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My experience has been quite difference, but I suppose it's all relative based on what you're comparing it against. The amount of effort it takes to get an A/B
by thematt 15y ago
My experience has been quite difference, but I suppose it's all relative based on what you're comparing it against. The amount of effort it takes to get an A/B in a liberal arts class and an A/B in a math/science class are lightyears apart. The liberal arts majors I knew would (maybe) do a couple hours of homework a night and party on the weekends. The engineering students would spent most of their nights doing homework or working in the labs, with more of the same on the weekends -- to get an equivalent grade. The classes that STEM majors need to pass are significantly harder than what liberal arts majors are up against and therefore require more work and effort.
- bryanlarsen 15y agoIt can be the opposite though. With Science, Engineering & Math, it's possible to get a 99 or 100, and isn't that difficult if you know you stuff. And once you know your stuff, you can stop studying because further effort has very steep diminishing returns. On the other hand, it was pretty much impossible to get a grade above 89 in an English class. No essay is perfect, it's always possible to improve an essay, so a perfect grade was never given out. I put in a lot less effort than my friends in humanities and received much better grades than them. Many of my friends in Engineering dropped out, but the ones who didn't received excellent grades.