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ME classes in the summer - easier or harder?
Posted on 7/3/18 at 7:28 am
Posted on 7/3/18 at 7:28 am
I am currently taking Dr. Devireddy for ME 3333 this summer. It was originally supposed to be with Dr. Harris Wong and 2 months, but the department changed it to Dr. D and 1 month. Class size has dropped considerably and there are only 23 students. Most people are on track to make an F. Does Dr. D curve?
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Posted on 7/3/18 at 7:31 am to Gray12
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Does Dr. D curve?
It sounds like you already dropped them drawers baw. Is it curved?
Posted on 7/3/18 at 7:33 am to ChineseBandit66
No curve as of now. He hasn’t announced or said anything about it. It’s somehow harder because he doesn’t give partial credit. He grades tough. Test grades like 20%, 30%, 40% are what most people are getting.
This post was edited on 7/3/18 at 7:34 am
Posted on 7/3/18 at 7:33 am to Gray12
You should only take easy shite in the summers. Period.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 7:34 am to Gray12
Time to start looking into that construction management degree
Posted on 7/3/18 at 7:34 am to Gray12
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Does Dr. D curve?
Posted on 7/3/18 at 7:35 am to Bullfrog
You are right! I messed up because my engineering advisors and friends keep telling me hard Engineering classes are easier in the summer because you pay extra for them, so they do pass everyone as long as you are around average. I’m not sure how true this holds anymore.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 7:36 am to Gray12
Only if you take them at Southern haha
Posted on 7/3/18 at 7:37 am to Gray12
I like summer classes to be the harder ones because the teachers are more lenient and I get to see the material almost every day.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 7:39 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
Yeah but the class is way harder than the way Dr. Walker teaches in the Fall and Spring.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 7:53 am to Gray12
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:04 am to Gray12
If Harris Wong is easier, then your life is gonna suck. I had Devireddy for thermo for ME majors. I dropped because my grades were garbage. I found out later that most, if not all that saw the class through to the final passed the class. But only like 30% of the class made it to the final. He didn't teach all that well, but in hindsight it was easy compared to when I took it again. I did better thought because it was taught better.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:10 am to Gray12
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I am currently taking Dr. Devireddy for ME 3333 this summer. It was originally supposed to be with Dr. Harris Wong and 2 months, but the department changed it to Dr. D and 1 month. Class size has dropped considerably and there are only 23 students. Most people are on track to make an F. Does Dr. D curve?
I don't remember which class ME3333 was. Fluids?
Either way, Dr. D grades much harder than Dr. Wong and will not do any curving over maybe 1 or 2 points. Passing grade was 56 when I took the class. It was much more manageable with Wong the second time around.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:11 am to KG6
From my experience, almost everyone technically fails thermo but somehow manages to come out with a passing grade.
That was my thoughts in Chem 2. Dunno why but that was one of the hardest classes of my college career. Could have been the teacher and not the subject.
That was my thoughts in Chem 2. Dunno why but that was one of the hardest classes of my college career. Could have been the teacher and not the subject.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:14 am to Zanzibaw
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Dr. Wong
Dr Wong or Dr. Wang? Harris Wong was a strict grader when I was there. I literally got a perfect score or in the 60's in his class. I think I had 2 perfect tests and a 60 to end up with a low B or a C. And the 60 was one incorrect statement carried throughout the problem. He marked it wrong in every single equation it was used in. Didn't give partial credit when the rest of the "method" for solving was correct.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:15 am to Gray12
I don’t miss thermo
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:16 am to KG6
Harris Wong. I'm not saying he grades easy but his class was mostly derivations of theories. Dr. D was just a dick (no pun intended) when it came to grading his tests.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:17 am to Gray12
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ME 3333
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Class size has dropped considerably and there are only 23 students. Most people are on track to make an F.
Sounds about right. When I was at LSU there was no curve, and they just failed everyone without care. Good luck.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:23 am to Zanzibaw
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derivations of theories.
Why do engineers give a frick about derivations of the theories? That's what the math majors love. I just want the formula to use.
I remember being in calculus and learning the limit form of the derivative then getting to the derivative rules. I was perplexed why we spent so much time on something I'll never ever use again (limit form).
Posted on 7/3/18 at 8:27 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
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Why do engineers give a frick about derivations of the theories? That's what the math majors love. I just want the formula to use.
Because if you understand calculus you can manipulate a formula to find other variables that arent immediately apparent. Its a much more powerful technique than simply being given a formula- so that in the event youre given other variables than what your formula calls for, you can chabge the equation to fit your needs.
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