<p>Question's in the title. I know that obviously the more selective and prestigious schools are going to be more rigorous, but, compared to schools of almost equal caliber, how bad is it? I've heard it can be brutal, and I just want to prepare myself...</p>
<p>That’s actually one of the questions i asked during my interview. Alumni said it’s really up to how you manage your time and how much effort you put into your classes. He was double major and played soccer.</p>
<p>Depends on the professors. There are some classes like Economics in which different professors do not matter much but in humanities, they can make a big difference. I know some Problem of God professors who assign a couple of one/two page papers and I heard of those who assign four 4-5 page papers. Same about foreign languages. In the end, it is about balancing the two types unless you are willing to put your entire life in suspense just to get through these damn classes. I would not do that for anything, I have so many other things to do. One must have too much time and nerves to do that.</p>
<p>It also heavily depends on your major. My friend is a premed and his classes like chemistry and biology are extremely difficult, one of his midterms had a 55% average. PoG, as long as you get a normal professor, is actually one of the easier classes out there.</p>
<p>As said above, workload varies greatly between classes and professors. My PoG requires four 15 (fifteen) page papers over the semester. Needless to say I didn’t sleep that night. On the other hand, International Business requires a group powerpoint, an essay, and a final asking us to list 10 things we learned from the class. Econ, Chem, Bio, and the SFS pro-seminars seem to be the ones always giving people trouble. Overall, most students handle the workload with cutting back too much on leisure/weekend time.</p>
<p>ropyopanop - that’s only the case for IB if you have Parada, I hear Skuba has a harder workload</p>
<p>Slightly major dependent, but you can expect to work hard…</p>