Pre-Health Weed out Courses / Rank Them

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<p>The folowing is a list of the basic Pre-Health required courses. Anyone currently on this path care to rank or group them by difficulty?</p>

<p>How about:
Very Difficult
Difficult
Hard
Tolerable</p>

<p>I know it is also dependent on which teacher you ultimatelly are stuck with, any input on that aspect would be helpfull also.</p>

<p>I have heard that ultimately Organic Chemistry is the class that drives premeds to other majors, It would be good to know the other bumps to expect on this road.</p>

<p>Mathematics
calculus MAC 2311
statistics STA 2023</p>

<p>General Chemistry
CHM 2045
CHM 2045L
CHM 2046
CHM 2046L</p>

<p>Organic Chemistry
CHM 2210
CHM 2211
CHM 2211L </p>

<p>Biochemistry
BCH 4024</p>

<p>Physics
PHY 2053
PHY 2053L
PHY 2054
PHY 2054L</p>

<p>Biology
BSC 2010
BSC 2010L
BSC 2011
BSC2011L</p>

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<p>Very Difficult
CHM2210
CHM2211
CHM2211L</p>

<p>Difficult
BCH4024
PHY2053
PHY2054</p>

<p>Hard
BSC2010
BSC2011
Bio Labs</p>

<p>Tolerable
CHM2045/2045L
CHM2046/2046L
MAC2311</p>

<p>Easy
STA2023</p>

<p>This is from the perspective of most premeds I know. Any other opinions are welcomed!</p>

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<p>Any information on specific teachers that would bump up the level of difficultness if you were stuck with them?</p>

<p>As an example, which MAC 2311 professor would bump up that specific class from tolerable up to hard etc.? </p>

<p>This would also be usefull information in knowing who to avoid.</p>

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<p>I've heard horror stories about Horvath for general chemistry</p>

<p>for others I guess you can check ratemyprofessor.com</p>

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<p>Horvath can definitely make General Chemistry hell, from what I hear.</p>

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<p>Yea, I would just use ratemyprofessors.com and <a href="http://www.aa.ufl.edu/aa/dass/tcheval/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.aa.ufl.edu/aa/dass/tcheval/&lt;/a> to get a feel for the difficulty of professors.</p>

<p>I'm not really familiar with premed course professors, just general perceptions.</p>

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<p>For the most part I think GatoreEng list is what most premeds would say. For me it was a little different because I had different interest. And I will list some of the teachers that would "bump up the level of difficultness."</p>

<p>Personally for me...</p>

<p>Very Difficult (all the teachers suck, but some TA's are great)
PHY2053
PHY2054</p>

<p>Hard (subject matter is not hard, just time consuming)
BCH4024 (Cohen is probably the hardest of the 8 teachers)
CHM2210 (Portmess)
CHM2211 (Portmess)</p>

<p>Tolerable
BSC2010 (Julian or Davis- its one of this put I don't know which)
BSC2011 (Herrera, but I like her)
CHM2045/2045L (Horvath)
CHM2046/2046L
MAC2311 (Khuri use to teach it put now her former TA does. I heard he is very hard)
CHM2211L (A great lab)
Bio Labs</p>

<p>Easy
STA2023</p>

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<p>what is the course # for tech writing?</p>

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<p>tech writing enc2210</p>

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<p>What makes Physics especially hard?
Suppose you had it in HS.</p>

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<p>It's really not that different than a rigorous high school physics class (like AP). It's just that the professors are pretty poor teachers (there's only a few professors that are good teachers in the department: Yelton, Acosta; but they don't usually teach 2053/2054). The exams are tricky. Depending on the professors, they'll range from 8 to 15 questions - that's pretty rough. Having a 10 question test, if you slip up, you could easily fail even if you are okay at the material (i.e. if the test was a written out deal, you'd be fine). On the flip side, if you're lucky, you'll love the course.</p>

<p>There is a pre-set curve though, so in the end, it turns out to be okay. But it's a pain, I didn't learn much in the first course. You also have to consider that people (especially premeds) just don't like physics and so it's understandable that it would be hard.</p>

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<p>gatoreng, I'm assuming you took 2048?</p>

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<p>I took 2048, then honors physics 2 because I couldn't stand the format of the course.</p>

<p>However, 2053/2054 are similar with its issues. The nice thing about 2053/2054 is that your discussion section, as determined by your TA, is worth more in your final grade than in 2048/2049.</p>

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<p>New crop of kids.
Time to bump this.</p>

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<p>thanks! i'm premed, this was helpful.</p>

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<p>I wonder what happened to GatorEng.</p>

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<p>I don't think this is required pre-med, but have you taken chm3120 asmaj? I know you need it for some majors</p>

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<p>Yeah, its not a premed requirement, but its a good class to prep for the physical science section of the MCAT. However, only take it if you really want to. If you have free class elective, I would take a physiology or genetics class before analytical chem.</p>

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<p>Is Analytical hard ASMAJ?</p>

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<p>I dont think so, but I had it with Windforder. However, he should have retired last fall or spring. The lab for it is usually considered a lot harder, but you dont have to take it if your major doesnt req. it.</p>