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Posted: 4/10/2019 2:32:40 PM EDT
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No shit! I had a Chinese teacher for Vector Tensor Analyses. I couldn't understand a thing he said. One day he was handing back tests, he's calling my name and I have no idea it's me. I'm just sitting there and finally my buddy says "Hey, I think that's you". I wouldn't have realized that was my name he was saying in a million years. He turned around and said, "don't write this down. Your instructor just got off the boat yesterday, he's getting his shots today, he'll be here Friday" He wasn't joking, why the hell LSU thought it was OK to put a guy that knew about 10 english words and couldn't pronounce any of them, in charge of a class is something I'll never figure out. Passed Statics on the next try. 
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Posted: 4/10/2019 2:33:17 PM EDT
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Thermodynamics. Required.
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Posted: 4/10/2019 2:33:29 PM EDT
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Russian, yes it was required.
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Posted: 4/10/2019 2:35:04 PM EDT
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Organic chem sucked ...
Applied calculus ... 
But the one and only D I ever received in college ... Tree, wood and rock ID ... Goddamit Doc Grafton 
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Posted: 4/10/2019 2:38:00 PM EDT
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Damn a lot of math guys in here. God bless you all.
Russian I & II. Brutal. While I never got to use it as initially thought, I married a Russian and for the past 15 years, neither she nor my mother-in-law know I can understand their "private" chats. 
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Posted: 4/10/2019 2:43:13 PM EDT
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Physical chemistry
I took it as an elective because I loved physics and organic chemistry. It was the hardest and most satisfying "B" I've ever earned. It's also the class that started my love affair with coffee. |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 2:46:14 PM EDT
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N.C. State, Chemistry 101. It was designed to cut the Freshman class by half. It worked.
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Posted: 4/10/2019 2:47:14 PM EDT
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Probably biochemistry
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Posted: 4/10/2019 2:50:46 PM EDT
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German .... all four semesters of it!
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Posted: 4/10/2019 2:51:34 PM EDT
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Biochemstry from the head of the Biology department at a major research university.
My issue was I said to him - "Why do I need to memorize all these useless bond angles and draw these structures from memory? You realize these are all based on crystalline structures that do not actually exist in nature at reasonable biologically relevant temperatures?" I couldn't help myself - I am all about being right rather then sucking up. |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 2:57:55 PM EDT
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Controls
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Posted: 4/10/2019 2:59:07 PM EDT
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I got a D+ the first took DiffEq, because the Haitian prof spoke a mix of French and English with a heavy bias towards French, his notes diverged from the book and he expected us to have read his published papers in addition to the book and notes. The papers were in French, so you had to figure out how the equations worked out without any written explanation. He would not stop writing on the board as he asked the TA how to say something in English, then tell us "What he said" and carry on with zero context to where that thought went on the board.
The second time, Italian prof, easiest A ever. The rest of the class hated me as I averaged 98% and they got no higher than 67% on any test. As I turned in the final project before the final, she asked me if I'd had the Haitian the prior semester or how else i knew the subject so well. 
I loved chemical engineering exams, 200 points possible, 8 questions of 10 to 40 points each, 2 hours to complete. High score 30, average 12, low 0. You learned to work while the person sitting next to you was crying, and to quickly pick your battles. Kharn |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 3:03:33 PM EDT
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Orgo lab was annoying but I still managed an A.
Other than that, cases in financial management was the hardest class during my business degree. |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 3:06:57 PM EDT
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Pick a math class and that would be it.
If not for my former SIL, I woulda failed miserably, but with her tutoring (she has advanced math degrees and made it easier to understand), I made high B's. What is weird, though, is I made straight A's in statistics. 
@linkedm4: I was always told that "Degree" begins with "D".
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Posted: 4/10/2019 4:48:21 PM EDT
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I should have included the CS202 programming class (java). We were given a physically impossible 'final' assignment. Originally started with a fairly standard program description. Pretty much everyone had it done and working in a week or two. Then he kept changing parts of the assignment and adding required elements and structures. To the point it became literally impossible to code it using all his requirements. The class wasn't hard at all, it's just the professor was a moron. All but maybe one person in that class was already a better coder than he was at the beginning of the semester. That was the class that made me drop my computer programming minor.
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Posted: 4/10/2019 4:53:11 PM EDT
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I should have included the CS202 programming class (java). We were given a physically impossible 'final' assignment. Originally started with a fairly standard program description. Pretty much everyone had it done and working in a week or two. Then he kept changing parts of the assignment and adding required elements and structures. To the point it became literally impossible to code it using all his requirements. The class wasn't hard at all, it's just the professor was a moron. All but maybe one person in that class was already a better coder than he was at the beginning of the semester. That was the class that made me drop my computer programming minor. |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 4:55:52 PM EDT
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Physics 2. You were supposed to have passed calc 3 before you took it, but I hadn't taken calc 3 yet. Teaching myself differential equations was... unpleasant.
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Posted: 4/10/2019 4:59:22 PM EDT
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Business law taught by a local lawyer who I had known most of my life. In 16 years of teaching the class, only four students had received As. Even with the notes from one of the A students, I worked my ass off to get a B. I was prouder of that B than any of the As I ever received.
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Posted: 4/10/2019 6:34:54 PM EDT
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Climbing Mount MotherFucker with everything I owned on my back, an M16, 6 full mags, 2 full canteens, e-tool, helmet, etc. I passed.  |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 6:44:27 PM EDT
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Diff Eqs. Had a C going into the final, bombed it like a champ, and still somehow got a C in the class.
Thermo-great prof. Easy B, I understood it well. Calc 3 w/ vector fields-good prof. B with some hard work. Same with Physics 2, EE classes, etc. Had a killer prof for Materials. I had a higher grade than my legit genius roommate. |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 6:51:28 PM EDT
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Algorithm analysis or DifEQ. They both sucked. Structures was a close second, but I really think that was due to my prof. |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 6:54:23 PM EDT
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boxing
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Posted: 4/10/2019 6:58:42 PM EDT
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Statistics My wife’s degree is math. I think she regretted her choice after I struggled in that class. |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 7:00:47 PM EDT
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Music appreciation. Because I never went to class. I think I went 3-4 times. All exam days.
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Posted: 4/10/2019 7:00:55 PM EDT
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Hardest? I don't know.
Most fun....maybe rifle shooting. Seriously, we had a PE class in college on rifle shooting. Bull barrel .22's. 
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Posted: 4/10/2019 7:02:46 PM EDT
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Human Physiology 101.
The Professor who taught the class was the one who wrote the book. He lectured from memory and knew every page. Studied for hours for the first exam. I got a 22/100. Lucky for me he used the bell curve for grading. I got a C on it |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 7:05:42 PM EDT
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DiffEQ at UGA. It was Math 358.
A math professor said that was one of the hardest undergrad classes in the school. |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 8:45:20 PM EDT
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Statistics, I ended up withdrawing a couple of times so I wouldn't fail and on the third time I made sure I got the easiest professor in the University and I passed that time.
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Posted: 4/10/2019 8:58:51 PM EDT
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Was that at Florida? <------ class of '89 Honestly, with the 200+ student class sizes and TA's that mumbled in Chinese, it was pretty obvious that after you paid your fees, UF Administration didn't really give a shit whether you succeeded or not. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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hardest class I passed? calc 3 hardest class failed? diff eq <------ class of '89 Honestly, with the 200+ student class sizes and TA's that mumbled in Chinese, it was pretty obvious that after you paid your fees, UF Administration didn't really give a shit whether you succeeded or not. |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:09:15 PM EDT
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Jazz class. Seriously. Teacher must have known half of us non-music kids were taking it as blow offs so he catered it entirely/intensely to the hardcore music kids. I like jazz so suddenly figured it would be an enjoyable last hurrah before graduating. Nope, I had to study harder for that than anything, except maybe my basic math course.
I probably would have done well in a trade or art school. I did go back and got a Masters. Not in a field that makes any money though.
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:14:10 PM EDT
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Thermodynamics. This class weeded out a lot of students. UF.
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:14:10 PM EDT
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Organic chem sucked ... Applied calculus ...
But the one and only D I ever received in college ... Tree, wood and rock ID ... Goddamit Doc Grafton |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:16:52 PM EDT
[#33]
Fluid power dynamics. In addition to being a tough class to begin with we had a brand new professor that didn’t speak English.
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:18:47 PM EDT
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Med surg 2
Yes Sucks when 77 is failing and no one scored over an 85. My class did have a 100% NCLEX pass rate so it's not like we were stupid. Every semester we had to take a dosage calculation test we needed to score a 100 on. One chance to retake. |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:19:23 PM EDT
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Electromagnetic Wave Theory.
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:21:44 PM EDT
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Calc 3...not required for comp engr, but I was a mech engr major at the time. Loved fluid dynamics, etc... To me they weren't hard, but fun.
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:22:03 PM EDT
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The ones with professors who spoke English as a fifth language.
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:26:39 PM EDT
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Pharmacy for nursing school.
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:29:21 PM EDT
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Mass Transport. I've learned more outside of college on this topic than a 3 hr course. Fucking professor did her undergrad, masters and PhD at the same fucking school, never stepping foot off campus into industry. People literally delayed graduation a year to avoid her class. I had no such luxury and passed with a "C".
Theres a reason theres so few chemical engineers... I'm fascinated there seems to be a significant number on this forum. |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:35:27 PM EDT
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Plant Physiology, a mixture of Botany and Biochemistry with a little Organic Chem thrown in for fun.
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:37:46 PM EDT
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Intro to FORTRAN. Anyone else remember IBM punch cards? I am old. I think Thermodynamics was my toughest, partly because the professor spoke with a heavy German accent that would put you to sleep like a hypnotist. |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:43:55 PM EDT
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I have a masters in social studies education and I hate the word undergrad. 87% of the people who say "undergrad" do so in a pretentious and uppity way because they have an advanced degree. The fact is that most of these same people have a master's in some liberal arts curriculum that is about about as "advanced" as any 400 level course. Props to the 5 year engineering program and other related "undergrad" studies folks in here. Those programs are significantly more difficult.
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:44:50 PM EDT
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I got a D+ the first took DiffEq, because the Haitian prof spoke a mix of French and English with a heavy bias towards French, his notes diverged from the book and he expected us to have read his published papers in addition to the book and notes. The papers were in French, so you had to figure out how the equations worked out without any written explanation. He would not stop writing on the board as he asked the TA how to say something in English, then tell us "What he said" and carry on with zero context to where that thought went on the board. The second time, Italian prof, easiest A ever. The rest of the class hated me as I averaged 98% and they got no higher than 67% on any test. As I turned in the final project before the final, she asked me if I'd had the Haitian the prior semester or how else i knew the subject so well.
I loved chemical engineering exams, 200 points possible, 8 questions of 10 to 40 points each, 2 hours to complete. High score 30, average 12, low 0. You learned to work while the person sitting next to you was crying, and to quickly pick your battles. Kharn |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:46:27 PM EDT
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Damn a lot of math guys in here. God bless you all. Russian I & II. Brutal. While I never got to use it as initially thought, I married a Russian and for the past 15 years, neither she nor my mother-in-law know I can understand their "private" chats. |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:46:53 PM EDT
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For me it was an astronomy class. I wasn't a math major, and the professor who taught the class was an astrophysicist who was big into math, physics, trig, etc. His lectures about the solar systems, how stars and solar systems form, black holes, different kinds of stars, chemical stuff about stars atoms etc just glued me to my seat, and all term long he was the only professor who was so interesting, I didn't want to miss a class. But when it came time for the tests, his questions about math, physics, advanced calculus left me in the dust.
I got a very good grade in algebra, but still thought that the abstract parts of algebra bugged me so I took the class a second time, and although I again got a really good grade, I didn't feel like "I got it". Statistics was easy for me because it was concrete and linear. In any case, the advanced calculus in the astronomy class made it hard for me to get a passing grade..but I barely did. He was the only professor in college from whom I accepted a grade less than I wanted because I knew there was stuff in the class I simply didn't comprehend as well as I wanted....but geez he was interesting. |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:46:56 PM EDT
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Signals and Systems
It's legendary at UT Knoxville. |
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:47:03 PM EDT
[#47]
Probably differential equations.
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:47:37 PM EDT
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Finance 470?
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:48:17 PM EDT
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Dynamics. Of course I had the worst teacher in the whole engineering department. Proudest C I ever made.
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Posted: 4/10/2019 9:48:46 PM EDT
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Geeze this is going back now 23 years. "Theoretical Mechanics" was the hardest class for me as a physics major.
Our final exam consisted of one question; given a jar of molasses and all necessary parameters, and a marble and it's properties, predict the path it take when dropped into the jar of molasses from x height. We started with 4 people in the class, 2 of us at the end. I passed. |
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