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I go to a Big 10 school and I can honestly say that I need to spend less than 10 hours a week outside of regular class to make 3.0 or better. Maybe I am just a

I go to a Big 10 school and I can honestly say that I need to spend less than 10 hours a week outside of regular class to make 3.0 or better. Maybe I am just a fast learner and granted my major is Information Sciences and Technology (I should have done Computer Science, or even English and learned web development on the side, but I digress) and isn't at all challenging but college, for me at least, feels like a slightly harder version of high school. I shouldn't be able to to work 20 hours a week at an internship, pledge a fraternity, and do freelance work with a fulltime course load, however I did last semester. I am not looking for a pat on the back because I learn far more on my own anyway I just wanted to say how little challenge these new "IT" majors are. If you are about to enter college and want to do "computer stuff" pick computer science, or even a liberal arts degree and teach yourself because you will have to anyway.

arghnoname 16y ago
The classes make a big difference in study time required. Also, in my experience going for a 4.0 is much more difficult than a 3.0. Last semester I had individual courses take as much outside class time as your entire workload (Mathematics/CS double major). Maybe this is more a failing on my part and I'm inefficient, etc. I will note if my goal in my more time consuming courses was a B instead of an A I'd have been able to probably cut the work-time in half.
- jpdbaugh 16y ago
  "The classes make a big difference in study time required" I personally just take whatever depending on whether or not the class is interesting to me or not, but a lot of students will take courses based on the easiness rating on sites like Rate My Professor. It is entirely possible today with sites such as that to cherry pick an absurdly easy course load. "Also, in my experience going for a 4.0 is much more difficult than a 3.0" I completely agree. To get a 3.0 for most majors you simply have to show up to class and tests and complete all of the assignments. Thats it. The problem is that 3.0 is the new average. This isn't how grades should work. Average students should get 2.0 GPAs. I think the average GPA at my school is about 2.9. Obviously, this is from GPA inflation. I agree though that getting a 4.0 is still very difficult and impressive. I just can't motivate myself to try and get one because I don't find my major terribly useful, nor do I think GPA really matters for me. Besides I would have to soak at 5x as many hours into studying...

arghnoname 16y ago

The classes make a big difference in study time required. Also, in my experience going for a 4.0 is much more difficult than a 3.0. Last semester I had individual courses take as much outside class time as your entire workload (Mathematics/CS double major). Maybe this is more a failing on my part and I'm inefficient, etc. I will note if my goal in my more time consuming courses was a B instead of an A I'd have been able to probably cut the work-time in half.

jpdbaugh 16y ago
"The classes make a big difference in study time required" I personally just take whatever depending on whether or not the class is interesting to me or not, but a lot of students will take courses based on the easiness rating on sites like Rate My Professor. It is entirely possible today with sites such as that to cherry pick an absurdly easy course load. "Also, in my experience going for a 4.0 is much more difficult than a 3.0" I completely agree. To get a 3.0 for most majors you simply have to show up to class and tests and complete all of the assignments. Thats it. The problem is that 3.0 is the new average. This isn't how grades should work. Average students should get 2.0 GPAs. I think the average GPA at my school is about 2.9. Obviously, this is from GPA inflation. I agree though that getting a 4.0 is still very difficult and impressive. I just can't motivate myself to try and get one because I don't find my major terribly useful, nor do I think GPA really matters for me. Besides I would have to soak at 5x as many hours into studying...