Now I know what it feels like to be an engineering major...

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-10-03 10:52pm

At least a little bit. I just sat through a 4 hour Financial Accounting exam. Very difficult, exhausting stuff. It may not be quite as bad as engineering (i.e. no 66 percent rate of attrition), but it takes a hell of a lot out of you.

This is the end of my quasi-hiatus, I guess. I'll go back to irresponsibly forsaking my studies in order to post on this board full time again.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-10-04 02:30am

Yeah, I know how that goes. Economics is the most boring fucking subject in the world.

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-10-04 02:40am

Howedar wrote:Yeah, I know how that goes. Economics is the most boring fucking subject in the world.

Can I get an A-men?!

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-10-04 02:59am

Trytostaydead wrote:
Howedar wrote:Yeah, I know how that goes. Economics is the most boring fucking subject in the world.
Can I get an A-men?!

Are you guys smoking? Have you not ever taken a Philosophy class at the Junior College level. I still carry mental scars of boredom 13 years later.

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-10-04 03:07am

TrailerParkJawa wrote:
Are you guys smoking? Have you not ever taken a Philosophy class at the Junior College level. I still carry mental scars of boredom 13 years later.

You may carry MENTAL scars. I carry PHYSICAL scars from my head slipping forward and banging against the sharp edges of my desk!!

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2003-10-04 03:35am

Howedar wrote:Yeah, I know how that goes. Economics is the most boring fucking subject in the world.

Wimp

Who wouldn't love studying Production Possibility Frontiers, or Cobb-Douglas functions, or even... ISOQUANTS!

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2003-10-04 03:39am

The Micro-Econ class I'm taking right now is a fucking review of everything I learned in high school Econ.

Fucking waste of my time.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2003-10-04 03:43am

Uraniun235 wrote:The Micro-Econ class I'm taking right now is a fucking review of everything I learned in high school Econ.

Fucking waste of my time.

What level is it?

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-10-04 04:17am

Harvard Economist Richard Gill and his Economic$ U$A tapes make Econ FUNFuNFuNFuFUNFuNFuNFuNFUNFUN!!!!!

Rich Gill Owns You!

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-10-04 04:23am

Honestly, MicroEcon is the only class I have a danger of falling asleep in, it's that boring. Someone PLEASE kill me...

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-10-04 05:03am

Uraniun235 wrote:The Micro-Econ class I'm taking right now is a fucking review of everything I learned in high school Econ.

Fucking waste of my time.

A literal carbon-copy of my situation.

Xenophobe3691 wrote:Honestly, MicroEcon is the only class I have a danger of falling asleep in, it's that boring. Someone PLEASE kill me...

I've got it on Monday nights. FOR THREE HOURS.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-10-04 08:06am

Econ's not so bad - it's not a cakewalk, but it's doable and can be enjoyable (at least at the lower levels). Accounting, on the other hand, most people are going to hate. It's a LOT of work, more work than I've ever had to do for a single class. More work than the combined workload of most of my semesters combined.

Psycho Smiley · Post by **Psycho Smiley** » 2003-10-04 08:56am

I know the feeling. Economics for Engineers is the last class of the day for me, and FUCK is it boring. It doesn't help that the professor just drones on in a monotone, and repeats words if he hasn't finished writing them when he's done saying them...

"So now we draw the Production Possibilities Frontier... Possibilities... Frontier...." Gah!

CelesKnight · Post by **CelesKnight** » 2003-10-04 03:08pm

Howedar wrote:Yeah, I know how that goes. Economics is the most boring fucking subject in the world.

I find economics and finance fascinating subjects. I've recently been seriously considering getting a second major in economics, with a specilization in financial economics. Although, perhaps it gets worse at the upper levels.

I don't know what my most boring class was. I think that straight math classes are the most boring. Especially when you already know most of the material, but have to go anyway b/c of attendance requirements.

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2003-10-04 03:41pm

CelesKnight wrote:when you already know most of the material, but have to go anyway b/c of attendance requirements.

You jsut described highschool.

CelesKnight · Post by **CelesKnight** » 2003-10-04 04:33pm

StormTrooperTR889 wrote:
CelesKnight wrote:when you already know most of the material, but have to go anyway b/c of attendance requirements.
You jsut described highschool.

I know, high school sucked. A lot of the lower level college classes are like that too. Even some of the upper level classes, but it's a lot more rare there.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-10-04 04:48pm

Durran Korr wrote:At least a little bit. I just sat through a 4 hour Financial Accounting exam. Very difficult, exhausting stuff. It may not be quite as bad as engineering (i.e. no 66 percent rate of attrition), but it takes a hell of a lot out of you.

That's nothing. Try 6 3-hour exams in a row, every morning from Monday to Saturday in one sustained week of hell.

Mark S · Post by **Mark S** » 2003-10-04 05:08pm

One year my schedule had me with 3 hour exams every morning AND afternoon for the first three days of the week. At least I was done early. Left utterly braindead and useless but done early.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-10-04 09:12pm

One of my friends went to Waterloo for chemical engineering, she was not amused. She ended up with 35 hours/week of lectures, plus labs, and with the way her schedule lined up she was basically in class from 8am-8 or 9pm every day. Then she went through hell week with a week straight of 3 hour exams every day, when I saw her over Christmas break she wasn't looking too well. She mentioned something about the co-op program and how it would give her the next 4 months to get her mind back before getting ruined again.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2003-10-04 09:21pm

I have ECON 201 Tuesdays and Thursdays.

For ~2 hours a sitting.

In uncomfortable seats.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-10-04 09:28pm

*Grin* Econ 205 and Econ 306 every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Microeconomics at 9:05, Macroeconomic Theory at 11:15. Those are after taking Calculus at 8:00.

The joys of taking economics as my second major. It's becoming apparent to me that while religion professors hate early morning classes, economics professors love them. At least this year I only have two days of Finals, though it'll be six hours one day and four the next. And I won't have any days where I have one exam 8-10 PM and then an exam the next day at 8 AM.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-10-04 09:31pm

That's nothing. Try 6 3-hour exams in a row, every morning from Monday to Saturday in one sustained week of hell.

Finals week, or a normal week?

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2003-10-05 02:43am

Uraniun235 wrote:I have ECON 201 Tuesdays and Thursdays.

For ~2 hours a sitting.

In uncomfortable seats.

Sounds like a basic level micro course. You have my sympathies.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-10-05 04:52am

Durran Korr wrote:
That's nothing. Try 6 3-hour exams in a row, every morning from Monday to Saturday in one sustained week of hell.
Finals week, or a normal week?

Finals. And each exam was worth 100% of the mark in its course. Not much pressure there ...

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-10-05 01:39pm

I actually felt physically sick when I heard a female friend of mine got into Oxford this year (moving in today in fact) and all she has is one 1 hour lecture a week and two 5,000 word essays on top of that with one final exam after the year is over. She's doing classics.

That and she's upset that Oxford doesn't want her going home every weekend since she hates the thought of leaving her friends and family for that time.

Don't even get me started on the girl doing creative writing as a degree.

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