<p>lol don't worry I won't be applying for transfer next year so all of my advice can be assumed safe.</p>
<p>Fine, I'll play.</p>
<p>1.) Neuroanatomy isn't that bad. While the structures do look sort of similar, you can usually see enough structures you're familiar with to navigate. The hippocampus can help you find the internal capsule, which orients you through the basal ganglion, etc.</p>
<p>2.) The bad one is gross anatomy, which is brutal because there's just so much stuff to memorize and occasionally there are very few cues. The thoracic duct is in the thorax, sure, but how do you know it's not a blood vessle? There's a whole bunch of vessels running around in that area -- as there are... well, everywhere -- so how was I supposed to know?! (Surprisingly, this was one of the questions I managed to get right.)</p>
<p>3.) No, I did not like PBL and intentionally avoided schools that had a PBL-heavy curriculum.</p>
<p>You actually found a school thats not PBL-based, its seems like every school I will be applying to or looked into was either all PBL or PBL was incorporated somehow.</p>
<p>Obviously most schools have some PBL. But fewer and fewer schools feature it prominently in their curricula, and even those that still claim to center around it have mostly actually backed off of it. Feinberg's a good example -- they talk endlessly about PBL but it turns out they get like three/four hours of it a week, and lecture is their dominant mode of learning. Even Case Western, one of PBL's major pioneers, has backed off of it considerably. Heck, even UCSF -- home to weird things of all kinds -- has returned to a lecture-heavy curriculum.</p>
<p>Exceptions most certainly exist -- that is, some schools really do continue to prominently feature PBL. One of Harvard's two curricular tracks does this.</p>
<p>Sorry to be out of the loop...what is PBL?</p>
<p>I was wondering that too--- what's so bad about PBL compared to lecture-heavy curricula?</p>
<p>It's a matter of personal preference really. If you like sitting in the back of a large lecture hall or learning from home, you're probably not going to like PBL. If you like small group learning and can put up with annoying group members, then PBL is for you.</p>
<p>My highschool was extremely PBL and I hated it. Now my college is not and I'm doing so much better :)</p>
<p>PBL=problem based learning?</p>
<p>yes, indeed.</p>
<p>I hated nueroanatomy, and gross, and especially histology. Our "cellular processes" core which covered genetics, biochem, and cell biology, I liked the most from first year. Phys, was...highly dependent on the prof who did the majority of the lecturing.</p>
<p>From second year, I really liked immunology - best 3 profs ever. I liked ENT, and cardio would have been good except the main lecturer was horrible. I really liked our Neurology/Psych/Ophthalmology core, and Hem/Onc (which I just had a test in this morning) was good too. GI/GU, Pulmonary, and endocrine were all doable, but not fantastic.</p>
<p>PBL...really dependent on group members and faculty facilitator. And if the case is interesting (which it usually isn't).</p>
<p>Hey Venkat89, guess who this is? I'll give you a hint: we ditched you for a few minutes at 7-eleven.</p>
<p>Kidneys suck.</p>
<p>What would be examples of PBL? I still don't understand it although it should seem obvious based on the name.</p>
<p>You're given a description of the problem (usually based on a real case), and a few questions. You're supposed to learn everything by looking it all up.</p>
<p>It's usually done in groups. Sometimes you have to depend on the others too cuz there's just so much to look up. Sometimes group members ask dumb questions through the whole thing so you can't finish the case in time. Sometimes group members focus on tiny details that also prevent the group from finishing on time--and confuse everyone.</p>
<p>explanation/examples? <a href="http://www.udel.edu/pbl/problems/%5B/url%5D">http://www.udel.edu/pbl/problems/</a></p>
<p>It would work if everyone in the group were great, motivated students... and if all the PBL assignments were written well...</p>
<p>This is rediculous. Go out with your friends.</p>
<p>For those of you who don't understand the above post, that was George2007's sad attempt at wit. Our friend, George2007, posted on this thread (presumably because I started it) with same response I gave to his (here's the link: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=354388%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=354388</a> - I encourage you all to give her additional "advice.") By the way, you should have copied-pasted my response... your spelling of "ridiculous" is, well, ridiculous.</p>
<p>Your spelling of "your" is, well, ridiculous. lol</p>
<p>Thanks for noticing, afruff23.</p>