The Hardest Class You Ever Had

['Hamas' Jenkins]

I just finished up my coursework for the semester. While Organic I was a comparative breeze, Organic II was a bitch. Honestly, the tests were more of a monster than the actual course load.

Here were the grade breakdowns (all tests were MC):

80-100-A
62-79-B
46-61: C
40-46: D

While the baseline material itself wasn't exceptionally difficult, there were so many exceptions to the rules, and exceptions to exceptions, that the tests ended up as absolute minefields.

With that said, I've heard even worse things about Biochem, and I'm sure that those of you with or pursuing advanced Math/Science degrees have had nightmare courses as well.

What class was it that kicked your ass the hardest?

[O.city]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

I didn't mind the Gem Chem 2 labs, although kinetics was no fun, especially the occasions when we had to use the quadratic formula.

I'm certainly not looking forward to a seven hour Pharmacotherapy III class, though.

Yeah, they're 7 hour class was brutal

[AustinChief]

Originally Posted by O.city

And I just had a semester of it, basically, dental related drugs and the basic level of other drugs used everyday that I need to be able to recognize.

the best man in my wedding was in pharmacy school at the same time I was in dental school and seeing some of the shit they had to do, ugh.

Well if anyone needs help with pharmacology studies just PM "acmom" (yes she has an account, sadly) She knows her shit. Got her degree in Clinical Pharmacology from KCMO.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by AustinChief

Gotcha. That's my mom and grandpas fields. (both pharmacists) Threw me off because I had no idea Hamas was doing a medical type degree. Shows how much I pay attention.

I'm going back. Finishing up my pre-reqs this summer, start pharm school proper in the fall. Went from a graduate school in the Humanities to professional school in the sciences. A one-third life crisis, I guess

[Frosty]

My son just finished his first year of O Chem. Got a C first term but got a B this term. He gets into his core Chem E classes next year and is taking BioChem, Chem E Thermodynamics, Chem E 1 and another Chem E class I don't remember. It just blows my mind as I didn't like chemistry and those all sound insanely hard.

Out of my core Electrical Engineering classes, I had the most problems with Signals and System. It was all this antennae shit, Smith Charts and weird math.

I love math and blew through Calc, Diff EQ and other high math. However, I have a complete brain cramp when it comes to Probability and Statistics. For some reason, it just flat doesn't take for me.

[AustinChief]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

I'm going back. Finishing up my pre-reqs this summer, start pharm school proper in the fall. Went from a graduate school in the Humanities to professional school in the sciences. A one-third life crisis, I guess

Awesome man! Good luck.

[BigMeatballDave]

Recess

[Bob Dole]

Politics and Economics of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.

Two full professors tag teaming us, each acting like they were the only prof.

No homework. Two exams. Midterm was 25%, final was 75%.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Frosty

My son just finished his first year of O Chem. Got a C first term but got a B this term. He gets into his core Chem E classes next year and is taking BioChem, Chem E Thermodynamics, Chem E 1 and another Chem E class I don't remember. It just blows my mind as I didn't like chemistry and those all sound insanely hard.

Out of my core Electrical Engineering classes, I had the most problems with Signals and System. It was all this antennae shit, Smith Charts and weird math.

I love math and blew through Calc, Diff EQ and other high math. However, I have a complete brain cramp when it comes to Probability and Statistics. For some reason, it just flat doesn't take for me.

I never took any advanced stats. I'm in awe of people who breeze through advanced Math, because, while I'm really good at floating calculations in my head, the clumsily-written nature of the proofs makes it hard for me to follow with much interest or understanding.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by AustinChief

Awesome man! Good luck.

Thanks!

This semester was a huge pain in the ass, because I was still teaching two courses while taking four, although one was a total joke of a class (Medical Terminology). I'm going to stop teaching while in school, so I'll actually have more time to devote to being a full-time student.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

I never took any advanced stats. I'm in awe of people who breeze through advanced Math, because, while I'm really good at floating calculations in my head, the clumsily-written nature of the proofs makes it hard for me to follow with much interest or understanding.

I thought Calc was really easy. Just clicked, I guess. I thought it was actually easier than Algebra. I took a Linear Algebra class where a problem might take 5-6 pages of steps to solve. Then you would do the same thing in Calculus and it take like 3 lines.

Statistics wasn't hard but for some reason, probability doesn't work for me at all.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Frosty

I thought Calc was really easy. Just clicked, I guess. I thought it was actually easier than Algebra. I took a Linear Algebra class where a problem might take 5-6 pages of steps to solve. Then you would do the same thing in Calculus and it take like 3 lines.

Statistics wasn't hard but for some reason, probability doesn't work for me at all.

Have you ever heard of Math 55? I guess that, while Harvard's math program isn't considered as rigorous as a few other places, that course is supposed to be an absolute slaughterhouse.

Here is a link to a problem set:

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/ic....files/ps9.pdf

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Frosty

I love math and blew through Calc, Diff EQ and other high math. However, I have a complete brain cramp when it comes to Probability and Statistics. For some reason, it just flat doesn't take for me.

I'm kind of the same way. Love all of the math stuff and I actually really dig probability though I've had very little training in it. But inferential statistics just don't click for me. Granted, I've had very little training in it, but something about it isn't intuitive for me.

[prhom]

Physics II was the hardest. Never have I worked so hard and gotten so little in return. Ended up doing alright, but only because they adjusted grades at the end of the semester. Hardest class I never finished was Arabic. I dropped that one after two weeks because I couldn't even pronounce the alphabet properly.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by prhom

Physics II was the hardest. Never have I worked so hard and gotten so little in return. Ended up doing alright, but only because they adjusted grades at the end of the semester. Hardest class I never finished was Arabic. I dropped that one after two weeks because I couldn't even pronounce the alphabet properly.

Is it true that they put out a death warrant on you if you drop that course?

[seamonster]

Originally Posted by KCtotheSB

Java Programming

I can code in PHP/HTML/SQL all day. For some reason, Java is a massive asspain.
Managed a B grade, but oof.....I still suck at Java.

I can remember taking my first Java class and there were a few of those double nutter questions (recursive algorithm in Java 100) but other than that I thought it was way simpler than the JavaScript\Functional programming languages that have taken over. I'd take Java any day over ES5 closure insanity that is modern web development.