What do biology professors think about premeds?

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<p>Yeahhhhhh?</p>

2

<p>They think differently of Pre med students?</p>

3

<p>I think they think they’re…premeds?</p>

<p>Who cares?</p>

4

<p>They hate them so they secretly set them up to fail. Give up now while you can still save your GPA/life.</p>

5

<p>On the first day of my Statistics for Life Science class a girl asked if the class would be graded on a curve. I think the professor died a little inside.</p>

6

<p>^lollllllllll</p>

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<p>I don’t understand why this is an unreasonable question. Math/Stats classes are usually graded on some sort of a curve, and “for non-majors” classes are usually graded on a straight scale of some sort. There’s an obvious conflict here. Was the answer yes or no?</p>

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<p>depends on the professor. I have yet to come across a biology professor or instructor that has curved a test or overall grade. Generally, at least at my uni, bio 1 and 2 are meant to be a wake up call and weed out the weak links, and if you survive those, then you have to survive physiology, then cell bio. There is one particular professor, who happens to be 2nd in charge of our bio department and the premed advisor, who I believe hates premeds. He has the worst communication skills on the planet and just tries to belittle you. If it was up to me he’d be long gone, but tenure says otherwise. Anyways, rumor has it that he never got into med school so he became a professor and premed advisor. As the saying goes, those who can’t do, teach.</p>

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<p>Well if I was a Bio (or Chem) Professor I would hate premeds too. I know its wrong to generalize but many premeds are ultra-competitive and not very interested in what they are learning and are more concerned about grades over gaining an understanding. And to top it all off they tend to badger professors with questions on how to get an A or complain their way to getting a point back on a test rather than focusing on the larger issues at hand. </p>

<p>Bio and Chem professors have dedicated their lives to studying these subjects and at very least ask you to show some interest in their lively hoods. They don’t expect you to love the subject the way they do, but they do not appreciate their subject being treated as a just a hurdle to some eventual goal.</p>

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<p>@gibson101</p>

<p>Every test, quiz, and grade in every biology class I have taken have been curved, so it’s certainly not a unreasonable question to ask.</p>