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Usually more As in Math and Science as in social sciences and humanities as there is no curve
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are you sure about this? It's certainly not what I've heard...
And the grades are curved in math classes (otherwise half the class would fail, at least in the Honors math sequence, where median grade on the test is often in the 40s...)</p>
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That said, from what I've heard, social sciences and humanities are "easier" in a way, because the grading is less objective. So if you put in the effort, come to classes, and turn in all the papers, you'll pass.
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<p>If the grading is less objective, then the "difficulty" of the teacher determines the likeliness of outstanding success. If you want to reach great heights, it might be the most dangerous thing to put you efforts in the hands of the interpreter.</p>
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On the other hand, 2 + 2 always =s 4. If you learn the math, the tests are relatively easy.
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<p>Upper division math is more like prove that 2+2=4, than 2+2=?. It's not subjective, but it isn't a subject that you can brute force with memorization. There are generally a lot of subtelties that you genuinely have to understand and apply on demand.</p>
<p>How can CS be easy? CS is generally considered one of the hardest majors offered.</p>
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Most of my friends were math or science majors who understood the material which made it "easy" for them.<br>
Many of the Profs felt that tests were to tell what you did not know, not what you knew, so 100s were failures for the prof. Thus, an 86 became an A with a 95 the highest grade.<br>
For Organic Chem, the test had as hugh "unknown" that was = in points to the rest of the test. You could not memorize, but had to push electrons to get the answer.
For the Chem majors senior year of inorganic, everybody made an A but one person who got a B+. Similar for the Math and Engineer majors.</p>
<p>Do what your forte is, not what you think will be easy. If you enjoy it, you will probably do well. But then, add a well rounded education to that. </p>
<p>Stanford started the school to teach a broad education.</p>