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yes MATH 325 does seem pretty simple so far. I fell asleep during lecture today because I don't think the prof should spend another day discussing and evaluating direction fields. Seriously.
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<p>Professor Klemes does tend to be somewhat soporific, and goes through any course material at, shall we say, a gentle pace...</p>
<p>I3tranger, I just saw that you got into Caltech. You realize that puts you in the top .01% of humans in terms of your math ability for your age, right? Everything is relative. I'm probably in the top 5% of math ability out of the total population of kids my age, but amongst caltech or MIT students I would appear very, very stupid as I'm not a "natural." Although, I do have a very good feel for statistics. But I would never get through upper division physics courses, because my spatial ability isn't there. </p>
<p>In any case, enjoy the relative easiness of your courses, and trust me, the profs would love nothing more than to challenge you. Once you get into 500 and 600 level courses in ANYTHING the material gets hard.</p>
<p>My friend albert is crazy at math!
Actually, so crazy that he goes to Phillips exeter academy on a full ride math scholarship and gets almost straight As there.</p>
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My friend albert is crazy at math!
Actually, so crazy that he goes to Phillips exeter academy on a full ride math scholarship and gets almost straight As there.
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<p>Is this a big deal? I know a brilliant girl who went to Exeter and skipped basically all of core math here. Also, there is a huge difference between performance in high school and performance in college. Many people can get A's in high school math just by studying and practicing ("practising" for you Canadiens haha) a lot. In college it is sometimes literally impossible to understand certain material if you aren't naturally skilled enough.</p>
<p>Besides, what does that have anything to do with this thread?</p>
<p>To answer your question: I'm studying chemical engineering.</p>
<p>Drmambo, I'm assuming you're u0?</p>
<p>yes. yes I am. </p>
<p>I know you love to assume though.</p>
<p>Then we're in the same situation, studying McGill for only about a month. Therefore our knowledge and experience at this school should more or less be equal right? Then who are you to judge if I'm wrong or right. Engineering is a much smaller faculty, things are probably different.</p>
<p>big class size is good because you can skip classes!! notes and questions are posted online so all you do is study that..</p>
<p>Then why should anyone pay thousands of dollars in tuition just for streaming videos online, downloading powerpoints, 10-20 pages of questions per semester and a piece of paper in the end? People can even do that for free...</p>
<p>I hope you're not serious? "why would anyone pay thousands of dollars...for..a piece of paper...". </p>
<p>You're starting to show your age. </p>
<p>p.s. I'm sorry for not replying to your other posts, I was busy actually doing work, instead of complaining about how I didn't have any, or that the work I did have was too easy.</p>
<p>Oh, apparently, i'm not the only master assumer. Or rather, it is inappropriate to judge based on individual's abilities. Just because you are busy studying for your midterms doesn't mean that everyone else has to be. You're not THE McGill academic standard.</p>
<p>You are starting to show your age.</p>
<p>I'm sorry, but I'd like to feel the same way as any other average college student, that my tuition money is paying professors to teach me something valuable for my own survival and success. Video recordings of lectures can be found anywhere really, even on youtube sometimes. </p>
<p>This thread of how to survive better at McGill has turned into a personal war of intelligence and mockery. How sad.</p>
<p>yeah people can do that for free, but then you dont get diploma right?? if you do it at school you get deploma but if you do it yourself you get nothing lmao</p>
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yeah people can do that for free, but then you dont get diploma right?? if you do it at school you get deploma but if you do it yourself you get nothing lmao
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<p>Maybe after you get your "deploma" you will know how to spell ROFLMAO OMG!11</p>
<p>Soccerboy, you are truly a great example of the student quality at McGill. Have fun, brah.</p>
<p>Well now that that's over, getting back to the OP's question...
Early on, S found the workload to be fairly intense and a lot of it self-directed. On the other hand, he also feels that his professors are generally accessible and he is definitely getting into the swing of things. I don't think his initial experience was out of the ordinary though. He told me that the Chem students are definitely suffering...
I haven't heard of any mid-term results...let's hope both of our students did well!</p>
<p>its diploma!</p>
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its diploma!
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<p>The correct answer would be "it's".</p>
<p>Soccerboy strikes again!</p>
<p>I'm sorry but some people actually value their 4 years of learning and maturing in college. Soccerboy, if your sole purpose of attending college is just that diploma in the end, you can get a deal somewhere, spending the same amount of money as you would in tuition and get a fake diploma. As long as it looks the same, does it matter how much work you put into to obtain it? I mean, both paths seem pretty equal to me.</p>
<p>McGill isn't a good school by American standards. Oh well. Suck it up. You're lucky to be in school.</p>
<p>And McGill is hard, relative to the ability of the students who attend.</p>
<p>"Soccerboy strikes again!"</p>
<p>yep, haha.</p>