science professors that dont cover material

[ryche22]

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hey hey,

did any of you have prereq science professors that sucked and said they wouldnt cover certain material (specifically stuff that would be on the DAT)?

my chem I professor is very tangential when it comes to lecturing. and is not rated high by students on rating sites.

he said that he would cover things that he thought were important and relevant to society. and then he went on a tangent about his research for 30 mins drawing out all these big organic molecules that took up half the board and didnt explain them.

anyways, sorry for the rant, but did yall ever have classes where not all the topics on the DAT were covered or avoided?

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[saman1]

My ochemII teacher was a little like that. He skipped over some stuff... mainly because we didn't have time (Summer class).

Don't worry about the subjects coming up on the DAT. As long as you study the Kaplan book and really go over the material that was not covered by your professor, you'll do just fine.

 

[ItsGavinC]

Sounds like you guys are in dental school, where often the professor lectures on things entirely unrelated to what they test on.

 

[Bickle]

Originally posted by ItsGavinC
Sounds like you guys are in dental school, where often the professor lectures on things entirely unrelated to what they test on.

Wow! Thats surprising. I remember talking to some Tufts students during my interview, and some of them rarely open their text books. They told me that if its not covered in class, you dont need to know it for the exam. I hope they weren't just pulling my leg.

 

[aphistis]

Originally posted by ItsGavinC
Sounds like you guys are in dental school, where often the professor lectures on things entirely unrelated to what they test on.

Unquestionably. So far we've wasted half the lecture period being preached to & politically indoctrinated every time a certain instructor teaches. And, I'd take my undergrad physiology courses over what we're doing in dental school, no contest.

 

[ecdoesit]

The simple answer is you study on your own.
At my school, the lower division bio classes that i took had no classification and evolution stuff, so I had to do some reading to catch up. C'mon, it aint that hard to learn. If you have questions, just go to office hours and ask your professor. As a matter of fact, it is a nice way to know your professor. (at least they think you are dedicated to learn beyond the requirement.) Who know? Maybe they will have a better impression of you and will write you a letter 😀 All in all, it is better than saying your prof sucks.

 

[Thaxil]

The DAT seems to have just fundamentals of every subject. It is hard to imagine a professor skipping over a subject like enolate anions. What is he/she skipping?

 

[blankguy]

So far my problem has been. The text approaches one way while the professor teaches the other. A bit confusing when you are reading ahead, and I mean way ahead(like 2 chapters).

 

[mmapcpro]

I hate that my biology professor is teaching biological organic chemistry to us now (carbs, proteins, etc), and just sort of says things like, "well, they often form rings", but doesn't explain the forces at work. Or that unsaturated fats have a double covalent bond, so the chain "bends", without going into any explanation as to what the concepts are behind what's obvious.

She said she's not a chemist so she really can't answer my questions...so I just research on my own to try to find corellations between concepts and what she's throwing at us. She just wants us to memorize what she says...I want to know more, and it gets frustrating at times.

 

[drPheta]

Originally posted by Dentaldream
Wow! Thats surprising. I remember talking to some Tufts students during my interview, and some of them rarely open their text books. They told me that if its not covered in class, you dont need to know it for the exam. I hope they weren't just pulling my leg.

Don't fret dentaldream. That's the way it really is at my school. If the prof doesn't lecture it, it most likely isn't on the exam (***knock on wood***).

As far as undergrad science goes, there are good profs and bad profs. All of them end up with the same result. You study your ass off, get a grade, and study you ass off again for the DAT/MCAT. No matter how much and how often you are taught something in class, you're going to forget it. It's just the way it works.

The same goes for professional school, too. You'll learn a lot, and most of it will show up on the boards as is...but you'll end up studying you ass off in preparation anyway. You may have seen it, may remember it, may have forgotten it, or never have seen it. In the end, you're still working you ass off to relearn all that information.