<p>I just got back from JHU and I was thoroughly impressed. I even got to meet the real AdmissionsDaniel! I was really worried about campus and social life before I visited, but those worries were quickly gone.
However, I had a concern that I think applies to just about any college. I sat in on the course Biomechanics of Living Cells and Organisms. The professor had such a thick accent that I could barely understand a word he said. I was in there for half an hour before I realized he was talking about stress and strain. I asked his name, but he gave me an incomprehesible reply. Also, he basically just copied his notes onto the board. Nobody was listening at all. Is this a common experience at JHU or any college? How do kids deal with it? Also, how hard is this course (for anybody whose taken it) in comparison to others?</p>
<p>In engineering (anywhere, not just at JHU) there are going to be Profs. with very thick accents that are difficult to understand. Any many of these Profs. will have very poor teaching abilities that lull students to sleep in class. But you unfortunately learn to deal with this. Generally you pick up on the Profs. teaching style and can get by with their lectures or a textbook.</p>
<p>In terms of the difficulty of that course, it is really just your typical upper level engineering course, no more, no less.</p>
<p>Is anybody currently in that class?</p>
<p>Over time, I've found that I've adapted to professors I'd found completely incomprehensible the first week of class. After a while, you don't really pay much attention to it, and you can understand what they're talking about, for the most part.</p>
<p>where's AdmissionsDaniel nowadays? Is he still busy?</p>
<p>i sat in on a calc class to see if was anything like ap calc in highschool and the professor had a really weird and thick accent. i bet you get used to it.</p>