<p>this is so subjective. Some schools might have harder majors in literature/psychology/arts etc classes anyhow. I mean like someone said, Im sure I couldn't do math problems as well as math majors but Im sure I can draw better than math majors... (im fine art major btw) and I took up to AP calculus BC in high school.... plus my art professor only gives out grades usually in b ranges (B- B B+ etc) so i would be happy with 3.5 major GPA/....</p>
<p>how do colleges calculate gpa? is it the same system everywhere? If so what is it?</p>
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What if i said i'm half japanese and half chinese and i'm really good at French too?
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<p>Then you don't really get to experience the class from a non-native perspective, and therefore miss out on the point.</p>
<p>Take Arabic then.</p>
<p>mike, it's not necessarily the same system everywhere. Someone mentioned a kid on here at CalTech who had a 4.1, but at my school you can't get above a 4. At most schools, it's:
A = 4.0
A- = 3.66 (or 3.7)
B+ = 3.33 (or 3.3)
B = 3.0
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<p>gemstar... I have a friend who is majoring in a subset of English, and he has 42 books to read this semester. FORTY TWO. I'm pretty sure you silly science majors would die with a quarter as many books as that. I don't like people who call other majors besides theirs easy.</p>
<p>Majors are different, and some are easier for some people, and some are harder for some people. If you are awesome at science, and you try to major in English, it's going to be rough going.</p>
<p>I currently have a 3.94 and im an Business eco major. Of course, Im expecting that to drop :(. Yeah, but the op is biased as fock. A 3.9 is hard to do in college. Im working my arse off for these grades, and I cant even believe that my hard work is paying off (im a freshman). I thought college would be harder than this. I shouldnt say things like this though cause Ill jinx myself. Now, if ONLY IF ONLY I can get my lazy butt to join at least 2 more clubs....</p>
<p>I hate it when people have this elitist attitude in regards to what they're studying, and how they think of certain courses/majors to be "fluff." What they always forget is that, to someone, their courses and their majors can be considered fluff. For example, as a math major, I can look at many "challenging" undergraduate engineering math courses and go "meh." In the same respect, someone taking noncommutative harmonic analysis will look at, say, my measure theory course and go "lol."</p>
<p>In the end of the day who gives a ***** if you think someone else's courseload consists entirely of bird courses, or if their major is fluff. If you truly believe that your courses are much more substantial and challenging, then I'm sure a significant portion of people in your field will agree.</p>
<p>After 12 full years of schooling and some college education, people still don't realise some basic facts.
The difficulty of a particular subject varies from person to person. There maybe a person who's a whiz at math but can't analyze literature for nuts, or vice-versa.
Its totally meaningless to say one subject is harder than the other (it may be for you.... but no universally)</p>
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Then you don't really get to experience the class from a non-native perspective, and therefore miss out on the point.</p>
<p>Take Arabic then.</p>
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<p>I'm Indian actually...know a bit of Arabic coz my grandparents spoke Arabic too. I've lived in Singapore most of my life, where I learned a bit of Chinese and Japanese. Then I switched to French when i came to the US, and i'm currently doing French 3 in college, which is my easiest class ever.</p>
<p>i dunno, i was a "fluff" psychology major. on average i would have at least 1 test a week, a 10 page paper a week, plus a 20 page research paper a month, on top of the regular assignments, running my own experiments, etc. thats just a lot of writing, and i spent just as much time in the psych building that my science major friends spent in the science buildings.</p>
<p>If you think psychology is an easy major try to take some biopsych classes.</p>
<p>I used to believe that thing that people are just skilled in different areas and some people are great at math/science, but can't cut it in the liberal arts and vice versa, but what about the other people? The people that are great in hard sciences and liberal arts but couldn't do math to save their lives? I'm one of those people. Math is just too abstract for me even though hard sciences are a breeze.</p>
<p>MightyNick,</p>
<p>Well then...I give up. I can't think of another hard class for you...</p>
<p>OH WAIT!</p>
<p>Cantonese! :D</p>
<p>Hi folks, here's an interesting study on differences in grading across disciplines. Check out the table on page 3.</p>
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After 12 full years of schooling and some college education, people still don't realise some basic facts.
The difficulty of a particular subject varies from person to person. There maybe a person who's a whiz at math but can't analyze literature for nuts, or vice-versa.
Its totally meaningless to say one subject is harder than the other (it may be for you.... but no universally)
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<p>That's the point. It's meaningless as a universal statement, but could be applicable as a relative statement. For example, at one hypothetical college, all the engineering courses have a curve in which 30% of the students receive Fs, 20% receive Ds, 30% receive Cs, and 20% receive As and Bs, where as all the business courses have a curve in which 50% receive As, 30% receive Bs, 20% receive Cs, and no Ds and Fs are given out. Also, the engineering courses give out much more work, and the tests cover much more material. I think it's fair to say, in this case, that engineering is harder than business at this school. Maybe some people who are good at engineering and bad at business will think otherwise, but in general I think we can agree that it is a fair statement to make.</p>
<p>But to say that one subject is harder than another...as a universal statement...is pretty hard to back up.</p>
<p>Do people really sit in circles and compare GPA's? Hilarious.</p>
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<p>MightyNick,</p>
<p>Well then...I give up. I can't think of another hard class for you...</p>
<p>OH WAIT!</p>
<p>Cantonese!
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<p>Dude, thats not too different from Chinese/Mandarin. If i can handle those two, i can handle Cantonese. </p>
<p>Have you ever tried to solve math/science problems in a different language (chinese or french). Now that's hard!!!</p>
<p>^</p>
<p>New Testament Greek. I dare you to say that you could just plainly do New Testament Greek. I, like, double dog dare you. If you can pick that up on the quick, then you are part robot. </p>
<p>But, yeah, doing maths or science in another language is a <em>insert curse word here</em> That is the truth.</p>
<p>I did a stats course in Japanese. It was one of the worst 10 weeks of my life.</p>
<p>Russian, Nepali, New Jerseyan</p>
<p>just because someone throws there stats in ur face, doesnt mean u need to believe it.</p>
<p>I guarantee u that someone with a 3.9 psychology major could kick someones @** anyday in their field, but a 3.5 chemistry major student would kill the psychology student when it comes to chemistry</p>