> less time and money Caltech has a large course catalog. I could only take a certain number at a time. Other than what was required for the degree, I carefull

> less time and money Caltech has a large course catalog. I could only take a certain number at a time. Other than what was required for the degree, I carefully selected courses I anticipated would have the largest payoff in my desired career. The usual course was 3-0-6, meaning 3 hours of lecture a week, 0 hours lab, 6 hours study. I don't regard any of it as wasted time and money. Except the economics class. Here's my class load for one semester in my junior year: AMA95 Intro Methods Applied Math 12 AM97 Analy Mech Deform Bodies 9 ME5 Design 9 ME19 Fluid Mech & Gas Dynamics 9 CS114 Micro Process Systems 9 BEM106 Business Econ Sem 9 That comes to an estimated 57 hours/week of work. For me, those estimates were pretty accurate. If you want to point out the waste of time and money, have at it!