<p>so i was just wondering if you guys could share your opinions on pharm major professors? who to avoid getting, who to get, who's easy, who's horrible, etc
i was on ratemyprofessors.com and ALL the professors in the pharm dept got pretty crappy ratings (there were only 10 professors up)
i went on that site hoping to get a good insight as to which profs are good but it didn't help much so i was hoping people on this site would be more helpful thanks !</p>
<p>Not a pharm major so maybe someone who’s in the program can pitch in. But, the reason you didn’t see a lot of pharm profs listed is because a lot of your classes are taught by professors from different departments.</p>
<p>As far as core goes: Bio is a total bummer… if it’s still the way it has been the past 4 or so years, pharm students get placed in 8am with Potts-Santone. Ugh, that woman! It’s a weed-out class. It’s tedious, boring, and filled with 250 crazy freshmen who all think they’re pre-med. As far as I know, it’s tough to get around her… so you’re kind of stuck, but it’s curved so you’ll do fine, and General Bio is always stupid and boring so you just gotta do it (and I say this as someone going to Bio grad school).</p>
<p>Gen Chem is usually with Davies and he is The Man. He’s old and tells a lot of stories… and you’ll get sick of sitting around while he talks about life or whatever, but people usually really like him. The other option is Toher who is hhhhard and Chem II with him was probably about as much work as organic. But, he’s one of the most passionate professors I’ve ever had, and if you keep up with him you’ll be a chem superstar. I did not work at it, I was not a chem superstar, I was miserable all semester, but I also hate Chem II more than I hate most things.</p>
<p>We’ll see who winds up teaching Organic the next few years… Byun is the big one right now. The general consensus is Forsyth>>>Byun>Warner, but you’re just not getting into a Forsyth class unless you’re an upperclassman. But Organic is Organic no matter who teaches it… the good news is that you can bomb all the exams and still come out with a decent grade thanks to curve, the bad news is nothing stings more than studying for about 30 hours for one exam and getting a 48% on it. While people kick and scream about Byun and Warner, at the end of the day you’ll still really learn Organic well, and you’ll probably manage a decent grade if you work at it (and you will need to REALLY work at it).</p>
<p>Pharm majors are pre-placed into these classes, so you may not have many options in the first year or two, but I think usually Pharm majors are put into Potts-Santone, Davies, and then Byun. </p>
<p>That’s all I can really comment on… those are the only classes I’ve taken that I know Pharm majors have to take.</p>
<p>thanks a lot. wow, haha, that sounds so depressing. i know i’m stuck with bio for sure, but i’m still debating whether or not to take up my ap chem credit (i would get credit for chem 1 & 2) i want to get the credit but i’m worried i’ll fall behind if choose to do that because i took ap chem my junior year of h.s. AND i’m worried that if i go straight to organic it’ll be like suicide =\ i was actually hoping that i would get to choose later classes when i go to orientation in june because i picked the early orientation, but now that you say that it’s pretty set… that sucks, a lot.</p>
<p>i mostly agree with what the previous poster said. Freshman year was pretty easy academically. I had potts-santone for biology 1+2 and i enjoyed the class… but bio 2 lab practicals were a pain. Her lectures and exams are very straight-forward. If you study for them there is no reason you can’t get an A. However, id HIGHLY suggest using your AP chem credit. My chem teachers freshmen year weren’t the best. I know quite a few people who used their credit and had no problem with orgo… partially because orgo is very different from general chem. Organic is not as hard as it’s made out to be.</p>
<p>ahh thanks! just one question, if i take up my credits do i take orgo freshman year or sophomore year?</p>
<p>Yeah, no worries about taking organic when you’re rusty with gen chem, very little organic involves what you learned in gen chem, and you’ll get a good review of the basics you need to know. </p>
<p>If you’re a good student, you could manage organic as a freshman. I know people who have done it but they were smart kids and very disciplined with their studying. Saving it for sophomore year when you have more experience as a college student and know your study habits isn’t a bad way to go, but it seems like pharm admits are generally pretty capable students, so it’s not impossible.</p>
<p>haha, and yes, I reread my post and it depressed me also. I’m glad to have core sciences behind me, but it’s not that bad… I’m just a little jaded at this point. Bio and chem are a bit… dry… but I llloved Organic I. It’s tedious to learn all the rules, but once you do it’s all pretty logical and can be pretty interesting.</p>
<p>any suggestions on which professor for college writing? (ie jackson, stone, runyan, nardone) & i guess ima be stuck with potts- satone lol</p>
<p>I took organic my first semester, and it wasn’t as bad as you’d think. Yeah, it was organic so it was a horrible class, but I doubt I would have done any better if I had taken it a year later. One thing I realized is that they just expect you to be really good at things you learned in Chem 1 and 2 (mainly about bonds). I took those my junior year of high school, so I had already forgotten some. So when you choose when to take organic chem, keep in mind that if you push it to your second year, that’s a whole year for you to forget some chemistry that you’ll have to relearn later.</p>