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Old 07-15-2008, 02:35 PM   #13
CayugaRed2005
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They tend to work more closely with the graduate students and don't really talk to the undergraduates in the class that much. You truly have to make a concerted effort to meet the professors in class considering intro chemistry and organic chemistry has about 230-240 students, the classes at the beginniners level tend to be so huge that professor-student interactions are at a minimal. This is true not only at Hopkins but plenty places around the nation too.
At least at Cornell, the pre-med chemistry and orgo courses are taught entirely separate from the courses for the chemistry major, where the students are coddled. I think you would find the professor-student interactions do differ significantly based on college.
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