you take it pass/no pass? That way you don't risk your GPA.

 

[2011MS1]

Can you take it pass/no pass? That way you don't risk your GPA.

Doubltful because the space is limited, but I dont really care about my CPA once i get accepted (Even with 5 hours of C it is going to barely dent my GPA due to the amount of hours I will have)

 

[Law2Doc]

I have been accepted to med school only with pre-req's...

The prereqs are all you need. If you needed more, med schools would make more things prereqs, as some places have done with eg biochem. Honestly, med school teaches you all you need to know and then some. For every person who claims his undergrad premed course work helped him, I can show you someone else who took the identical courseload who languished at the bottom of the class, and can also show you someone who took nothing but the prereqs who did well and can see no reason to "prepare" for med school. Meaning, the people who say it helped them are probably overestimating the help because they don't have the experience of someone who didn't take the course. There isn't a need to prep for med school. You are going to cover a ton of material at a pace that makes any college course seem silly by comparison. Sort of like reading "Fun with Dick and Jane" to prep yourself for an English Lit seminar -- you aren't going to get the leg up you think and in retrospect will see that you would have benefitted from taking things you will never have another chance to take, rather than things you are going to take again and in significantly more detail. Don't try to take med school before med school. There is time enough in med school to learn the med school stuff -- you aren't going to be doing a whole lot else, and the amount of prep the typical college course provides doesn't save you the kind of time or give you the benefit you think. Take the prereqs. Take an upper level if you really really really can find nothing else that interests you. After that, take something fun and interesting and wholly unrelated to medicine. take a foreign language, or music, or fine arts or history or english. Because medicine isn't going to be a life of science for most -- its a service industry and is about people. And the rest of college prepares you for interaction with people far better than premed. Learn to read and write and speak. The science and memorizing skills you will have adequately honed with the prereqs and anything more, particularly things you will take again, is a waste of your college dollars. Just my very biased and deep seated opinion.

 

[lord_jeebus]

I think you've been lied to or misled. There's not a chance in hell you could fit a med school anatomy course into a college semester, "graduate level" course or not. The labs alone would need at least a year.

?

My med school anatomy class was 10 weeks long, and there were 2 other classes going on simultaneously...

 

[MilkmanAl]

The key there is "college semester." You know, the meet once every other day with a randomly-placed lab setup.

 

[2011MS1]

The key there is "college semester." You know, the meet once every other day with a randomly-placed lab setup.

Yes but we got open lab from 5-9 staffed with TA and open almost ever day.

 

[BBender716]

Easy solution:

Go have fun now. Go to a pure P/F school. Work hard. Live your life. Problem solved.

Please stop this non-medical school class = medical school class debate. If you have medical students making up the majority of your class, it is a medical school caliber class. If not, you're in a really hard course that is hard for the sake of being so according to your description of the course + prof. End o' story.

 

[organdonor]

I was in a somewhat similar position. This past semester I took my schools comparative chordate anatomy, with dissection of a lamprey, cat, mudpuppy, and a shark. It is generally considered the most difficult course at my undergrad. I had already been accepted (EDP) so I wasn't too worried about my GPA, which was a 3.8 btw with a 30 MCAT. At the start of the course, our professor had told us that mastery of this class means that we can master any graduate level anatomy (doubtful, but we did have to work with 4 different organisms instead of one)

I ended up getting the first C+ of my undergrad career. Woof.

I do feel that I learned some anatomy that may be useful later, but I doubt enough to justify a C+. Also contributing to the C+ was the fact that I have been working 20 hours a week since being a freshman. Hadn't been a problem until now. This class has pretty much ended my hopes of graduating with honors. Then again, I'm not freaking out too much, I'm already accepted. I have already cut back my work hours in preparation for kicking my next semesters ass.

 

[Beta Cell]

Yes but we got open lab from 5-9 staffed with TA and open almost ever day.

Sounds like you're dead-set on taking it against the advice of current medical students. From everyone I've spoken to, the consensus is to take classes for your major and classes you enjoy. Don't take classes simply to help with medical school as that seems like an easy way to burn up once real medical school comes up. This anatomy sounds like a beast of a class (and you seem to have the wrong motivation to take it). I'm not scared of 4% A rates, neither should you, but 25 hours per week in one class alone with 3-4 other classes on your schedule seems unnecessary given you'll learn it in medical school.

 

[mmmcdowe]

It takes people 15 hours in the lab a week outside of dissection to do well on the exams? I can see why this is a weeder course for things like pre-radiation tech (they have to take anatomy?)

 

[riverjib]

Would it be worth taking a medical school level anatomy? Not one that is simplified toned down version.
In our school Human Anatomy is designed for pre-health professional, except for pre-med +pre-dent, because they are supposed to be taking it in grad school anyways. (All other can take principle of anatomy or comparative anatomy.)

The Professor is an ex anatomy teacher at medical school. Essentially the class is designed to be graduate level anatomy, and the prof outright says that she is teaching everything she did in medical school. It has 4% A rate and only at 40% pass rate (more often than not people are in there for their 2-3th time!!). You have to learn every bone, muscle (origin and insertion), nerve (origin and innervations) etc etc. There is 8 hours of lab a week, but for those 1-3 people who make A they go to all the open labs..10-15 more hours a week. The lecture is 5 hours. So essentially if you take this class you will not be doing anything else.
In the pass there have always been a few accepted premeds that gets in the class every year by fake switching major. And basically the consensus is that if you can get a A-B in this class medical school anatomy is walk in the park (basically they said the material covered in medical school is same if not less and now they are taking it the second time....). Of course they think it is worth it but they are kinda gunnerish to start with (however to be fair they are nice people and don't toss other people under the bus to get the grade, they work their ass off)

Right now I got 4.0 with over 140 hours with some of the hardest class in the school under the belt, but the general census is that this is THE hardest class in my school. I am interested in taking it the last semester (so it wont affect my admission). While I dont know if I can make an A I am pretty sure I can get a C at least 🙂 Would you take anatomy twice to ensure Honor in Medical School? Oh yea btw, since I already have so many hours my last semester is basically take-whatever-you-want semester

We also have Human Histology that is designed to be equally as comprehensive. Do you think Human Histology is worth it?

Clearing things up...

1. I was asking about taking it AFTER i get accepted.

2. I taken MCAT already 🙂 Got a 39

3. No I have not been accepted, I am applying this summer...This is planning for next spring (2011, by then I would be accepted)
4. I am a bio major so I already have TONS of upper level (including Physiology but we also have another physiology that is much much more detailed.)

5. Why do you guys think Histology is better from my understanding it is pretty much physiology with tissue identification.

6. Of course there is cadavers lol...8 hours of it a week and you have to go to all the open lab hours (15+) if you want to get B-A

What's the rush, 2011? Even though there "is cadavers," and people are there for their for "their 2-3th time!!" you really can't you wait until next fall?

 

[J1515]

Don't take it. You won't remember jack from an isolated so-called "medical school class" in undergrad. It will not give you a leg up, and it will not make you look cool. It may very well give you a false sense of confidence heading into med school, something that can be detrimental to success.

 

[7starmantis]

No I have not been accepted, I am applying this summer...This is planning for next spring (2011, by then I would be accepted)

Ok I know what you are saying. But I am saying is that this class really is medical school level class it is not a watered down class. You learn everything that you learn in medical school in anatomy. I dont know this from personal experience of course but I know a few medical student who took this and the opinion is unanimous.

This is weed out class for Pre--Ultrasound, radiography, radation therapy, pharmacy, nursing, dental hygiene, PA, etc..

It is just the census of people who took it in the past and went to medical school later. But that is not the point. the point is this class has significant amount of content. Oh we also have 2 other anatomy... "anatomy" and "comparative anatomy" that are much easier. (No cadevara for anatomy and only pigs and stuff for comparative)

Doubltful because the space is limited, but I dont really care about my CPA once i get accepted (Even with 5 hours of C it is going to barely dent my GPA due to the amount of hours I will have)

Ok, so it sounds like your mind is made up, not sure why you even asked anyone else for advice, your obviously not willing to accept it. You are making some huge assumptions in your pre-med gunnery. Look at your first quote, you dont really know if you will be accepted or not. Now I know your an amazing young man who killed the MCAT and you just have that "doctor to be charisma" 🙄 Just don't hatchet your counts before they chicken.

Look at your second quote and the part I made bold. Your making assumptions and putting your own future and possible career on the craps table from some "general consensus of other students"; not a smart move in my opinion. Why would you want to take a weed out class when you have already been through most of your undergrad? The answer to that question might be quite telling.

You said they have two (2) other anatomy classes, if you want to try your hand at anatomy why not take one of those? Answer: ego. Don't let your ego get in your way to becoming a doctor. Also, you are naive to think you don't need to care about your GPA after being accepted. If the class is truly as you report, getting a D is not out of the question....that would not be what you want to do after being accepted, especially in a class like A&P (regardless of what other medical students think of its content).

 

[BennieBlanco]

consensus.

You are wrong. The actually made a population study with demographical information to determine how quality this course was.

 

[BennieBlanco]

Sounds like you're dead-set on taking it against the advice of current medical students. From everyone I've spoken to, the consensus is to take classes for your major and classes you enjoy. Don't take classes simply to help with medical school as that seems like an easy way to burn up once real medical school comes up. This anatomy sounds like a beast of a class (and you seem to have the wrong motivation to take it). I'm not scared of 4% A rates, neither should you, but 25 hours per week in one class alone with 3-4 other classes on your schedule seems unnecessary given you'll learn it in medical school.

It's a census. Duh.🙂

 

[BennieBlanco]

Dear 2011MS1,

If you really enjoy anatomy, buy Gray's for students and go through it. OR just wait. OR go take a census for your school and post the results here.

Any of these options will suffice.

Doubltful because the space is limited, but I dont really care about my CPA once i get accepted

You should always care about your CPA. He/she can save you a ton.

 

[MaryLennox]

As a general rule, it is foolish to take a course solely to prepare you for med school, mostly because it won't. If you want to take the course, go for it. Otherwise, punt. It's not going to help you that much for med school, and it certainly will not guarantee you a good grade. Courses like physiology, histo/microanatomy, genetics, and biochem that give you a bunch of general concepts to build on will be much more useful to you.

how can you say this for sure? did you take anatomy before med school?

i took anatomy in undergrad. then, when i got to grad school, i DID take medical anatomy. with the med students. same schedule, same tests, etc. personally, i DID feel that my previous experience had helped me. i don't know why this is so hard for people to believe. sure, its not like OP could waltz into anatomy the first day of med school and ace the exam without reviewing. but by taking it beforehand, thats what med school anatomy becomes- review, but also with some extra info. a lot of anatomy is getting used to the language, getting oriented, just getting USED to cadavers. it's nice to get all that out of the way.

i think if OP wants to take it, s/he should. if s/he fails the first exam, then the class can always be dropped. a med school will not rescind your acceptance for getting a W in your last semester.

 

[7starmantis]

how can you say this for sure? did you take anatomy before med school?

i took anatomy in undergrad. then, when i got to grad school, i DID take medical anatomy. with the med students. same schedule, same tests, etc. personally, i DID feel that my previous experience had helped me. i don't know why this is so hard for people to believe. sure, its not like OP could waltz into anatomy the first day of med school and ace the exam without reviewing. but by taking it beforehand, thats what med school anatomy becomes- review, but also with some extra info. a lot of anatomy is getting used to the language, getting oriented, just getting USED to cadavers. it's nice to get all that out of the way.

i think if OP wants to take it, s/he should. if s/he fails the first exam, then the class can always be dropped. a med school will not rescind your acceptance for getting a W in your last semester.

Whoa there, are you crazy? You can get flamed to death for saying something like that around here.

While I agree with the idea of a base of knowledge I doubt its worth the stress and time for the class as its been presented. Diminishing returns and all of that. I also don't think I would agree with taking classes with the intent of dropping them if you don't like/perform well enough.

I also think the OP's reasons for taking the class are far more noble than simply helping him/herself in med school. 🙄

 

[Vulcan]

Don't bother...no need to put yourself through hell twice.

 

[ar2388]

yeah you will be putting yourself through hell twice.. im taking anatomy now.. and i would never want to do it twice...

 

[NTF]

I personally don't think it's worth it and it's a waste of time to take anatomy twice. Look, you obviously have good academic chops and decent brains (MCAT 39). If you apply yourself honoring Gross isn't going to be a problem. If it isn't then you're not likely to honor it regardless. And honoring Gross isn't such a big deal anyways. Honoring your core clerkships is. If you're this obsessed with honoring your classes even before you've applied to med school, I'd worry about burn-out in your future.

The best thing you can do your last semester is take classes you'll enjoy and start establishing a healthy lifestyle regiment (eating well, getting into a regular workout routine, and cultivating some stress release hobbies).

 

[MilkmanAl]

did you take anatomy before med school?

Yes, and I also took genetics, physiology, cell bio, and 2 semesters of biochem. None of those were particularly good preparation for med school either. They helped give me solid foundation to build from when med school hit, but they weren't guarantees of good grades which is what the OP wants. I never said taking anatomy wouldn't help, for what it's worth. I'd definitely advise taking anatomy to any college student who hasn't had it, but doing so with the intention of breezing through med school anatomy afterwards is not a sound plan.

 

[mmmcdowe]

Yes, and I also took genetics, physiology, cell bio, and 2 semesters of biochem. None of those were particularly good preparation for med school either. They helped give me solid foundation to build from when med school hit, but they weren't guarantees of good grades which is what the OP wants. I never said taking anatomy wouldn't help, for what it's worth. I'd definitely advise taking anatomy to any college student who hasn't had it, but doing so with the intention of breezing through med school anatomy afterwards is not a sound plan.

The lowest grade relative to the curve that I have ever gotten was on our biochem exam. I was a biochem major in undergrad. If anything, it gave me a false sense of security that let me glaze through the material.

 

[7starmantis]

Don't bother...no need to put yourself through hell twice.

I think this is the root of the whole issue. There is no need to take the course now. Your returns are slight if anything and your spent capital is high. As others have said, if you can do well in this course you can do well in med school anatomy, why do it twice with no gain?

As Bill Cosby would say:
A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need the advice.

 

[2011MS1]

I am not dead set on taking it as most suggest. It is alot of money (1500?) for the class. If the class is just intro of course I am not taking it. But this class is an very intensive program, and you are likely to learn a ton. I dont know why it is impossible for medical student to believe that anatomy can be taught at similar level in other academic setting.

The reason why it seems like I am arguing with medical student is because I try to bring it back to the question of : would you take it if it helps alot?

Anyways how about making it simpler. If you have the opportunity to take an Anatomy at a medical school a year ahead, would you take it?

Some of you already answered the latter question, and I appreciate it.

Another question...would you graduate 1 semester early if you can? I could graduate early, but if I take minimal amount of class I get about 1500$ back from all the scholarships.

 

[MegaSpectacular]

I am not dead set on taking it as most suggest. It is alot of money (1500?) for the class. If the class is just intro of course I am not taking it. But this class is an very intensive program, and you are likely to learn a ton. I dont know why it is impossible for medical student to believe that anatomy can be taught at similar level in other academic setting.

The reason why it seems like I am arguing with medical student is because I try to bring it back to the question of : would you take it if it helps alot?

Anyways how about making it simpler. If you have the opportunity to take an Anatomy at a medical school a year ahead, would you take it?

Some of you already answered the latter question, and I appreciate it.

Another question...would you graduate 1 semester early if you can? I could graduate early, but if I take minimal amount of class I get about 1500$ back from all the scholarships.

This question has been asked in a dozen ways.

Most say "NO"

others say "If you really want to, go ahead. But it probably won't help."

Unfortunately you have to decide this one for yourself.

 

[mmmcdowe]

I am not dead set on taking it as most suggest. It is alot of money (1500?) for the class. If the class is just intro of course I am not taking it. But this class is an very intensive program, and you are likely to learn a ton. I dont know why it is impossible for medical student to believe that anatomy can be taught at similar level in other academic setting.

The reason why it seems like I am arguing with medical student is because I try to bring it back to the question of : would you take it if it helps alot?

Anyways how about making it simpler. If you have the opportunity to take an Anatomy at a medical school a year ahead, would you take it?

Some of you already answered the latter question, and I appreciate it.

Another question...would you graduate 1 semester early if you can? I could graduate early, but if I take minimal amount of class I get about 1500$ back from all the scholarships.

Look, the bottom line is if this class if for kids going into pre-radiation tech and dental hygiene it wouldn't make sense for it to be at the same level of detail as a medical school anatomy course. If you have 1500 to put down that's your business, but even if I had the chance to take med school anatomy early I wouldn't have paid that kind of money.