<p>i signed up for bio 1105 and it's discussion section thing. i got an e-mail from humec's registrar saying that pre-health kids didn't need to take a lab if we did this, but that sounds kind of shady to me.</p>
<p>what are other people doing? what did you think of auto-tutorial bio? was it better than a regular lecture or should i try to get into one (and if so, which one)?</p>
<p>so you are signed up for auto-tutorial now, correct? that’s that’s what BIOG 1105 is. (just checking to make sure that’s clear…)</p>
<p>according to the pre-med requirements, if you take autotutorial, you don’t have to take a lab, not matter which college you are in. it’s not shady, it’s right in the required courses PDF. you could probably go ahead and take the two credit BIOG 1500 lab if you wanted to. I have found that intro bio lab, while difficult, has been pretty applicable in later classes.</p>
<p>given your title, are you thinking about possibly taking one of the new bio classes? to be honest, I’m starting to be kind of sorry I didn’t get a chance to take them, because they sound pretty cool.</p>
<p>yeah, i’m signed up for auto-tutorial. i just thought that all pre-health classes HAD to have a lab going with it, so i just don’t want to be stuck doing something wrong. just double-checking. </p>
<p>what lectures did you take? did you like them? i’m not sure i’ll be able to focus well enough on my own, so if there’s a good lecture class, i’d rather switch into that</p>
<p>hey, i took biog 1105, autotutorial bio. that class includes the lab and the lecture together. its a 4 credit class, you don’t have to sign up for a separate lab. (for bio 1101, you do have to sign up for a separate lab, and the lab and the lecture are each 2 credits). you have i believe 3 labs the whole semester, and you sign up for whatever time is convenient for you when it gets close to lab time. they’ll let you know about it in the lecture, which is once a week. by the way, autotorial is a much better deal than lecture/lab. i actually found it was much better for people who can do work independently AND for people who need individual attention. you can go into the study center whenever its open, which is often, and get 1-on-1 help from TA’s, who are really helpful and very approachable. also, its timed so you have one unit a week, instead of huge cumulative midterms like lecture. i took lecture first semester and autotutorial second semester and liked autotutorial WAY better.</p>
<p>the “intro” bio lectures are brand new next semester, so I didn’t take them. I took BIOG 1101-1104. I don’t know what your major is, but if you’re not a current bio major, you might not have heard about the changes. you can read about them here [CALS</a> Registrar: Life Sciences Biology Distribution Requirement](<a href=“http://www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/current/registrar/current-students/cals-graduation/lifebio.cfm#biomajors]CALS”>http://www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/current/registrar/current-students/cals-graduation/lifebio.cfm#biomajors) but I’m not sure exactly how they apply to premeds in general.</p>
<p>It looks like Bio 1105 does have a lab component.</p>
<p>thanks everyone! i think i’ll stick it out in bio 1105 then. i also signed up for the discussion section to help me along.</p>