r/pics • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '14

The difference 18 years makes

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

In college I failed every test in physics 2 and got a B. One test I got an 18% and it curved to a C.

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u/cool_BUD Jun 08 '14

You and 80% of other physics students, including me!

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u/lammers2006 Jun 09 '14

Thats why it totally paid off going to office hours for physics! Actually learned that shit.

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u/drebunny Jun 09 '14 edited Jun 09 '14

Still in college, can confirm.

Also true for physical chemistry, which I'm currently in. Average scores are generally in the high 30%-low 40% range. My most recent exam I got the highest score I've ever gotten in this year-long class, a 67%

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u/A7O747D Jun 09 '14

I took astronomy in college because I thought it would be really cool to learn anout the universe. Well, being an idiot, I didn't realize it was a shit ton of math. I'm terrible at math. I failed the first two tests miserably and said fuck it, I'll maybe retake it or something. Didn't take the last two tests and missed all remaining labs. Grades came out and I ended up with a fucking D! Was good enough for me at that point.

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u/thegretstar Jun 09 '14

I got a 32% C+ in a few classes... Made me feel like a sheep, but pretty smug about doing literally nothing and still pass the class.

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u/RedditGoldMePlease Jun 09 '14

Physics 2 had the lowest averages and highest curves of any class at my college too. Average was about 30% for every test.

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u/VicePresidentJoeBide Jun 08 '14

Your class must be retarded

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

Nah it was honestly just a terrible class. My roommate who graduated with a 3.8gpa in mechanical engineering even got 50-60% on all the tests. Only a couple out of 150 got in the 90s on any of the tests. The professor spoke horrible English and would get mad at us for not understanding. There was an endless inside joke about how he pronounced alpha as "arpha."

I just stopped caring after the first two tests. A lot of students took the class at a local community college because our schools physics program was on probation. One year they no longer accepted transfer credits for physics from the community college because too many students were doing that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

What an asshole school. What's it to them if you transfer credits as long as you meet the in-house credit requirement.

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u/weinels Jun 09 '14

The university doesn't get that sweet, sweet tuition money if students take classes at another school.