<p>anyone know anything about the difficulty of Labor Econ with Hutchens, R?</p>
<p>labor econ in general is easy</p>
<p>I had Hutchens for Labor Econ; he's probably the nicest professor I've had at Cornell. The class was very easy, and he'd periodically stop to see if anyone needed him to reexplain topics he deemed "difficult". The homework was minimal, and there was one paper, which was pretty easy. There's no reason you shouldn't get an A in his class (I think the average on all the prelims was in the low 90s/very high 80s). None of the concepts presented in the class deviated too far from the topics covered in micro/macro (and I took these in high school, so if you took them at Cornell, you're more than prepared for the joke that is Labor Econ.).</p>
<p>what if we sucked at econ?</p>
<p>then you draw a graph and that should clear up any confusion</p>
<p>it's easier than micro/macro. The graphs and concepts we were required to understand were simplistic, which is why I opted to use common sense instead of studying for the class (like gomestar said). I think some of the other teachers might be slightly harder than Hutchens, however.</p>
<p><a href="http://cornell.schedulizer.com/mOt854%5B/url%5D">http://cornell.schedulizer.com/mOt854</a> </p>
<p>reasonable manageable schedule?</p>
<p>gomestar: i'm sorry not everyone in ILR has a 4.0...</p>
<p>he's just saying that the class is easy..and some people can get by without doing much work. if you took micro/macro and have a decent understanding, you should be able to use graphs to explain things.</p>
<p>well it just seems that he's being a little bit condescending...but thank you both for your input...</p>
<p>same question for statistics...</p>
<p>"gomestar: i'm sorry not everyone in ILR has a 4.0..."</p>
<p>i don't. </p>
<p>I never understood some of the micro/macro econ topics ... all I ever really did was draw some graphs and I was able to learn the concepts from there. I'm not an econ whiz, but an understanding of how to use graphs to explain what they're asking got me a 5 on AP micro without even taking the class. Labor econ is easy enough that simple graphs will explain everything. </p>
<p>Stats is a pretty easy class too. There's not really anything "math" about it, though Velleman can be very tricky with his questions - my prelim grades were 90, 59, and 100 with an A on a projects and all my 'homeworks' in I earned an A in the class despite totally blowing one test. You are allowed to use 1 page of notes per exam (and they're cumulative - 1 page for the first test, 3 pages for the third). Unfortuntetly, neither my notes nor the notes of my friends seemed to help us out much with some of the tricky questions ... and we have some small handwriters out there as well. You will be tested on concepts, not calculations of Z-scores.</p>
<p>gomestar: thanks for writing out a real good response :) you've changed my mind about you and hopefully that other persons as well :)</p>
<p>"that other persons"..lol. honestly, if you think labor econ is hard maybe you should reconsider cornell. is that condescending enough for you? good.</p>
<p>hey spanks...the beef was never with you :) </p>
<p>by other persons i meant others who felt gomestar was being a smart alack at times...</p>
<p>i ask about labor econ b/c i want to know how to make my semester easier...</p>
<p>oh I'm a huge smart alack and at most times. I also have most of the info that people want as I've had substantial experience with Cornell, ILR, recruitment, classes, and admissions. My responses have likely turned sharp due to the repetitive nature of questions (no, iBanks really don't care a whole lot about major; I don't know your chances; no, don't apply to ILR if you're really interested in english; no, the contract colleges are NOT state schools; Ithaca is rural but not 'the middle of nowhere'; no, students here are not 'ultra depressed', they're just sick of dealing with idiots like you; ILR cares more about essays and experiences than SATs, hence the slightly lower average scores). I've just summed up 60% of my responses right there. I don't mind informing new people, but I'm sure you realize there are people that have heard these responses and still refuse to believe any of it. I will willingly call them out thus giving me a prickly demeanor. </p>
<p>If it's any consolation, a few people on here can attest to the fact that I'm a totally different person in 'real life'.</p>
<p>we should make a ILR FAQ thread</p>
<p>there are a couple labor econ profs I have heard horror stories about, so i wouldn't say that it is <em>that</em> easy. definitely dependent on who your prof is.</p>
<p>my prof was only OK. Some stuff was hard, some not so much. None of it was really fun. But, he was only a visiting prof and he's returned to his original university.</p>
<p>we have Hutchens, how is he/she?</p>
<p>i've heard good things about hutchens class.</p>