In college, it's best to take whatever courses interest you. Once you're done with college, you probably won't have the opportunity to take those classes again. You will have plenty of time in med school to learn all that you need to know for the step. Like Kemper said, an A in whatever bio elective you choose to take will look a lot better than a C in a med school related class.

Some people here have a very extensive science background, and some do not. I was a sociology major and I'm not having any trouble, while some of the bio or chem majors are barely making it. Some of that might be because often, people who have had a related class in the past think that they already know the material, don't study much, and realize that they didn't know it nearly as well as they thought.

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Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish. --Unknown

In the email sent with the book list for this semester, one thing AUC mentions for histo is "Histology: An Interactive Virtual Microscope 2003 2CD set." Anyone use this? Necessary?

I think I read somewhere on this board that those cds were a huge waste of money.... but I could be wrong.

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AUC May '08


"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little."
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Get Involved: PM me if interested
http://www.dagodalahera.org/
http://www.ivdn-africa.org/medical_programs.asp

When did u get this email? I have no book list other than what I have from this board.... Regarding that list, how much flexibility do we have in purchasing a dissection kit? I imagine there is a wide variety out there - amazon time


EDIT: Apparently my Gmail spam filter was a bit too protective...found the email, explains dissection kit completely

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AUC May08
Undergrad: UCSD

You should've received two emails from AUC, one is a book list for every semester, the other an equipment list for every other semester. On the equipment list they say that they sell dissection kits at note service for 40 dollars. They also say what they want in a kit, so if you can find these tools elsewhere for cheaper, go for it.

Hey Nelphus, pm me ur email address and I'll forward you mine

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Starting @ AUC
May 2008

From the book list provided by auc, what books/cds are actually useful?

in other words, what should i not buy from the list?

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badal pe paon!

If you do a search, you'll find that this has been answered a couple of times. I'm not going to repeat everything again, but definitely do not buy VH dissector.

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Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish. --Unknown

run a search and save us from carpal tunnel

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AUC 5th Semester
Undergrad: UC Riverside

try this: http://www.valuemd.com/american-univ...tml#post705246

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Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish. --Unknown