punjabi_khota Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 Well buddy the link I have in the post is from a US university. Not all undergrad Math majors are designed the same.
Jersey #10 Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 Well I was speaking in general. That's how the accreditation is set up in most well known universities. Ivy league schools may do it differently. The link you provided barely proves anything though. I am sure it's the hardest math course on the planet but that doesn't mean it's harder than other technical courses at the same school (Harvard) in this case. It could be but I don't know.
WC2011INDIA Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 So you randomly took a bunch of engineering courses for fun? I can't believe that you find Mechanical easier than Environmental :haha: I have seen kids cry and struggle to pass their ME classes. Maybe you took some 100 or 200 level classes? the real stuff starts at 300 and 400 level courses, which is essentially the real "engineering" part of the degree. It would only make sense that you took low level engineering courses because to get into 300 and 400 level courses, you would need per-requisits of many 100 and 200 level courses and that is a 1.5-2 years process. Considering all that, you really haven't seen any "real" engineering courses. I am not an environmental engineering major but I have done my research. I could be off a bit but that was not my point to prove anyway. btw, which school gives out A+ and A-? I thought it was just plain old A, B, C, D without the pluses and the minuses. Actually, I took MECH 4406 (Heat Transfer) as one of my electives in final year and got A+. In MECH 2300 (Thermodynamics) and MECH 2400 (Fluid Dynamics) I got B+ and B respectively.
punjabi_khota Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 ^Why don't you just post your transcript here :wall:?
Jersey #10 Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 Actually, I took MECH 4406 (Heat Transfer) as one of my electives in final year and got A+. In MECH 2300 (Thermodynamics) and MECH 2400 (Fluid Dynamics) I got B+ and B respectively. Those are some hard classes ...no doubts in my mind especially the later two
Jersey #10 Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 ^Why don't you just post your transcript here :wall:? ++:hysterical:
surajmal Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 In the non science/technical setting, Financial Math/Computational Finance is a tough major. After that, if anyone wants to do masters in financial engineering, that is also tough (pretty fvcking expensive too). In fact, I'm willing to bet that on a per capita basis, financial engineers (quantitative analysts) are the smartest bunch out there. Higher level "quants" are mostly phds in physics and/or mathematics.
Mariyam Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 According to you, what does that term mean? Answer without looking it up or really thinking about it. Am doing an unscientific informal survey for an argument :-). From what I understand of the term, it means subjects like Logic, Languages, Theology etc which only the liberated/free subject of the Roman (or was it Greek) empire were let to study. As against Arts, which included pottery and stuff like that. Read this somewhere.
Raghav_12 Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 ^Why don't you just post your transcript here :wall:? :hysterical::hysterical:
The Outsider Posted December 10, 2011 Posted December 10, 2011 A well rounded and as near to a complete education as one can achieve in 4 years given the place teaching liberal arts is of good quality.
The Outsider Posted December 11, 2011 Posted December 11, 2011 ^ what is a B.A in India. Really? I think you missed the "good quality" part of my post. But even from India, what's wrong with graduates from Stephens or Hindu?
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