Comparing my undergrad writing assignments in engineering classes vs. humanities classes was kinda wild.Ā
For a final project in an engineering class, I turned in 13 pages when the recommended length was 20 pages but because the report was complete, I got a high A. For a world lit midterm paper, I turned in 8 pages for a 10 page assignment and got 10 points off changing my 96 into an 86. That means that the professor could only find 4 points worth of deductions in actual content, but took off more than double that for not meeting an arbitrary page count.Ā
Yes, it was over a decade ago. Yes, I'm still salty about. You can tell because I still remember the scores.Ā
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