I crushed 177 and 178, but 331 kicked me in the face, but I chalk a lot of that up to the teacher. First class I ever retook. Nailed it the second time with a much better instructor. Glad I did not need 332, though.
Most dropped courses at ISU this semester
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Chem 331 was definitely tough, but Chem 332 was the second worst class I took at ISU.
The toughest class I ever took was Bio 436 which was Neurobiology taught by an old Dutch professor. Class had about 30 students and about 23 dropped after the first exam.
Would he have been there in ‘99? I think I may have had him for 165 if I’m thinking of the same guy.
Talking about vectors and always like what’s the vector to get to the keg of beer. What change in vector to get you some smokes…
The problem here is "weed out class" is given a negative connotation. Like you said it's warranted and probably benefits a TON of students that this is done right out of the gate the first year or so.
I was your classic small town 4.0 student, (4.2 with taking honors and Community College classes), thought math and science were my biggest strengths, came to Iowa State to study Engineering.
Calc 1 absolutely wrecked me. I was so unprepared, tried to double down on my studies but it would have taken me the whole semester to get to the starting point I needed to be at.
It's better for students to realize this out of the gate, learn to fight through it, or move on to something else. It's a specialized degree, they aren't just supposed to hand them out like participation trophies.
Keinert is interesting. Bumped into him on RAGBRAI of all places (in addition to Econ's Quirmbach).
The key for me taking the library class was an older friend that said to take the accelerated option, and that was probably the best advice ever.
The only course I dropped in my 4 years was Raquetball
(I was injured and couldn't play the last 2 months of the semester)
Haven’t had a good Campus Life thread in a while. Current students are slacking. Or not on CF.
The Nebraska Fred Choobineh is a different Fred Choobineh than Iowa States martini man
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We used to have epic finals week threads when I was in college. Miss reading those.
It's crazy how everyone learns different. Chem 177 and Econ 101 were the easiest courses I took at ISU by far.
I still suffer PTSD from DIff EQ.
One of the two easiest math classes I ever took, out of 23 at Iowa State. Finished the final before all 200ish tests were handed out. Still have no idea why that class is so feared in the EE/CprE circles.
Math 165 is harder than calc 2 imo. Calc 3; integrating in polar and cylindrical coordinates.... Kill me.
You are confusing DiffyQ with calc 3. You fully described and identified the course number of calc 3 (math 265). DiffyQ is 267.
I found Math 365 also to be VERY easy.