<p>If it’s TV, then everyone should be a spy or a crime scene investigator. Those lab scenes with the music and close-ups and instant results are so accurate it’s frightening.</p>
<p>LOL! </p>
<p>Or famous novelists. Who are all fabulously wealthy. And solve crimes that baffle the local police as a hobby.</p>
<p>But I like Castle. It’s well plotted and they’ve worked to create more real feeling minor characters. Besides, I thought everyone would get a reality show.</p>
<p>I’ve had a nice mix of bad, mediocre, and awesome professors in my experience here.
The gen ed courses are pretty bland, but if you get a bad professor they’re easy enough to learn on your own. Once you get to upper level courses, at least in my experience, the professors are great. They really enjoy what they teach and are excited to bring in their own research as examples and discussions. I have several professors who actually made an effort (and succeeded) to learn the names of everyone in our class (ranging from 80-150). Little things like that just make me really happy. It must be emphasized though, that just because you have a great professor doesn’t mean the class will be easy. Some concepts are just extremely hard to grasp and can only be solidified with a lot of practice problems (aka more than what is assigned for problem sets). This is the problem if you were to go “undercover” as whatisit suggested. The laments of students are often times due to a lack of understanding of a difficult subject. While it’s the professor’s job to introduce us to the topic, it’s the student’s job to solidify it. Not everyone is that motivated all the time, which is the source of late night whining sessions in Gleason (I’m guilty of this as well haha). </p>
<p>Ok, now onto the classes mentioned by whatisit:
Olek’s class is easy, it’s pure memorization. If people want to go to med school, they should be prepared for loads of it… and then some. I had Krugh for Chem 1 and Farrar for Chem 2. Those are the “main” professors for gen chem, meaning the majority of people have those two. I knew very few people who had Krauss for Chem 1. If you put the time into the classes, they should be easy. I liked the professors well enough, but hated the subject. Chem is not my thing. I can’t comment on orgo, haven’t taken it. </p>
<p>For Physics I, I had Bodek who was awful. He is an awesome physicist and I have great respect for him, but I could never understand a word that came out of his mouth. I had no idea what kind of accent he had, and I was simply more productive by reading the textbook myself than showing up to class. I think someone else it teaching the class now.</p>
<p>I had Demina for Physics II, and she was great. Very funny sense of humor and a cool Russian accent (I just really loved hearing the words “Coulomb”, “electricity”, and “parallel” in a Russian accent). She really made sure we understood everything and didn’t just read off her powerpoints. She would utilize the board as well and go through each step, which helped a lot. </p>
<p>Those are all the gen ed courses I took. The rest were either math, engineering, or elective classes. Can’t complain about any of my professors there. I think it’s worth mentioning that I think we have pretty rock solid math professors here. I haven’t had a single one who wasn’t effective in getting the material across. All my engineering (BME) professors are fantastic. I learn so much from them. There is really nothing more I can say. Amazing BME department. </p>
<p>Ok! Sorry for the lengthy post, but I know there are potential students here who wanted to see more opinions from current students. Hopefully this gave you some insight.</p>
<p>Thanks for the insight MochiMochi… It is always valuable to have multiple perspectives!</p>