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In my upper-level physics courses, where the exams were mostly derivations and intense problem-solving, we had a rough guide to exam difficulty: * One sheet of
by ajdecon 16y ago
In my upper-level physics courses, where the exams were mostly derivations and intense problem-solving, we had a rough guide to exam difficulty:
* One sheet of notes allowed: expect to take close to the full 2 hours alloted.
* Open notes and book: expect not to finish at all, and recalibrate to 75%==A+.
* Take-home exam: feel free to spend 40 hours on this. No one in this class is going to get over a 50% anyway.
- Avshalom 16y agoI remember one particular take home test, 25 questions and the prof handed it to us and said "if any question takes you more than 5 hours you should probably move on and come back to it later." She full expected us to spend 80-100 hours on the thing (the week before finals too, oh we hated her). I don't actually know any college student who doesn't cringe at the thought of take home tests. EDIT: just to be clear this is meant as commiseration not as a misery dick waving contest. It was the largest time requirement of any undergrad class I took in the 5 years I was there.