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I think the productivity tips are good ones. But something must be different about his university than mine. Finishing two difficult degrees (math and CS) in 3
by jjeaff 3y ago
I think the productivity tips are good ones. But something must be different about his university than mine. Finishing two difficult degrees (math and CS) in 3 semesters is simply not possible in most if not all US Universities. Perhaps this is somewhere else? He does call them units instead of hours. He even says that the last semester he also worked 40 hours a week and that he ran a club and socialized with friends.
First of all, most universities don't even offer all the courses you need to graduate every semester and when they do, they are often overlapping. You certainly couldn't fit them all in with a full time job as well. Did none of these classes have homework or turn in assignments? He also says he slept 7-8 hrs a day and at least one semester had classes from 9am-10pm. Sorry, but most of those classes must have been a joke. You can't absorb that much information in a day and the 3 remaining waking hours is not enough to study and review the material, prep for tests, and take care of daily life stuff.
The number of credits required for graduation must also be low. Especially for two degrees even considering that they would have a lot of overlap. I tested out of every credit possible at my university and was able to complete 2 degrees in 8 semesters. And I had a full class schedule, around 30 hours a semester and I had to plan very carefully, sometimes 1 or 2 semesters in advance just to make sure my necessary courses would be available and not overlapping.
- cloverich 3y agoIt does sound crazy and I won't entertain how realistic it is. But I will say and I think this is fairly common, I now look back on my 18 credit hour undergrad semesters, which was considered a moderately heavy load, and I would presently describe it as: I had an abundance of free time. This was pre-med too so not easy courses or anything. College was as much about goofing off with friends and hobbies as it was about coursework. With my present work ethic I think I could have pretty easily doubled the load, and completed a bit over one year of course work per semester without sacrificing my personal life. Again 4 years in 3 semesters sounds crazy. But 4 years in 4 semesters seems totally plausible, so idk.
- Tarq0n 3y agoPeople with 99th percentile executive functioning passing this off like anyone could do it with some advice is the base rate fallacy at its finest.