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Welcome Dentistsomeday!

And thanks for the encouragement postwise lol. Believe me, once classes start again I'll have more to write. I spent the last week and a half pretty much sitting around playing games online lol.

I am a pretty shy person in real life as well, although nowhere near your difficulties, but I've found that you really don't have to talk too much in class or lab if you don't want to. For example in labs (both Gen Bio and Gen Chem) I've always worked with a partner but it's just been whoever sat down next to me in class first day lol. Other than talking about what was needed, and how to follow directions, and who's going to record type stuff people don't socialize too much in lab cuz we all just want to get it done and outta there. Once I feel "comfortable" around my partner I'll start to talk a little more, but I'm still a pretty quiet person once I get past the shy part. If you're worried about your partner thinking your a bit$% or a$% (not sure if you're male or female yet lol:laugh: ) you can always mention something about your extreme shyness to them the first day, and say that you're not being rude or snobbish you're just extremely shy. I'm sure any partner would understand and be considerate of your situation then.

I haven't had to make a presentation or work in a large group for either class labwise, but for one of my Gen Bio classes I did have to write a short paper and read it, but that was done at a cc. When I took the class at another cc we didn't have to do anything like that lol, so it's definitely individual. I haven't "heard" of the Gen Bio classes at a university requiring anything like that...most of these classes are too large for something like that. For my honors Gen Chem II class I had to do a demo and talk a little about it, but that's only cuz it was an honors class. The regular class sometimes asked for volunteers, but you were certainly under no obligation to participate.

In general for lab (at least the general classes) we're given a workbook full of experiments with instructions, data sheets, calculations, results and conclusion sections, and we just fill them out. We'd do a prelab worth like 10 points due at the beginning of each lab, get a short lecture about what we were doing that day, do the experiment (sometimes running a sample thru some machine, other times making some sort of sample and taking melting points, or some other determining reading about the substance, sometimes looking at things under microscopes, and sometimes dissecting depending on the class), take the data and results, and then finish calculations and conclusions on our own time after class. We'd turn those lab reports in the following week and were typically worth about 50 points. Gen Bio had lab exams while Gen Chem didn't for us, but I know some schools have them for both. Once you get into the upper division classes at our school you're more typical to keep a lab notebook and turn in a research paper at the end (like I had to do for honors Gen Chem II ), and detailed directions will become less common.

And don't worry...no question is too weird for us😀

Wow Cozmo - you lucked out on the bio labs lol. Good luck with Chem II tomorrow! I have no clue how you guys that take science classes in less than full summer sessions do it! lol

Valinor - our school only has one lab per week for Gen Chem and Gen Bio too...in fact I think all our bio labs are once a weekers. Organic meets one and a half or twice per week for lab depending on whether your a bio major or a chem major. Chem majors get to use a lot more of the equipment than bio majors lol. The "half" session is strictly lecture about lab for the non-chem majors. Analytical Chem will be once a week lab, while Biochem and Molecular Genetics/Bio (actually this is one of the few bio labs this way) will be 2. It kind of depends I think on whether the lab is considered a completely separate entity from the lecture or if it's a 0 credit thing added onto the lecture at our school. But a lot of our prelabs for the chem classes and some of the bio classes are online and need to be done in our science learning centers on their computers so you still have to go in sometime before the lab and spend a couple hours working thru it...

Comparative religions starts tomorrow, and I read the first chapter already. I know I'm a nerd, but the class isn't even a month long and I won't have any time next weekend to study cuz I'm going to be selling shoes at my old job to help out for a sale lol.

--Jessica, UCCS
 
Originally posted by Dentistsomeday?
Hi everybody,
I am a part time student at a local cc right now. I want to do medicine(most prolly) or dentistry. I have discovered this website about 3 months back and was lurking around 😀, I am thinking about going fulltime and work hard to get good grades. I also got admission into a 4 yr. univ for the fall. I am also extremely shy and am anxious of interacting with people. 🙁 But I am not afraid of talking online. hehe 😛

I know this may sound a little weird but need to ask some questions:
Did your Bio I or Chem I classes ever have any group work etc.?
Did you have to work with a partner in Labs?

And I never actually did a lab before, so how is it generally? Can you run thru a sample and how it is graded?

I know I have to overcome my anxiety to become a doctor. I am working on it. 🙂 If you any of you have answers to the questions above, please post.

Ashwin

P.S.: Biodude and Skaterbabe, I like to read your posts and look forward to them, so keep posting!😀 hehe.
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hi, i'm also taking classes in a cc now and transfering next fall
as for my classes, we're on a quarter system, so i had 3 of each: general chem, general bio, ochem.
for gchem and ochem we didn't really have to work in groups in lab, except sometimes when there wasn't enough equipment for everyone we worked in pairs. as for bio, for the first class we worked alone except for the dissections which were in groups of 2 to 5 ppl (again, not enough specimen). the second bio class, molecular bio, we did experiments in groups of 5-6 (the same group for the whole quarter) also b/c of not enough equipment and also it's a lot faster when there r more ppl in the group so u get to do more labs :clap: (they r very cool). for the third bio class (which i'm taking now) the lab part is a research project and we do it in groups of 2-4 ppl, but i think we could it alone if the wanted to...
i am also a shy person, but i generally do really well in small groups so i find it fun to work in groups of 2-5 ppl, and u really dont' need to think of stuff to talk about, u can just talk about ur project/lab/school in general, so don't worry about it😎 u'll be fine
 
Originally posted by CH3CH2OH
hi, i'm also taking classes in a cc now and transfering next fall
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What school(s) you considering for transfer?
 
Originally posted by Valinor
What school(s) you considering for transfer?
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actually i'm already decided, but i was considering ucd, ucsd, usla, and ucb. i chose ucb
 
Welcome CH3CH2OH! Congrats on UCB! What are you going to major in? Are you a traditional student or a nontrad? Fill us in lol:laugh: 😀

Good luck!
--Jessica, UCCS
 
Hey everybody!

Dentistsomeday? - Welcome to the club! Now let's see here, here is my lab experience in college...

Bio labs - no lab coats, all equipment and safety equipment provided for each lab, and we worked with lab partners or in groups. I like working in groups because as you may or may not know, my lab skills totally blew before Chem labs 😀 So if I didn't know how to do something and someone else in my group did, I let that person do it.

Chem labs - lab coat and safety goggles required, and you need to have cash in case you break some of the equipment (i.e. beakers, test tubes, etc.) In my lab, everyone had to do their own work and nobody got to work in a group 🙁

My labs were technically held two days a week, and for bio it counted for about 55% of the overall grade while for chem...let's just say that my Chem professor had a really screwy grading system. Maybe I'll let you know after my next Chem class how lab is counted there.

Conclusion: working in groups in your labs is easier than working alone, but doing it alone allows you to develop the skills to do your labs well.

I think that everyone else has given a good general description of labs...they seem to be totally different from my perspective depending on where you go to school.

As for your anxiety, I have no prescription for that...except maybe that you should try to make an effort to talk to people when you meet them and see them. I don't think that most of the people on SDN are all that social anyhow except on the internet. I don't talk as much as I type, dude 😀

CH3CH2OH - And another welcome to you, dude! Ah, the horrors of Chemistry 😀 Your username brings back some memories...well, I'm not all that interested in Chemistry, to tell you the truth. By the way, that's nice that you got into UCB. That's a pretty tough school to get into. Well, that'll be another person in CA to add to the list...be sure to give BallerinaTina16 your AIM, eh?

Everyone else who responded - well, that was certainly one large splurge of responses that I didn't expect. But since the answers mostly related to labs, I guess I have very little to say...Skaterbabe74, I think CH3CH2OH is a Chem or Bio-Chem major 😀

Well here's what I'm doin' today...

- Going to volunteer in hospice
- Playing some video games
- Catching up on sleep
- Getting ready for school tomorrow

I don't really have much to update on for now. Like Skaterbabe74 said, there's more stories once we head off into school again. I think everyone will notice that most of my rants come from my experiences in my classes or the EC's that I do during the school year 😀
 
Hey CH?!@#$ - let's see bio labs and chem labs. At my school, bio labs are WAY easier than chem labs. In bio we work in groups, the labs are shorter ~2-3 hours, and everything is way more relaxed. To get done earlier, sometimes we illegally work in bigger groups.

For chem lab, well it's stressfull. You have to stay on a schedule, be very cautious, be very meticulous, and very patient. I was unhappy the entire day of my chem labs. THe chem I labs were 4-5 hours and TAs were helpful when they spoke english. Orgo lab, yikes, you REALLY had to be efficient, kiss-butt to the TA(s), and very careful. It was difficult to finish in the 5 hours sometimes. But one thing about chem labs... you can usually alter your data a bit. My chem lab prof basically told us she knew we all did it..... okay, then i will! But not usually neccessary.

That's enough lab crap.

GOOD LUCK
 
Originally posted by CH3CH2OH
actually i'm already decided, but i was considering ucd, ucsd, usla, and ucb. i chose ucb
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Cool, I'm aplying next fall, and I hope I can get into either UCB, UCLA, or UCSD.
 
to Skaterbabe74, Biodude, washkeep and the rest, thanx for welcoming me to the forum 🙂
Skaterbabe74. i'm going to major in MCB with emphasis on immunology (sorry Biodude, not biochem😉 )

my user name didn't mean to bring back all the horrors of chemisty:laugh: i was thinking more of the other uses of ethanol in the everyday life of a college student😉

and to all of u complaing about TAs who r not helpful or don't speak english...the major plus of a cc is that labs are tough by professors...and my chem/ochem and molecular bio instructors are excellent and very knowledgeble, and the classes r actually pretty demanding...but i doubt the adcoms will take this into account🙁
 
Hey CH?!@#$ - let's see bio labs and chem labs. At my school, bio labs are WAY easier than chem labs. In bio we work in groups, the labs are shorter ~2-3 hours, and everything is way more relaxed. To get done earlier, sometimes we illegally work in bigger groups.

For chem lab, well it's stressfull. You have to stay on a schedule, be very cautious, be very meticulous, and very patient. I was unhappy the entire day of my chem labs. THe chem I labs were 4-5 hours and TAs were helpful when they spoke english. Orgo lab, yikes, you REALLY had to be efficient, kiss-butt to the TA(s), and very careful. It was difficult to finish in the 5 hours sometimes. But one thing about chem labs... you can usually alter your data a bit. My chem lab prof basically told us she knew we all did it..... okay, then i will! But not usually neccessary.

That's enough lab crap.

GOOD LUCK
 
Uh... sorry about the posting twice. +pissed+

Good news- got a 2nd job at a wine bar! What are ya'lls other jobs? (If you have one.)
 
CH3CH2OH - Oh, hehe...um forgive my stupidity, but what does MCB stand for? 😀 I was just guessin' your major from the username. I mean mine's pretty obvious...I'm a biology major and I'm a dude!

There is something else important that I forgot to say regarding labs last time...and it seems that washkeep has said it already. You should definitely be as accurate, patient, and meticulous as humanly possible. The labs are VERY UNFORGIVING to people who make mistakes or cut corners...I should know after my horrible experience with one of my early Chemistry labs. I got the "very unforgiving" part from my pre-med advisor, by the way. He's quite knowledgeable.

The "horrors of Chemistry" crack sorta came out because you saw my earlier post about my Chem grade. That totally sucked that I had an A-/B going through the semester only to get down-sized to a C by the time finals came up. Oh well, nothin' I could do about that now except kick butt in my later Chem courses to make up for it.

Oh yeah, and that is super funny that you should mention everyone complaining about TA's who are not helpful or don't speak English. My TA's have all been quite helpful so far, it's just that I don't ask too many questions when I should and that really doesn't go well with my lab partners when we screw up our labs and need help. As for doesn't speak English, well my lab instructor for Chem had an accent and a very deep voice...it was very difficult to hear him unless I was standing right next to him.

washkeep - no problems about posting twice. If anybody should apologize for multiple posts, it's me 😉 I once posted thrice in a row earlier in the thread and they were all long posts (my apologies to the people who had to wade through all three to get to the next person's). As for jobs, no I don't have any. I'm hoping to snag a job at one of the hospitals/medical centers around here...I figure that if I have to get clinical experience, might as well get paid for it, right? I do wonder what it's like to do other jobs though...

I have a classmate who works as a telemarketer...I thought that that was pretty funny. A pre-med working as a telemarketer. Most of the people I know who work tend to do so in doctors' offices, hospitals, pharmacies, and the like. Of course, most of the people I know are pre-health professions people.

That is so right on about Chem labs though...I definitely needed to work on my "attention-to-detail" skills and I admit that I like to cut corners when something seems to last longer than I think it should 😀

By the way, washkeep, I was wondering which medical schools you are interested in? I mean, well, you're quite far ahead in the game compared to most of us, so I was curious.

My top 3 (without visiting campuses or talking to the students at those schools) are, in no particular order, UCSF, Stanford, and Yale.


Summer school starts tomorrow (I know I've said this like a million times before but I thought that I'd say it again 😀 )

June 3 - July 10
Tuesday and Thursday

3:30 p.m. to 5:50 p.m. World History - World Civilizations to the 16th century (first part of a two-part world history gend ed requirement)
6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. American History - Intro to American Studies

Wednesday - Just the World History class at the same time, no american history course

July 14 - August 15

Monday thru Thursday (same schedule all 4 days)

1:00 p.m. to 3:10 p.m. Psychology - Psychology of Personality 😎
3:30 p.m. to 5:40 p.m. World History - World Civilizations SINCE the 16th century (hooray, I'll get all of my history gen ed requirement finished with over the summer!! :clap: )

I will also see if I can sign up for an ROP course in hospital assisting on June 12th (Monday thru Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.). Hopefully I'll get into that class and then I will be able to train and eventually find a job working in the hospital...it seems to me that paid clinical experience is preferred by medical schools, but I do not know why.
 
CH3CH2OH - Oh, hehe...um forgive my stupidity, but what does MCB stand for?

oh, sorry about that, MCB stands for Molecular and Cell Biology
 
Oh I see...Molecular and Cell Bio...I'm just plain ol' Bio (the students have to choose an emphasis later on) but I will see if I can get an emphasis in:

Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

It should be interesting and I could jump right into the Biotech industry if things don't go my way the first time I apply to med school.

That's interesting that you are gettin' an emphasis in Immunology...I hear that Immunology classes are pretty hard. Well, I KNOW that my pre-med adivsor's Immunology classes are insane (he's the olny dude who teaches it at my school)...imagine curving the grades to ensure only one or two A's. This includes moving the curve UP when people are scoring higher scores...so if most of the class gets in the 80's range, they wouldn't be gettin' B's, they'd be gettin' C's 😡
 
Originally posted by Biodude
Oh I see...Molecular and Cell Bio...I'm just plain ol' Bio (the students have to choose an emphasis later on) but I will see if I can get an emphasis in:

Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

It should be interesting and I could jump right into the Biotech industry if things don't go my way the first time I apply to med school.

That's interesting that you are gettin' an emphasis in Immunology...I hear that Immunology classes are pretty hard. Well, I KNOW that my pre-med adivsor's Immunology classes are insane (he's the olny dude who teaches it at my school)...imagine curving the grades to ensure only one or two A's. This includes moving the curve UP when people are scoring higher scores...so if most of the class gets in the 80's range, they wouldn't be gettin' B's, they'd be gettin' C's 😡
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that's pretty insane😱 i don't know how my future school's professors grade their immunology classes, but it's the emphasis that i find most interesting so i'm going with it. i know it's not considered the easiest one and many pre-meds choose something easier, but i think the hard parts are the biophysical chemisty and the biochem classes required for immunology. immunology itself is one class and one lab. besides, when u think about it, most pre-meds are somewhere else which hopefully makes the class a little less competitive and the curve not as harsh😉
 
Hey all - I just got back from Comparative Religions. All I can say so far is ACK! lol...actually I think the class itself will be cool. Our only graded assignment will be an essay take home final of like 6 or 7 questions so we'll probably write about 20 pages total. The nice thing is that he'll give us half the questions on June 19th, the rest on June 26th, and it'll be due on June 30th. We end up reading approx 60 pgs/ day between our two texts which I can handle but is definitely a lot if you have other stuff going on in your life besides school lol. The ACK! was actually because our stupid bookstore didn't order enough of the sacred text book so about 15 of us only have one of the books we need, and we're supposed to be thru the first 75 pages of that book by next Monday lol. How in the world can they order enough of one book, but not the same number of the other book?!? So I get to spend tomorrow going to the bookstores in town trying to locate this other book, which I doubt I'll find, and if I don't find it who knows when our bookstore will actually get a shipment in because the order won't go in until tomorrow!

Wash - your labs are definitely intense! All of our labs are in the 2.5-3 hour range (although some may have two of these labs per week). I can't imagine sitting thru 5 hours doing one thing lol.

Hope you have fun tomorrow Biodude!

CH3CH2OH - I love your reason for your screenname. Definitely better than the chemistry one we all came up with! lol...As far as adcom's not appreciating the difficulty of cc science classes I think they are getting "wiser" to the fact that many cc's are actually very good academically so don't worry too much about it. Who knows maybe that's something you'll be able to address a little bit in secondaries somewhere🙂

Anyway, hope everyone has an awesome week!
--Jessica, UCCS
 
Hey biodude. High ambitions, that's good! Well, I used to just say... "I'll go wherever they'll take me." You get nervous after you hear about the kid that did everything right and didn't get in, ya know?

I would love to go out west like california or washington. I'm really not entirely sure. It feels so far away. I know I'll apply in-state (WI), but I would really LOVE some warm weather. Cold makes me unhappy. Yikes... I really have to start thinking about this stuff!

Skater- yeah labs were pretty much like pergatory. For chem I it was everyother week. For orgo- every week. The chem labs are considered separate classes though. But only 1 or 2 credits. orgo lab we had major reports due. A few were 5-6 pages. Can you say sadistic?
 
So I had my first Chem 2 tonight...
Professor seems like a real nice guy. British. Seems like a real thorough professor. Hope I don't find his tests as tough as previous students. I think he said "is that clear" about 8 million times. He would seriously say it 5-6 times in a row. Nuts.

Luckily, his lab reports are short and sweet like I love em, I hate reports, about 1 page max. He gets bored reading them and I get bored writing em. His class grading policy is 75% test, 25% labs. The final is worth 15%, and each of the other tests are 20%. He doesn't give make up tests, but if you miss one, you add 20 percent onto the final. Theoretically you could take no tests, get a 100% on the final, and have a sweet grade 🙂 However, I don't think I'll take that chance.

He kept us the full 3 hours though, but he does give 20-25 minutes of break time which is good. Lab is tomorrow, and should be easy, as it seems to be only a check in. We have a test next Thursday 😱
 
Originally posted by washkeep
Good news- got a 2nd job at a wine bar! What are ya'lls other jobs? (If you have one.)
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I had to drop my chem class, I'm so disappointed. 🙁

It was online/at home labs, and the lab kit was an extra $125 on top of the $200 books. I didn't even have enough aid leftover for the summer to cover my tuition, much less that much materials. I'm hoping they'll offer chem at night this fall. 🙁

Oh, and as far as a job goes... I work Mon - Fri 8-5 as an engineering clerk for a heavy equipment manufacturer (http://www.taylorbigred.com)

I'd really like to find a job in a hospital as a clerk working 3-11 or nights and go to school days... but I can't give up this job since it pays too well, relatively speaking.

They're opening a Hard Rock Cafe in the big casino town about 30 miles from here, so I'm going to apply there. Would love to get a job waiting tables or bartending on weekends. 🙂

If yall think those 3 hour labs are bad, try sitting in on my micro lab... It lasts from 5 pm to 10 pm, YUCK!
 
Originally posted by manna
I had to drop my chem class, I'm so disappointed. 🙁

It was online/at home labs, and the lab kit was an extra $125 on top of the $200 books. I didn't even have enough aid leftover for the summer to cover my tuition, much less that much materials. I'm hoping they'll offer chem at night this fall. 🙁

Oh, and as far as a job goes... I work Mon - Fri 8-5 as an engineering clerk for a heavy equipment manufacturer (http://www.taylorbigred.com)

I'd really like to find a job in a hospital as a clerk working 3-11 or nights and go to school days... but I can't give up this job since it pays too well, relatively speaking.

They're opening a Hard Rock Cafe in the big casino town about 30 miles from here, so I'm going to apply there. Would love to get a job waiting tables or bartending on weekends. 🙂

If yall think those 3 hour labs are bad, try sitting in on my micro lab... It lasts from 5 pm to 10 pm, YUCK!
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Sorry about your situation manna.🙁 . I know how you feel.It will get better. Just understand that this a temporary bump in the road on the way to becoming a doctor.
Glad to see so many -ology majors on here. :clap.
I had all of these plans for the summer and course none of them are working out as I had expected them to. 🙄 . Soooo on to plan D-23!! 😀
Welcome to the new posters!!
 
Skaterbabe I sooo know what you mean about the advisors!! 😀 . I am doing the exact same thing!! :laugh:
 
Hmm...neat. So many responses...🙂

washkeep - well, my top 3 are those 3, and yes they are quite high ambitions 😀 That doesn't mean that I'm not willing to go to any other school, just that 1) I love living in CA and 2) I love all these cirriculums...actually I would love to go to any of these schools, but I wouldn't mind going somewhere else. We'll be doctors no matter which med schools we end up at, right?

I know what you mean about "the guy who wasn't accepted anywhere even though he did everything right" too. Well, if you are persistent, then you will get in, I'm sure of that. There was recently someone who applied 5 times before she was finally accepted to a medical school, and I found a thread congratulating her acceptance. If you really really want it, there will be a way...

Skaterbabe74 - hmm, that's quite an interesting way to grade things. I wonder if all humanities courses are like that? Oh well...I'll be havin' some fun with Philosophy once Spring starts rolling around again 😀 Oh, and that totally stinks about not getting your textbook too. Hopefully things will work out for you in the end.

Cozmosis - Heya dude, your professor sounds insane but cool 😀 Oh yeah, I hate lab reports too. They take so freakin' long for me to finish up. But then again I was lucky in that my lab instructor for Chem was VERY LENIENT when grading lab reports. I had completely goofed up on some data and calculations for some of my reports and I still got most of the points. Go figure, eh? I hope that your professor's tests are as fair as my professor's tests for G. Chem I were (i.e. either you know how to it or you don't, and the problems were so basic). I'm not surprised about the test scheduling because well, let's face it, summer courses are accelerated. I wouldn't be surprised if my first test for my American History class is next Tuesday (I have my first class for it today).

manna - I'm sorry to hear about your situation. I do hope that they offer Chem at night too. Have you explained your situation to the school administration? I'm just curious because you have so many hardships they make mine seem very petty.

As for 5 to 10 micro lab? 😱

2badr - Well, that sucks that your plans didn't come to fruition. So what's plan D-23? 😀

I always like to say "Always have a back-up plan." Because chances are, your plans may fall apart...so far I don't need a back-up plan for summer school because well, I got all the classes I wanted for it. I may need one for registering for my Fall classes 😡 Let's see here, if I don't get all the classes I want for Fall then I guess I will have to begin my Philosophy minor earlier than planned...


As for why I am here right now when I should be gettin' ready for summer school...well, I have lots of time to kill...I'll have to leave early to beat the afternoon rush hour traffic, but I've still got at least 3 hours. Maybe it was dumb of me to sign up for afternoon/night courses...now I wish that I was a night owl :laugh: Oh well, that should leave sufficient room for the ROP class that I want. I need a TB test in order to register for it. Darn, it seems like anything I want to do in the healthcare field (entry-level job such as nurse's aide/scrub tech, volunteer in hospice, volunteer in a hospital, etc.) I always have to get a stupid TB test for it. Heck, I need a TB test if I want to volunteer at CHOC and all I was plannin' to do was play around with the kiddies. Tuberculosis must be more prevalent than I thought.

Well, I'll go and get my TB test today at the student health center in my school, then. Might as well get done with it sooner rather than later.

Well since everybody is still speaking about labs, I think that it's dumb that I have to go to 2 labs a week for all my pre-med classes (except Physics). G. Chem I had one lab a week, but there was also an "activity section" that also counted as a lab. Bio had lab two days a week, and man was that torture. I guess I'm not as big a fan of labs as I should be, eh?

Well, I'll have 4 labs a week next semester, so if I don't post for long lengths of time during the Fall, that may explain why.

I am currently waiting for my 2 history courses to begin. Hopefully they won't be as boring as I expect them to be and hopefully they won't be more difficult than I expect them to be (as in more memorization and less critical thinking is the difficulty I'm expecting).

Later everyone!
 
Good luck getting the job at Hard Rock Cafe manna. Those jobs usually pay pretty well, and it's great to talk to customers about your journey to med school. It feels good to get support from strangers.... not exactly sure why... but any support is good. I worked at Fridays (ahhh!) and the "Angel Lady" told me I was a doctor in a past life. Yeah...



Would any of ya'll go to med school out of country? Just curious. 😛
 
Hello fellow pre-meds! I've been following this thread this past semester and now that I've taken my last final (on a Friday evening?!?!), I can cease my voyeuristic eavesdropping and become part of the club.

I hope their isn't any sort initiation rite though... I'm still nursing wounds from joining the Keanu Reeves Forever fan club (incidentally, it wasn't caused by the other members, but some playa haters). BTW, I'm not gay (NTTAWWT), I just think he is a master thespian, a classical shakspearian actor.

Okay, I think I went too far off tangent, so lets return to me (me, me, me). I'm a post-bacc student at Cal State Fullerton. I just finished my 1st semester and have 3 more to go. I would love to go into internal medicine and specialize in nephrology (haven't you guys heard, nephrologists get all the chicks!) I majored in anthropology as an undergrad and I have a special interest in thanatology (death and dying). That is me in a nutshell.

I am so giddy; I can already feel the sense of communitas!
 
Hey everyone, my first class for summer school is over with and my second class starts in about 50 minutes...

Well, history shouldn't be a hard class. I mean, well, here's how the professor's going to do things:

Lecture times:

1st part - straight lecture from professor to students
2nd part - watch a video/do an activity on the current history topic
3rd part - have a discussion with the professor and fellow students on the material that we're assigned

Grading:

4 exams, non-cumulative (this includes the final) 25% of the grade each. 25 questions each. So, 1 question equals 1% of the grade which means that I can't afford to miss more than 10 questions from all of my exams total if I want an A (yeah, it's gunner-ish, but I need that A to raise my overall GPA).

Now to see how American Studies will pan out...

washkeep - Med school out of the country? You mean like Carribbean? Probably not. I know that I really want to be a doctor, but after looking at the pros and cons of foreign schools and then coming back here to practice, for me, it's too many cons, such as: student visas, a special test for foreign-trained docs to see their competence level on U.S. standards (U.S. med students don't need to take this test), and well, residency directors don't exactly look too kindly to foreign-trained doctors. It's stupid, I know, but I can't exactly fix that, unless I become a residency director one day of course 😀 For other people it may not be so many.

Welcome wolv4ine! No hazing/initiation rituals here. I didn't think that your first post was gonna be in this thread 😉 I also didn't know that you were such a big fan of Keanu Reeves either. Oh yeah, be sure to leave your AIM to BallerinaTina16 when she gets back 😉

To everyone here, I introduced wolv4ine to SDN sometime near the beginning/middle of the Spring semester. Just to let everyone know...and I think he forgot to say something too, if you read his username correctly 😀

Darn, when's agent going to get back here?
 
Dang it! I had an entire post written, and the thing wouldn't post!! ARGH!

Ok, short form cuz I have a ton of reading to do tonite lol:

Welcome Wolv4ine! Please don't lurk so long next time lol!

Manna - I'm sorry you had to drop Chem🙁 Good luck getting the job at Hard Rock. You should make bank there being in a casino town!

Wash - congrats on the wine bar job. I wouldn't mind doing a rotation or two out of the country but I want a US degree since I want to practice here. It's just too hard from out of country, and while the weather in the Carribean would be heaven I'd never get to enjoy if I wanted a decent US residency! lol.


Biodude - No the regular semester classes aren't set up the same way as this summer class. They have essay midterms and finals and probably some written assignments too, but being only 3.5 weeks long we just don't have the time to do that stuff so our prof came up with this plan. Sounds like history won't be too bad, providing the exam questions aren't too difficult. I thought having only 50 questions for 3 tests made getting an A in abnormal pscyh hard lol...(and I didn't lol).

I spent today running around town trying to find my second book today. Absolutely nobody had it! So I called school to find out when our bookstore was going to get them in, and lo and behold they had some on the shelf again. Suffice it to say I had them put one on hold for me and rushed down to get it right away lol. I was trying to figure out how in the world I was gonna get the reading "made" up over the weekend since I'm helping out my old store for a sale Fri, Sat, and Sun lol.

The other good and exciting (for me anyway) thing that happened was that I finally got my cash out of my 401k from work so I'll be able to sign up for my calc class this month instead of having to wait for my loan disbursement next month! I was starting to wonder if I was gonna be able to finish it before fall semester started if I had to wait til mid-July to even start it lol.

Anyway i'm off to do my reading
🙂

--Jessica, UCCS
 
hi how are you ? since i didn't find any job still i decided to take Tai- chi class in july apart from summer school. It should interesting.😛
biodude- nice long post.
CH3CH2OH & 2badr etc..- welcome to the forum
sorry for chem class 2badr.

Nothing amazing happened in my world.

see you,
jelli
 
Biodude..:laugh: . Okay plan D-23 is that I will CLEP out of two humanities classes this summer and look for part-time work. Since I might be out this whole summer I might as well make the most of it. I have checked with the schools I would like to apply to and it seems the most CLEP accepted will be 11 hours. However one those schools will only accept 6 hours of CLEP so I plan to chose carefully. There is also the option of one of those short classes like Nurse Aid etc. I also want to make sure that before I shadow I will at least be familiar with taking blood pressure, pulse etc. The limitatioms will be of course that I am going to another state to do the shadowing. I'm not sure how the laws are there relating to healthcare practices for non-residents but I will look into it. This doctor is very nice and even if I don't get to do anything he will ask a question and expect an answer. But he's a pretty cool guy, tho. 🙂
The job need only be part-time. Hmm I hear Wal-mart is hiring...
So guys to everyone taking summer classes GOOD LUCK!!
PS: If all else fails I'll rest this summer because I will have a full load come this fall. 😀 - I get the strangest feeling this will be my longest and last break before graduation! 😀
 
I was wondering about agent too, biodude. 🙁 .
 
Well, last night was exhausting, I'll tell y'all that. I'm just not cut out to be a night owl 😀

I'll pull through it though. Intro to American Studies seems to be an interesting class...the professor is totally INSANE. He rants a lot but he's a brilliant guy and his rants actually make the subject seem more interesting! :laugh:

Well, American Studies is going to be quite a difficult class...basically, we cover the social, economic, public, and private values of Americans from the 17th century (the Puritans) through the twentieth century. It's not a history class even though it does count under the "American History" gen ed requirement. Oh well...

By the way, I had to buy 4 textbooks for this class 😱

Luckily they were all cheap (15 to 28 bucks each)

Here's the breakdown of the lectures:

Reading assignments before lectures.

Lectures meant to supplement and explain the meaning behind the readings (because some of the readings are so bizarre that we may have no clue what the meanings are!)

Grading:

There will be a mid-term and a final. Each is worth 50% of the grade...so all my grades for this class will be based off a mid-term and a final. Swell...oh yeah, I forgot to mention, these two tests are both ALL ESSAY (this is why I said that it was going to be difficult) 😱

On the plus side, the final is not cumulative 😎 and a good final score will cancel out a horrible mid-term score (i.e. if you get an F on the mid-term but an A on the final, the professor will give an A grade for the class)

That's it. I'm glad that I don't have to go to that class today so that gives me less homework to do (whenever I say homework for these two courses, I mean reading assignments)

I forgot to mention for my world history (world civilization to the 16th century) class...the professor is going to cram most of the info at the end for the final so that we will actually finish this session one week earlier than the official schedule says we have to. The professor doesn't want us studying over Independence Day :clap:

On the plus side, that'll give me more time to study for my American Studies final.

Oh yeah, remember when I said that I wasn't going to be surprised that my first exam would be next Tuesday? Well, my first exam in World History is next Tuesday :laugh: My mid-term for American Studies is going to be on the third Thursday of summer session courses...so that would be the 19th of June.

Skaterbabe74 - I guess you are right. Summer/winter session courses do seem ridiculously easier than regular semester-long courses! Oh well, I'm glad that I'm getting rid of some of my more boring GE's (such as history) during the summer. At least it'll be easier and faster. That's cool that you finally got your textbook.

Oh yeah, and I know how ya feel. Next time open up microsoft word, copy/paste the post onto word, and then try and see if it'll post up. If it doesn't, at least you don't have to type the entire stupid post anymore. It's much much much more frustrating for me since I've got insanely long posts 😀 But at least I figured out a solution to the problem.

minx - Hmm, Tai Chi class eh? Which style? Yang, Chen, Wu, Sun? Most likely Yang. Sorry for askin' but you know, I'm a martial arts fanatic, and Chinese martial arts in particular. Believe it or not, Tai Chi can be used to fight...it's just that most of the people who take it nowadays take it primarily for health-based purposes, rather than self-defense purposes. Same goes for people who teach it. But I digress...

Which summer school courses are you taking?

2badr - I see now...that's a very good back-up plan 😉 If you don't get to do anything, how about asking him a question or two, to show your interest and also to learn why doctors do certain things. I remember when I followed around a surgeon. He asked me questions when he was performing surgery...

Oh yeah, and be sure to enjoy your summer break! It might be one of the last one's you've got for quite some while.


Now I come back to what's happenin' here. Well, so far my TB test shows negative (and I think it's stupid that I have to take this test, but whatever...I've seen and had enough TB tests to know when it looks negative and when it looks positive) Well, that's nothing new, I guess. I wasn't expecting it to be positive anyhow, though I have to wait 'til 3:00 p.m. tomorrow to check with the nurse who will verify it being negative. This is ridiculous, of course, because 1) I've never had tuberculosis 2) I've never been exposed to anybody who has this illness and 3) all of my TB tests have shown up negative before this one. Oh well, the volunteer/work/health courses require it just to be sure...

Next week, I'll be seeing if I can sign up for that ROP course. I really wanna be able to see patients and check their vitals and maybe sit down and have a conversation with them.

By the way, washkeep, since you brought it up, would you go through a foreign school to accomplish your goal of being a doctor?

I'll be doing my reading assignments now...
 
Biodude: Hahaha, you make going to a foreign med school sound like sleeping with the professor for an A. (Although that's a big topic of discussion among bio majors and premeds at my school.) I wouldn't go to a school in the tropics but maybe one in Europe. But that's because I like Europe- hence my 2nd major in German. I really don't see that happening, though.

I think I'm going to apply to a couple of MPH programs as backups or work as a EMT for a year. I'm interested in social issues that contribute to health so having an MPH could help me in my advocacy efforts anyway.

I really want to be an excellent doctor and although I know you'll be an MD no matter what med school you go to.... I really want to be a really well-trained md. I want to get the best education I can. It's a one-time thing, so better do it right the first time.🙂
 
Hey all🙂

Tai Chi sounds fun Minx. I've always wanted to take that among other "dance-like" exercise classes lol. When does your summer school start? Or have you already?

2badr - Sounds like a great plan! So where exactly are you going to be spending your summer shadowing?

Wow Biodude - sounds like American studies will be interesting, but a pain. I always hated straight essay exams lol (not that I've had any in a very, very long time🙂 ).

As far as copy/pasting to word, well I don't have word yet...trying to find a decent priced ms office suite on ebay, but yeah I know I should copy it at least before hitting submit. I just hate having to add in another step when it happens soo rarely lol.

Lecture for comparative religions is relatively boring most of the time (so far anyway) because he spent half the class going thru the questions we brought in. And rather than giving nice, short answers, he rambles on and on and on lol. So half the lecture is spent discussing something that pertains to only a few students at a time🙁 . Hopefully as the lectures go on the various questions he spends time on will be things more of us will be questioning even if we didn't have something similar as our question for that day...

Wash - Somebody over on OPM just got accepted to St Andrews for med school in England....however I'm not sure what all the hoops are that he'll have to jump thru in order to practice here. I'd love to do some studying overseas somewhere, just not sure where or at what level yet. Also since I want to go into sports med I think I'd have better practice opportunities here in the states...I don't think other countries have as developed sports med fellowships yet, but who knows 3 years from now when I'm applying to med school, or even 7 years from now when I'm looking for residencies lol. I totally agree with you about wanting to be the best-trained doc you can be tho😀 .

I ended up going to sleep without reading last nite. I think I'm turning into a morning person!?! lol...not really, but I'm certainly on a more "normal" sleep pattern schedule now hehe. Also ended up walking a good 3 miles yesterday which I'm not really used to between shopping for the book and my usual 1.5 mi walk home after class so I was pretty tired lol. So I need to go do my reading for class this afternoon.😛

Have a good day everyone!
--Jessica, UCCS
 
Biodude: I know its an inconvenience for you to get your TB skin test, but they just want to minimize risk. When I first signed up to volunteer for CHOC, I had a TB skin test that turned up negative. 6 months later, I had to get ANOTHER TB skin test for HOAG, which at the time I thought was pointless. They were right to administer it thought; it turned up positive. So within that six months, I was exposed to someone with TB (most likely someone at CHOC). TB is a reemerging infectious disease....

Just like my username, my SN on AIM is wolv4ine. I picked it not because I'm an X-Men fan (although Wolverine IS the best character), but because I'm a Michigan fan (and graduate).
 
I'll be in the deep, deep south, skaterbabe. I will also drag my sister along with me. 😀 . It's not 'til next year guys. Sorry if my post was misleading, I'm just getting very excited about it right now. And don't worry I will ask a lot of questions. Anyone considering a summer research position for 2004? There is this really cool website Collegiate Invebntors. I will post the link when I find it again.
Biodude, your class does sound interesting. I like to write so the essay would be okay given I had the time to complete it. I am actually considering minoring in Theatre Arts, Literature or Creative Writing. I prolly will as long as it does not keep me in school for an extra year. I think I will go check my school's website now. Ditto on the best trained doc too!
By the way when I sent out my FASFA I put down all the colleges I was considering attending. The University I am transferring to sent me a letter saying they needed more info to complete my app. But for cost reasons, I will stick with the CC until Fall 2004. Anyway do I need to send them a letter telling them I intend to attend next year instead of this year?
I want to stay on their good side. 🙂, after all.
 
Originally posted by 2badr
Anyway do I need to send them a letter telling them I intend to attend next year instead of this year?
I want to stay on their good side. 🙂, after all. [/B]
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I think you could ask them to defer your enrollment till next year. I know someone that did this with a UC at my CC this year.
 
Well, it's about 40 minutes before my World History class so I'll make this short (relatively):

2badr - I can't help you on that matter, but hopefully somebody else can. Collegiate Inventors, eh? Sounds interesting. I'd like to learn how to invent things too. I mean, well, think about how your med school interviewer would react if you came in with a new medical invention. You'd look like a genius (not that you aren't already 😉 ) I'll see if I can snag a research position at my school with one of the genetic/molecular bio PhD's at my school during the summer of 2004, since I have to take Genetics and Molecular Biology first, which I can't take until Spring of 2004, and that's assuming that I can snag the Cell Bio class for Fall 2003 first with the female professor. Even wolv4ine recommended her to me (he took her class this past Spring).

Skaterbabe74 - I know it's somewhat of an inconvience to copy/paste, but when your posts are as long as mine, the frustration can be incredible when you have to start from stratch. You know, I do feel like doing this +pissed+ whenever my posts don't have a go and everything gets erased.

wolv4ine - there ya go...I was wondering why you didn't mention your original undergrad before 😉 Funny how a lot of the users on the boards use their AIM as their SDN usernames 😀 I sure don't so it's really funny to catch people off guard when I start AIM'ing them. Oh yeah, I remember you told me that the test was positive...that must have sucked 🙁 How's your volunteering at both hospitals at this point?

washkeep - I didn't mean to say it like that, but going to med school in the Caribbean, well it's really really hard to make it through and land the residency of your choice. I decided not to go the foreign route after I stumbled upon a message board on another website dedicated specifically to foreign med schools for students who didn't get accepted in the U.S. Man, were they bitter! 🙁 So, after viewing hundreds of bitter-sounding posts like "I have to take this stupid Carib education just to be an MD, and on top of that I have go through all this BS before I can finally get into a residency!" 😡 I just didn't come away with a good impression of Caribbean schools. As for European med schools, I don't know, you'd have to check with people who are more...educated on the subject I guess. Go and check out the "International Medical" forum here on SDN. They should be able to sufficiently help you out.

Those are good plans...always good to have a back-up plan, especially with the acceptance rate medical schools have.

Not bad for 15 minutes of typing, huh? Now I got 25 minutes and I haven't finished up on my reading assignment (but I sure will before my first exam starts!)

To continue on regarding American Studies, well, like I said before, the professor is insane. I thought I'd had insane professors before, but with the way this dude rants and raves, he truly deserves to be put into a mental institution...I'm reminded by a quote: "There is a fine line between genius and madness" This professor definitely exemplifies the quote. His rants are actually quite intellectually stimulating if you listen for what he's trying to say rather than how he's saying it. The essay exams will probably be a pain, but with a professor as brilliant, insightful, and insane as the one I've got for this class, essay exams will only be a minor annoyance. I'd gladly take essay exams for any one of my classes if I had a professor like this one in them. Oh yeah, and I think I forgot to mention this in my last post, but the final is not cumulative so I don't have to worry about remembering the stuff from the mid-term. That should make studying for the final easier.

World history shouldn't be bad...I mean it's practically a sleeper class (that's ironic; the professor doesn't tolerate sleeping in the class...he'll kick you out for doing it :laugh: ) Of course, I meant "sleeper" as in I could probably learn this stuff in my sleep. It's not hard to understand. It might have been hard to keep it in my head long enough to do well on the tests, but when the exams are all multiple choice and they are only 25 questions each test, plus none of them are cumulative, how much do I have to remember, really? That's why I'm not worried that I didn't finish the reading (for the lecture portion, that is). I did finish the reading assignment that we will use in our class discussion today though. I don't want to look like a ***** who didn't read anything, you know 😉

Hmm...looks like this was long as well...oh well, hope you've had fun reading it! 😀

15 minutes to get to class...
 
My eyes hurt so bad from all this reading and studying... I keep telling myself, by next Thursday, it will all be over. Whew.

I think right now I'm looking at all B's. It's just a matter of what kinds of B's. The only class I may have a chance of scoring an A- (if i do extremely well!) is biochem. That would be soooooo sweet. Too bad that final is this Saturday. Yes, I am still whining about not having a dead day. I think its inhumane.

I cant wait to be able to chat more with you guys. The first thing I'm gonna do when finals are over is read the ENTIRE thread so I have some clue about what you guys are talking about. 😀

Just real quick since I saw a post about jobs, I work for the UC Davis police dept. I do campus and event security, which to some people is pretty funny considering I'm like 5'2" and 115 lbs. A little gal I am. But tough nonetheless. I like my job cause I get to work a lot of different events including concerts and games and conferences and things like that. I also am a part of Student Patrol which is a service where we patrol campus and give safe rides to students anywhere on campus. My favorite event tho is Hart Hall security. Its the cultural studies building and the profs have had some threats in the past so everyday from 5-12 at nite two Aggie Hosts (what we are called) sit in the lobby and do building rounds every hour. Its great tho cause I get to study.

I have an interview after finals too with a post-doc researcher doing sleep experiments this summer who needs help organizing data. Wish me luck!!!

And just cause I'm still in a good mood... dont forget guys that if you want this bad enough, you will get it. You just can't give up. Not everyone has a 3.9 GPA and all that stuff. Its wonderful if you do, but grades are not everything. I think doing well in school means that you can have the displicine and work ethic required of you in med school. But like anything else, being a doctor is a skill and an art, and it only gets better with practice. So hang in there guys!! Do the absolute best you can in everything and before we know it, we'll be in med school living our dreams. :clap:

P.S. Biodude.... you can still talk to me online. In fact, everyone, just surprise me and say hi if you see me online. my screen name is the same.
 
I am not going to worry too much about the research. With most science majors you will prolly be steered in the right direction for research anyway. 🙂 .
biodude that would be unbelievable to show up with my own invention.
"I use to be a genius before my education snatched it away from me." 😀
 
I'm back. History is so boring, but at least it'll be easy. I think that I will be ranting on how boring it is as the class progresses. As for American Studies, I need to take another class (tomorrow) to form an opinion on it. So now I've got some reading assignments to do, and for American Studies, the professor was nice enough to give study questions on what he wanted us to get from reading the 4 textbooks. So, I've got all that figured out. It's just the time that's the problem.

BallerinaTina16 - I hope that you do well on your finals! Good luck on the Bio-Chem final on Saturday, and that totally stinks that UC's have to last into June before they're out 😱

Now that I know more about your job, I can see how you can study while you work...interesting, interesting 😀

I wish you luck in helpin' out the post-doc.

2badr - Inventing's not impossible. You've just gotta be creative-minded 😀 As for research, I totally agree. If you are a science major, research is SSOOO easy to find! I just wish that I could start earlier on it, that's all.

Now to go back to the insane reading assignments I have to do for summer school. At least I don't have school on Friday or Monday.
 
I got my MCAT review book in the mail yesterday. Holy cow is it huge. 🙁
 
hey ho's everone!
congrats for your shadowing 2 badr.
 
Originally posted by washkeep
I got my MCAT review book in the mail yesterday. Holy cow is it huge. 🙁
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LOL the "Comprehensive review"? that thing is massive; im on the bio section right now😎 . The verbal section seems too easy.....got a bad feeling bout that one...
 
Um, it's from Kaplan and it comes with a cd. It feels comprehensive. I want to add lots of expletives to this post, but I know I can't. So yeah, makes me friggin' nervous!!
 
Hey all - I survived my first week of comparative religions lol. The readings are relatively interesting, but lecture is pretty boring most of the time. I'm already behind in the reading tho lol. At least it's good practice for "almost" med school speed. 😀 Unfortunately I won't have a ton of time to catch up this weekend as I'll be working today, tomorrow, and Sunday from 11:30-8:30 everyday at my old job selling shoes to help out for a sale. I'm always exhausted after doing that and by the time I get home it's after 10pm (the store is an hour away) and the last thing I wanna do is study lol. Next week I add in biopsych and the following week I hope to send in my payment for calc and get going on that.

2badr - For some reason I thought you were doing the shadowing this summer lol. Must be a relief to have next summer set already tho! Just be ready for the heat and humidity in the deep South😛 I don't think it'll hurt at all to send that school asking for more info a letter explaining you're going to wait til 2004 for entrance instead of this year. A lot of school do send out "missing info" form letters whenever they receive fasfa info but a quick letter never hurts lol. As far as research next summer I'd love to join an REU program, but it's going to depend on my grades fall semester whether I'll be eligible or not. If not I'll just try and get into one of the labs at my school since I'll have genetics and organic chem by then.

Sounds like you're having a very good quarter Tina! And your jobs sound fun! Good luck on your biochem final! You will ace it and get that A-. I have faith in you 😀 (How's that for motivation hehe). Also good luck getting that research position, it sounds like a blast!

Anyway hope everyone has a good weekend!
--Jessica, UCCS
 
Hey all!!
Thanks for the info Skaterbabe. 🙂 .I'm sending out a letter next week just to be sure I stay on the same page with this institution. You know since posting my q about college A or college B, I have found out that this school has a strong affiliation with the health sciences and the medical school(s) here. :clap: .
So even if I don't have a chance to do medicine 😱 , I would consider a career in one of the health sciences. Altho medicine (of course 😀 ) is my first choice.
I seem to hit a new "wall" in this journey everyday. Something new rears it's ugly head.🙁 . But I am trying to look for all the good in the situation and move with that. Without all the information you guys provide I would have driven these schools absolutely insane!!! So I really appreciate any information you give me. When I first logged on to SDN I was only considering medicine, but I soon found myself pursuing this full force. And I am glad I did.
So another thanks to you guys for your help. I have the basic stuff down but as I get deeper into this process I realize there is still a lot I don't know.
I was considering taking the MCAT next year in April 2004 instead of April 2005 (therefore entering in 2005 instead of 2006). Hmmm I will be almost 11 hours short of my bachelor's if I matriculate into the class of 2009. (Technically I would have had a semester when I only took 6-8 hours but not attending summer school pretty much blew that plan out of the water 🙄)
So is this a bad plan? I was thinking GASP!!:scared: if the grade is not so good I could retake it it again in August 2004 and submit those scores. I checked the websites of the schools I would like to apply to and they simply said "you need 90 or more credit hours". I realize this is the minimum needed to apply. I certainly would not want to hurt my chances by appling without having finished my plan of study and obtaining my B.S.
I am leaving to do a search on this and see if I can find out more info.
At least you survived so far skaterbabe!
I'll "talk" with you guys later! 🙂
And does anyone know where agent is???? 😕
 
i have been all afternoon surfing the internet from volunteering in madrid and main gov website's got no head or tail ,little info. i site don't have much info either i tried to seach in english and in spanish and i found equally bad result .Actually google search in english was worse most of it was focus in tourism. OK i have some possibilities with one site.+pissed+

Valinor- I have browsed through the MCAT comprehensive review because iit in library at College(SLU-madrid campus)it got some good tip and side noteto help you study. DON?T think about the thickness think about its content,i's got mainly alll essential things to know.Anyway most study guides are pretty thick i can tell you since i have a bunch rom GSCE and A level year - british exams
 
Summer school's been cool so far...one week down, five to go (or in the case of World History, four to go).

Then it's off to the second World History class and Psych of Personality for another 5 weeks...then 1 week respite, then Fall semester will start (hehe, I know, I'm thinking too far ahead here, but I really wanna get goin' on my pre-med pre-reqs and major classes already!)

And yippee, I'll be able to find a job in a hospital by then to boot (hopefully in the ER) 😀

Skaterbabe74 - Well, with a schedule like that, I hope that you're not overloading yourself. Biopsych sounds fun, and Calc, well, I can't really say much about that particular class...oh yeah, and be sure to catch up on the readings before it's too late! 🙂

washkeep - Yeah, "comprehensive" review actually lives up to its name, doesn't it? 😛 Hey dude, just relax, do a practice MCAT, and focus on your weaknesses. You don't have to study the sections where you are strong as much as the sections where you are weak, after all. You might even end up skipping some sections because you score well in them!

Valinor - Hey dude, how's your summer going?

Well, there are two things I gotta say about summer school. The tests are sure easier 😀 but the readings are a killer. I think I had to have like 30 pages read in one day from one text and another 32 in the other (this is for one class, btw)...I'll re-think taking two classes next time...

I went to check on my TB results yesterday, and no surprise, they were negative, like every time I took it before. Oh well, at least now the health-related volunteer places won't pester me anymore about it for a while. I'll just carry the official slip over to hospice on Monday when I show up to do clerical work (not fun), and then I'll take it with me to sign up for hospital assisting. Then, finally, I'll take it over to CHOC (hey, maybe I'll see wolv4ine there) 😉

I tried to start Wu Shu up again today, and found that I've lost my balance, I've lost my flexibility, and I've lost my endurance. Well, looks like I have a lot of work ahead of me. Plus my belly gets in the way whenever I try to do high kicks. I've gotta flatten it out somehow 😀

Now I'm off to catch up on my readings. My first exam in World History is on Tuesday, and I only skimmed through my American Studies texts so far. So I've got a lot of reading to catch up on. Of course, I've got a lot of time to do it in.

Later everybody!
 
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