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Below is some thoughts of some classes at the University of Minnesota.
Physics of Matter (Physics 3 for non-physics majors)
Over 40% got a W,D or F in this class
. This class is broken. The teacher said the book and TA's where weak to my face without me asking. Smart people should get at least a C+ without too much trouble. Dumb people are DOA. For average people like me it depends if you where proactive enough ... Being proactive is not the same as understanding the material.
For example you need to be aware for how the teacher awards credit in the class. There was the easy 'infinite quantum well' problem whose 'infiniteness' was important. If you drew it a little off you got at most a 4/10. However if you did not know what the height in the well was (I thought it was the Joules of the electrons) you got a 7/10... Patterns like this became clear if you asked the right questions. I passed with a C.
ORG CHEM I
This is a 6-credit class but it is listed as a 3-credit class. The book even says this when it says "this class moves to fast to catch up".
I think that this is NOT okay...
(The fact that the U says 'Graduate in four years !!!11!!', making people take a lot of credits and that getting a poor grade hurts your chances of getting into the upper division of your major adds to this...)
However this did not effect me because I was 'credit-light' and could dump in the extra hours ... To give you an idea how broken this class was 36.5% was the D+/C- cutoff and everyone in that class already passed CHEM I and II
CALCULUS 4
A fun class that teaches you how to use matrices. This is a useful skill.
I got a B while actually having fun.
IT CAL. 3
The extremely weak book makes proactive students like me have a large advantage. I got a B easily.
Below is some thoughts of some classes at the University of Minnesota.Physics of Matter (Physics 3 for non-physics majors)
Over 40% got a W,D or F in this class
. This class is broken. The teacher said the book and TA's where weak to my face without me asking. Smart people should get at least a C+ without too much trouble. Dumb people are DOA. For average people like me it depends if you where proactive enough ... Being proactive is not the same as understanding the material. For example you need to be aware for how the teacher awards credit in the class. There was the easy 'infinite quantum well' problem whose 'infiniteness' was important. If you drew it a little off you got at most a 4/10. However if you did not know what the height in the well was (I thought it was the Joules of the electrons) you got a 7/10... Patterns like this became clear if you asked the right questions. I passed with a C.
ORG CHEM I
This is a 6-credit class but it is listed as a 3-credit class. The book even says this when it says "this class moves to fast to catch up".
I think that this is NOT okay... (The fact that the U says 'Graduate in four years !!!11!!', making people take a lot of credits and that getting a poor grade hurts your chances of getting into the upper division of your major adds to this...)
However this did not effect me because I was 'credit-light' and could dump in the extra hours ... To give you an idea how broken this class was 36.5% was the D+/C- cutoff and everyone in that class already passed CHEM I and II
CALCULUS 4
A fun class that teaches you how to use matrices. This is a useful skill.
I got a B while actually having fun. IT CAL. 3
The extremely weak book makes proactive students like me have a large advantage. I got a B easily.
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