<p>^ How are you so connected? Really good at networking?</p>
<p>It’s really not that hard to get connected. In my experience, professors will go out of their way to get to know students, so I’ve developed really close relationships with some as well.</p>
<p>And to address the whole tenure vs. lecture track issue… I think having lecture track professors for some intro classes is a huge asset for Emory, and it’s actually one of the things that attracted me to this school. The fact is that many tenured professors who focus on research would rather teach (and are much better at teaching) upper level courses that are specific to their research topics and specialties, instead of intro level. This is true not just at Emory, but at most research institutions. I think it’s awesome that at Emory we get to take some of our introductory courses with professors who did the research and completed their PhD just like everybody else, but who desire only to teach because that’s what they love. I’ve had two lecture-track professors (for intro chem and orgo) and they have been without a doubt my favorite professors of all time. They both easily could have gone on to have careers in research, but their passion in life is teaching, and since I’m here to learn and they’re here to teach…how could I go wrong?</p>
<p>Yeah, it is actually quite easy, even in larger classes.</p>