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Old 12-20-2009 at 06:32 PM   #106
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I don't think it's fair to say "Health sci students know what they want and arts student don't". I know that was a generalization and you don't mean it for every single student, but I don't agree that it's even a generalization that can be used here.

No one can say if other people do or don't know what they want to do when they graduate. The only person who knows that is the individual. You might think someone has no career goals because they take like 20 different electives and don't seem to have a clear path, but for all you know, they could be doing exactly what they want.
I agree with you, doesn't mean that a person who is taking 20 different electives has no career goals. They could be taking it because they are interested in it or maybe they want to learn more about a particular topic they are interested in.

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Old 12-25-2009 at 02:53 PM   #107
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everyone just needs to chill and focus on whatever it is that they're doing.
my two cents:
I certainly think that health sciences students are getting their marks because they certainly deserve them and work hard to get them.
The difference is just that the learning style is totally different.

For instance, for a regular life sci bio test you would spend at least 2,3 our reviewing your material making sure you can recall everything you've been taught on the exam. However, for a health sci bio test, you're just given a random problem pulled out of any possible situation in the world, and you might have to hypothesize what's going on and design experiments to prove your hypothesis. There's not really much you can do to study for a test like this.
So, if you and your life sci friend both have a bio exam the next day. Your friend might be pulling an all-nighter, whereas you might be out getting high with friends after having reviewed your stuff for about an hour.
Is the health sci test infinitely easier than the bio test? probably not.
Would people who ace the life sci bio test ace the health sci test and vice versa? probably not.
It all comes down to the nature of the learning.
Old 12-25-2009 at 02:59 PM   #108
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everyone just needs to chill and focus on whatever it is that they're doing.
my two cents:
I certainly think that health sciences students are getting their marks because they certainly deserve them and work hard to get them.
The difference is just that the learning style is totally different.

For instance, for a regular life sci bio test you would spend at least 2,3 our reviewing your material making sure you can recall everything you've been taught on the exam. However, for a health sci bio test, you're just given a random problem pulled out of any possible situation in the world, and you might have to hypothesize what's going on and design experiments to prove your hypothesis. There's not really much you can do to study for a test like this.
So, if you and your life sci friend both have a bio exam the next day. Your friend might be pulling an all-nighter, whereas you might be out getting high with friends after having reviewed your stuff for about an hour.
Is the health sci test infinitely easier than the bio test? probably not.
Would people who ace the life sci bio test ace the health sci test and vice versa? probably not.
It all comes down to the nature of the learning.
Yeah, a science student would never do that...
Old 12-25-2009 at 03:15 PM   #109
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Yeah, a science student would never do that...
wow, you missed the point totally. The fact that a health sciences student is able to do this does NOT mean that the test this student is going to write the next day is in anyway EASIER than the test the life sciences student it going to write the next day; which is what most people - including YOU - have been insinuating throughout this thread.
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wow, you missed the point totally. The fact that a health sciences student is able to do this does NOT mean that the test this student is going to write the next day is in anyway EASIER than the test the life sciences student it going to write the next day; which is what most people - including YOU - have been insinuating throughout this thread.
Lesson learned from thread:

Health science students are unable to detect sarcasm, even when it's accompanied by ridiculous emoticons.

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Old 12-25-2009 at 04:39 PM   #111
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As others have mentioned above, let's not turn this into a "Let's bash health scis" thread.

The learning style of health sci is utterly different from that of other programs. This is what makes this program unique. Now the reason why health sci students represent the top 12% (only 12% of McMaster students achieve a GPA of 9.5 or higher - data from two years ago) population of Mac students is because most people are very hard-working to begin with. To have gotten into the program first of all, students must have had exceptionally high averages, balanced with extra-curriculars that they personally feel passionate towards.

For those of you who think that health sci is all about "gimme marks" then I guess you should've applied to, and if accepted, enrolled in the program. It's too late now to hate on (I say, envy) health sci students.
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The learning style of health sci is utterly different from that of other programs. This is what makes this program unique. Now the reason why health sci students represent the top 12% (only 12% of McMaster students achieve a GPA of 9.5 or higher - data from two years ago) population of Mac students is because most people are very hard-working to begin with. To have gotten into the program first of all, students must have had exceptionally high averages, balanced with extra-curriculars that they personally feel passionate towards.
Right. Health science students are superior übermenschen...we gathered that from the arguments of the all other health science students.

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For those of you who think that health sci is all about "gimme marks" then I guess you should've applied to, and if accepted, enrolled in the program. It's too late now to hate on (I say, envy) health sci students.
Not everyone is just after marks, and I don't think you necessarily have to just be after marks to think that health science students have an easy 4-year ride.

We recognize that the program is very different - that doesn't take away from the argument at hand, however.

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Old 12-25-2009 at 04:48 PM   #113
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the smear job has been so good lately. anyone reading these threads from mac or in highschool will know whats up. Thanks for helping usman and astudent
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the smear job has been so good lately. anyone reading these threads from mac or in highschool will know whats up. Thanks for helping usman and astudent
Envious, are we?
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Lesson learned from thread:

Health science students are unable to detect sarcasm, even when it's accompanied by ridiculous emoticons.
pfft, well 'overlooking' your 'sarcasm' was the polite thing to do, because otherwise it needed to be said that when the average science student is out getting high with friends after having reviewed your stuff for about an hour. night before the bio test it's usually NOT because there is nothing to study.
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Envious, are we?
what? no we're on the same side w/e
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pfft, well 'overlooking' your 'sarcasm' was the polite thing to do, because otherwise it needed to be said that when the average science student is out getting high with friends after having reviewed your stuff for about an hour. night before the bio test it's usually NOT because there is nothing to study.
Cool, you're proving my point.

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what? no we're on the same side w/e
Yo, I really should start putting </sarcasm> tags around my posts.
Old 12-25-2009 at 04:55 PM   #118
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envious, are we?


doesn't make sense in any context? :S i really dont knw....
Old 12-25-2009 at 05:02 PM   #119
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Cool, you're proving my point.
if your point is "health sciences is NOT easier, but the nature of their program does not require them to practise traditional methods of learning/testing" then i must say, i am glad to be able to help prove your point.
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I love how this thread has digressed from what it was intended for. Keep up the great work =D

Oh...back to the topic at hand (however late my post is...in comparison to when this thread was started) it's definitely possible to get an A in a soc sci course. I remember a lot of people in my first year poli sci course getting an A, so no worries.


Also, to the topic that everyone has digressed to. There was one thing that didn't make much sense to me. If those that got into health sci originally had really high marks in high school, then how are they still getting these high marks, cause to my understanding high school was purely memorization and regurgitation. And, how about those that didn't do very well in high school because they're not good at memorizing and regurgitating information who have gotten into life sci for instance? Hmm...



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