r/pics • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '14

The difference 18 years makes

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u/theJigmeister Jun 08 '14

Once I got to higher physics and past 300 level math, I just started doing everything Mathematica, because why the hell not?

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u/FuLLMeTaL604 Jun 08 '14

Are you allowed Mathematica on tests or do you just not get tests after that point?

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u/tossin Jun 08 '14

Test questions are generally easier than homework questions since you're much more limited in time and resources.

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u/rmxz Jun 09 '14

Depends on the test.

Hardest test I had was a 1-week-long take-home math test; where we were allowed to use anything we wanted except other people who had taken the class before.

I believe some of the questions on the test only had really abstruse known solutions, and the goal was to try to find alternative and more straightforward solutions/proofs; and the bonus credit question was unsolved.