Why Science Majors Change Their Minds (It’s Just So Darn Hard)

[Tom Ore]

Originally Posted by Ian Curtis

Statics is I think the only engineering class I've taken in my college career that was not curved, and RPI is known for not inflating grades. It looks awful for the professor if they fail half a class.

I got my masters degree from RPI in 1985 while working at GE in Pittsfield, MA. I had one more class to take to finish and I didn't really care what it was so I picked a class that had no tests. The first day of class, the professor said the reason he doesn't give tests is that no-one can even do the homework so there wouldn't be any point. I survived with a C, but to this day I don't understand why they would structure a course like that...