<p>DS mentioned one of his orgo professors told his students frequently that he had a lot of difficulty in explaining orgo concepts in a proper way because of the inadequate preparation of the students in math/science, i.e., quantum and statistics physics/chemistry.</p>
<p>DS said at one time that even many students in his med school (not in his premed classes) are annoyed when some professors get into the detailed derivation aspects of the subject (physiology maybe?). Many of them just want to be exposed to the material at the “board test” level and anything more in depth could drain the previous time that can be used for something else that may be more “productive”. I guess the premed mentality where the grade efficiency is their main concern is still there. (got to allocate as much time as possible for those ECs outside of the avademics.) Most MD/PhD students are different in their attitude. (Is it because they still need to study the science in a more traditional PhD/graduate school way?)</p>
<p>Talking about ECs, it seems DS (as an MS3) still volunteers every Saturday for quite some time this semester. I do not know what he has been doing though. I inly know he is sometimes more tired when he talked to us on that day because of this additional volunteering work as a already quite busy MS3 student. It seems he started to have a “bigger heart” after he had been in med school. I guess his peer med school students influence him in a positive way. (Unlike when he was in college, he was reluctant to hang out with premeds and to do too much “premed stuff.”)</p>