Guest westernboi Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Does anyone know if # of correspondence courses including online and printbase courses taken, is considered as a factor in the medical school admission process? It may sound ridiculous, but I think the course format sort of reflects the applicant's qualities, such as anti-social/procrastinative tendencies. - -a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest marbledust Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 It may sound ridiculous, but I think the course format sort of reflects the applicant's qualities, such as anti-social/procrastinative tendencies. - -a Hmmm...don't know if this is an honest observation or an attempt to stir up a wee bit of trouble on the board.... I've been involved with online courses both as a student and instructor. It is true a very small percentage of students assume it is an easy way to do a course. But in my experience it is actually more difficult than a traditional course. The onus is on you to get things done--there are no classmates or instructor around to help keep you on top of things. For the majority of students--at least in my experience as a teacher--they enroll in a web course because a traditional course won't work for them for whatever reason (work, family, or other committments, a desire to get a course done quickly). Procrastination and a desire for lack of social contact (which is not the correct use of "anti-social" BTW) is not the reason people enroll in these courses; but it is unfortunately the end result--the lack of social contract with others in the course breds procrastination and the course never gets done. I almost suspect this comment is coming from our old friend cod :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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