[BouBou]

I think the webcast is now closed. I watched them before, however when i tried recently they no longer worked.

[EJM]

If you use these links below they work. I just tried them. Click on the eye. I did have to change them on the first thread a few days ago.


Here is the A&P Webcast:
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/course_d...sid=1906978375


Here is the chemistry webcast:
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/course_d...sid=1906978339


Here is the General Biology webcast:
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/course_d...sid=1906978335


Addition to list by request of sunnyjohn:


List of webcast courses:
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/new_sear...&submit=Search

[prettynpink00029]

This is very useful information. Thank you so much for sharing!!!

[albedo]

I don't like Kubinec. His jokes are not funny at all. Everytime he tells people a joke, he is the only one laughing....

[Angie O'Plasty, RN]

Thanks so much for posting this. I've saved the links so I have something to do when I can't sleep. It's a valuable refresher for all of us.

[ChayaN]

Anyone else find the smug attitude gets old after a while? "You're students in U-Cal Berkeley. That means you're smart. Very smart. And everyone in this room is just as smart or smarter than you are."

[EJM]

Originally Posted by ChayaN

Anyone else find the smug attitude gets old after a while? "You're students in U-Cal Berkeley. That means you're smart. Very smart. And everyone in this room is just as smart or smarter than you are."

Just to clear up any misconceptions, I do not attend this school. I attend a technical college. With that said, I am not familiar with the students attitudes regarding it, yet in 2007, US News and World Report lists UC Berkeley as #21.

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/col...udoc_brief.php

Each school has its pros and cons. I do believe great things come from that school. However, that can be said about many schools.

[EJM]

Originally Posted by BerkeleyMom

I really wonder what those reports mean and how accurate they are. I had read on another post that some smaller/private schools refuse to participate in them.

While UCB was #21 in that report, it was #1 in the US News and World Report for "Top Public National Universities" for the same year. huh?

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/col..._pub_brief.php


I guess I find it strange that the same school can be ranked so differently by the same reporting organization. I think that goes to show that those reports don't hold very much weight to individuals unless you absolutely understand all components of it and know why you are choosing the school.

You are correct. Berkeley is the top public university. (according to the report)

The link I gave was for the top overall. Both public and private.

[ChayaN]

It may be true that it's a top ranked school, and it may very well also be true that students at Cal Berkeley are brighter than the average college student. I just don't see the point of the professors reemphasizing it at every opportunity.

Anyway I'm not a student at UCal Berkeley and I was well able to follow the lectures.

[EJM]

Agreed. Pride in your school is good, as long as you stay away from bragging. There is a line there somewhere.