Word: pre
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...volume of the paper work he must handle, the professor must conjure up impressions of students who took Biology 1 as long ago as three years. For this he relies on reports submitted by the student's lab man at the time and on a short interview with the pre-med when he presents his recommendation forms...
...professors in other basic science courses also have their problems with pre-med endorsements. Chemistry 1 depends to a great extent on reports filed by the applicant's lab man backed up, as in Biology 1, with a short student interview when he comes in to submit his application forms. Professor Rochow, however, ignores the forms issued by some medical schools in favor of a personal letter...
Perhaps the most extensive system is run by Professor Fieser of Organic Chemistry, who recommends over 100 pre-meds each year. Fieser has an elaborate chart-complete with photograph-made up for each student so that his progress through the course can be clearly charted. Very poor students and very good ones have personal conferences with Fieser. Finally, when the student comes in to the Organic office in his senior year bearing forms to be filled out, Fieser has a 15 minute interview with him and then immediately dictates a letter which is run off in duplicate and sent...
...medical schools themselves, for some schools definitely favor one form of recommendation over another, and it is bad policy to antagonize an admissions committee by ignoring its petty likes and dislikes. Although problems vary from department to department, it should be possible for the heads of the large pre-med courses to arrive at a standard procedure for evaluating a student's ability and promise...
...Cottey, 165 pound junior who will run the team from the T formation quarterback position is the tip off to the job Kelley has had. Cottey didn't play offense at all last year; pre-season publicity releases termed him an "average ball player except on defense." Despite the fact that the publicity book lists him as five feet, no inches tall, Cottey will double as a safety...