What program were you in? I was an RIT Computer Science undergrad and (given this is one of the programs that RIT is known for) this was not my experience at a

What program were you in? I was an RIT Computer Science undergrad and (given this is one of the programs that RIT is known for) this was not my experience at all. I failed a number of exams and classes, but none of them which I can recall were because they gave me way too many things to memorize. I failed Physics because I failed Calculus... I failed Calculus because the professor had a thick Hungarian accent until she went out on maternity leave and was replaced by a man with an even thicker Hungarian accent. In fact maybe I'm just not good at Calculus... I failed Programming Skills electives because I had moved off campus and got a crappy part-time job, eventually lost my car, and no longer had the time to "live the life" and learn the lessons you learn from diving into the labs and the projects, working them over for dozens of hours until you get all of what ideas you are supposed to get. Actually I had a lot of 4.0 quarters until I moved off campus. I got A's across the board in all of my Arabic classes (ok, one B) which is the only place I remember having to memorize a lot of things, except for one or two Art History classes. I had one professor in particular who I wound up grading for later, who was a master at writing tests that made you prove your actual understanding of the subject matter. He was also a master lecturer, we would often say "you only have to show up to Phil's classes and listen to be able to pass the exams."