Most difficult classes?

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Which classes tend to be the hardest? I frequently see gross anatomy mentioned. How much info do they throw at you that makes it so hard?

 

[dolor de muela]

Which classes tend to be the hardest? I frequently see gross anatomy mentioned. How much info do they throw at you that makes it so hard?

Gross anatomy is not too bad, especially if you had anatomy in undergrad. The good thing is that most dental school anatomy courses don’t expect you to know much about the lower extremities or the thoracic cavity. With that said anatomy entails a lot of memorization and you simply don’t have the time during your first year of dental school. You are usually enrolled in 20+ units (UCSF first quarter). My advice, take an anatomy course during undergrad. This will allow you to focus on head and neck stuff in dental school, which is the area you need to be an expert in. Other classes I highly recommend are histology, microbiology, and O. Chem. For those already in dental schools, remember it gets better everyday.

4th year at UCSF, Start OMS residency July 2006.

 

[natroncb]

Gross anatomy is not too bad, especially if you had anatomy in undergrad. The good thing is that most dental school anatomy courses don’t expect you to know much about the lower extremities or the thoracic cavity. With that said anatomy entails a lot of memorization and you simply don’t have the time during your first year of dental school. You are usually enrolled in 20+ units (UCSF first quarter). My advice, take an anatomy course during undergrad. This will allow you to focus on head and neck stuff in dental school, which is the area you need to be an expert in. Other classes I highly recommend are histology, microbiology, and O. Chem. For those already in dental schools, remember it gets better everyday.

4th year at UCSF, Start OMS residency July 2006.

Youre tell me O chem is useful for 1st year classes? I guess I remember my dentist telling me about electron pushing and different mechanisms.

 

[dolor de muela]

Youre tell me O chem is useful for 1st year classes? I guess I remember my dentist telling me about electron pushing and different mechanisms.

My bad 🙁 , I meant biochem., it has been awhile. Good catch, I don't want to convince anyone to take any more o'chem than the bare minimum needed to apply. 🙂

 

[steve0036]

Which classes tend to be the hardest? I frequently see gross anatomy mentioned. How much info do they throw at you that makes it so hard?

definitely embryology

 

[Biogirl361]

anything having to do with embryology, histo, developmental bio or biochemistry 👎

 

[DIRTIE]

neuro anatomy

 

[Dukie]

I don't think embryology is that hard at all, acutally. One of the easier ones, if you ask me. Clearly, you are going to get different opinions based on whomever you ask. Each subject is different and each person is different and will do better with one than someone else will. Further, a good teacher can make any subject learnable, so it often has more to do with him/her and the school than purely the subject matter.

That being said, for me, I have the most difficulty with biochem and physiology. Gross Anatomy was just a lot of memorization, but it wasn't hard.

 

[rocknightmare]

anything having to do with embryology, histo, developmental bio or biochemistry 👎

hrm embrology?? there isn' no such course at vcu.. is that part of currculum??


anyways --- hardest dental materials or neuroanatomy..

 

[Trookie]

That being said, for me, I have the most difficulty with biochem and physiology.

Ditto for me. The material wasn't too difficult, but it was just harder for me to retain anything or stay focused because I find both courses to be unbelievably boring.