<p>It was not meant for condescension. What I meant was to truly understand newtonian mechanics (not even lagrangian, just old plain newtonian), you have to bash with very difficult problems, like the ones that are on the book posted. And in fact, dP/dt= F is almost everything there is to newtonian mechanics, but the problems are what makes the class worth taking or not.</p>
<p>At MIT at least, the honors sequence is reputed to be much better taught, have a lot more cooperation, and still, it is MUCH, MUCH more difficult than the regular path.</p>
<p>Sorry for the typo. Just corrected.</p>
<p>My point was to say that even when different majors have different difficulty, the way med school treats GPA etc… discourages you to REALLY learn the material when it’s outside of your major (unless you are fortunate enough to go to duke, where apparently the 40’s sequence is so much more awesome compared to the 50’s sequence).</p>
<p>I mean, how would you guys react if top colleges treats all HS GPA’s equally, regardless of difficulty?</p>