<p>unless you choose to take 2800 and/or honors math, the first two years will be a joke difficulty wise, though less so for sophomore if you choose to challenge yourself. since you’re concerned about competing with geniuses, you probably won’t be taking them.</p>
<p>after that seas difficulty takes off, though depending on your major it may not be that bad; could just be a lot of tedious work rather than stuff of tremendous difficulty. varies by major, of course.</p>
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<p>This vastly depends on your high school preparation. Others will definitely beg to differ, but I agree with you.</p>
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<p>There are a small handful of geniuses, a number of people who are really really smart, more total morons than you’d expect, and a fair number of people who aren’t all that bright and just work really heard. The majority of SEAS kids are just plain old smart – smart enough to be a professor at a good school, or to run a successful company, or to be a well-respected engineer. If you got in, there’s no reason for you to think you’re not smart enough to fit in with the pack. The entire class isn’t Linus Pauling.</p>
<p>C2K2, I don’t see it answered clearly elsewhere but…</p>
<p>% Grades in the A range (A/A-) are still listed on the transcript except for seminars, which leave that column blank.</p>
<p>“If you want an A and don’t want to work that hard, you can either be 1) really smart and/or efficient or 2) do a really good job with your course selection given some classes have much more grade inflation than others.”</p>
<p>I disagree with (a). If you’re talking about natural smarts where you can miss 30 days of school and still blow every test away with A’s then theres a problem. Even people who are naturally smart cannot get by college without putting in the hard work. They will get accustomed to slacking off and being lazy and ultimately flunk. </p>
<p>But besides that, I heard Harvard is notorious for its grade inflation because of the fear of their graduation rate declining.</p>
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<p>Why do people on this board only talk in extremes? We’re talking about “not working that hard,” not going to Aruba for a month-long vacation during the middle of the semester. Your straw-man doesn’t advance your point.</p>
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<p>Think about what you posted. Think about whether it makes sense. Think about why it doesn’t make sense.</p>
<p>Columbia2002, this is what’s been told to me and what I’ve read on CC. It’s not my words and I am not saying they are true so whether it makes sense or not is not on me. Either consult those who say it is or Harvard.</p>
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<p>Harvard presumably didn’t say it; you don’t say that anyone at Harvard said it. You don’t say who said it, so who am I going to consult?</p>
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<p>You posted the statement and reported it as if it were the truth. You used the statement to support a point you tried to make. You didn’t say that you heard the statement and wonder if it’s true. You didn’t name your source so we could assess the statement’s credibility. </p>
<p>See, when you’re a conduit for false information and then try to hide under the guise of “I didn’t say it,” you fail miserably. Lesson learned.</p>
<p>I think you just want to argue with me for the sake of it.</p>
<p>“But besides that, I heard Harvard is notorious for its grade inflation because of the fear of their graduation rate declining.”</p>
<p>Key word= “heard”</p>
<p>So please, don’t try to make it look like I’m just throwing random things out there because I did make it clear that it may not be credible. Period.</p>
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<p>No you cant do an ieor/econ major in seas unless you 4/1. You can do an econ minor, and many do choose to.</p>
<p>thank you for supplying the correct information.</p>
<p>House of London owned Columbia2002</p>