<p>Could anybody from Princeton give a vivid description about the math and economics classes in Princeton? I would like to know how they look like in terms of : class size, professor's teaching styles, degree of difficulty for assignments and tests, class drop rate, professor-student relationship, course offering, etc. Anything academic related would be helpful. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Sure I will try to be as detailed as I can. You are asking for a lot though, so I won’t be able to answer like 70% of what you want without having to spend a lot of time looking it up, which I won’t. Anything not included = I don’t know.</p>
<p>For tests, you can go look at midterms/finals of most math classes here:
[Pexams[/url</a>]</p>
<p>For class sizes, you can go look at [url=<a href=“http://registrar.princeton.edu/course-offerings/search_results.xml]«”>Course Offerings | Office of the Registrar]«</a> Office of the Registrar](<a href=“http://www.math.princeton.edu/undergraduate/Pexams.html]Pexams[/url”>http://www.math.princeton.edu/undergraduate/Pexams.html) and see how big class sizes were for all classes at Princeton during the past. </p>
<p>For course offerings, you will get a packet with details about the courses. Or you can just go to the website I just mentioned [url=<a href=“http://registrar.princeton.edu/course-offerings/search_results.xml]«”>Course Offerings | Office of the Registrar]«</a> Office of the Registrar<a href=“it%20also%20has%20course%20descriptions”>/url</a></p>
<p>To start things off, math classes are a billion times harder than econ classes here:</p>
<p>MAT 201 and 202 class sizes are fairly large. Difficulty depends on how good you are at math, but generally (as well as relative to other math classes) 201 and 202 can be considered easy. </p>
<p>MAT 203 and 204 class sizes are smaller than 201/202. Definitely harder than 201/202, but workload should be ~4-6 hours a week depending on you. The instructor named Robert Strain sucks. </p>
<p>MAT 214 - I took this class with a professor named Aliroza Golsefidy. He’s a genius and a great instructor. The class workload is about 10-15 hours a week. Everything in this class is proofs. Professor-student relationship is very good since class size is like 10, and everyone goes to office hours because problem sets are way too hard. </p>
<p>MAT 215/217/218 - I didn’t take them, but I know they are also all proofs. These are designed for math majors. Professor-student relationship should be very good since class sizes are kept small (like ~20’s?) and there will be a lot of office hours. </p>
<p>I don’t know anything about the higher math classes.</p>
<p>ECO 100 - class size is huge. Like 200+. I took it with Henry Farber. I thought he was not bad at all. Assignments and tests are very easy, and the material is pretty interesting. Definitely useful stuff learned for life in general. Workload is about ~3-4 hours a week. Professor-student relationship is nonexistent unless you strive to contact the professor.</p>
<p>ECO 101 - I didn’t take this, but it’s also huge class size. useful stuff learned</p>
<p>ECO 310 - the class that continues ECO 100 with an emphasis on mathematical approach. Generally, people say it’s hard, but that’s because there is a lot of unqualified, not good at math, econ majors. If you’re good at math, this class is not bad at all. Midterm is ridiculously easy (got a 100, average was like 88?). Final is ridiculously hard but curve is very good (got a 70, average was like 50?) –> ended up with A in class. I took it with Steven Morris. He’s a good lecturer, but a lot of people complained about him. I don’t know why, probably because they did bad in the class. </p>
<p>I don’t know anything else about the higher econ classes.</p>
<p>In any case, your question is way too broad. Better to ask more specific questions if you want a response.</p>
<p>opqpop, what is your major? The classes that you listed are the ones that I am considering to take during my freshman year. As for the MAT 214, what is the curve like with only 10 people? Is it difficult to achieve a good grade?</p>