Question about UCLA

[checkamundo]

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Is UCLA on a grading system or is it pass/no pass? Is there a rank?

 

[checkamundo]

Never mind. Did a search and found what I was looking for.

 

[jk5177]

It sort of has an unspoken grading system.
EPR = A
Pass = B
Marginal Pass = C
No Pass = D/F

 

[drhobie7]

It's funny. At least in my class, EPR usually means you got >95%, and sometimes >98% is needed. Pass is generally greater than 75%. Marginal is 70-75%. No Pass is <70%. There are some exceptions. For instance, our latest oral pathology class had a passing mark of 90% with no marginals given. Either you pass or fail. So it's up to the discretion of the instructor.

 

[jk5177]

Dr Hobie:

Did you know that Dr. Goldstein is giving out EPR's as long as we complete the assistance, and be examined by 4th years who are looking for patients on their WREB exam? We don't even have to be selected as the actual patients. As long as we do those simple things, we'll get an EPR. It's almost too good to be true.

 

[ziptree]

That's the reason that a lot of people (even at UCLA) don't take EPRs as an accurate indicator of class rank.

EPRs are based on arbitrary scales depending on the class, should a person with 3 EPRs who got them all in Patient Management be ranked higher than a person with only 2 EPRs in say, Pharmacology and Oral Pathology...?

 

[DrGeek]

That's the reason that a lot of people (even at UCLA) don't take EPRs as an accurate indicator of class rank.

EPRs are based on arbitrary scales depending on the class, should a person with 3 EPRs who got them all in Patient Management be ranked higher than a person with only 2 EPRs in say, Pharmacology and Oral Pathology...?

what are the most challenging classes at UCLA?

 

[drhobie7]

what are the most challenging classes at UCLA?

Dentures lab and the later Oral Pathology classes.

 

[drhobie7]

That's the reason that a lot of people (even at UCLA) don't take EPRs as an accurate indicator of class rank.

EPRs are based on arbitrary scales depending on the class, should a person with 3 EPRs who got them all in Patient Management be ranked higher than a person with only 2 EPRs in say, Pharmacology and Oral Pathology...?

I don't think this is true. There's only 1 patient management class per quarter. You can't get 50 EPRs from patient management alone. You need about that many to distinguish yourself from the pack. The number of EPRs you get may affect your Dean's letter as well as letters to specialty programs.

 

[DrGeek]

Dentures lab and the later Oral Pathology classes.

Does UCLA focus more on cephalic/cervical anatomy? How was your anatomy class?

 

[jk5177]

Does UCLA focus more on cephalic/cervical anatomy? How was your anatomy class?

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=239652&highlight=anatomy