Most dropped courses at ISU this semester
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I took Meteorology 206 as an online summer class. We had to input a daily "forecast" online - which was easy to copy/paste from the weather channel and change the temp by a degree or two. I think it had a weekly online open book quiz that we could take whenever we wanted. That was the easiest class to get an A on!
Yes. ALEKS. Know kids who cheated to get placed so they wouldn’t fall behind.
Micro is 101 and Macro is 102. Both of those classes sucked. Not because the subject is overly complicated but they are taught poorly.
I think if a class is consistently on this list they need to look at how it is taught.
Most of these are on there because they are not taught well.
I had ECON 101H and ECON 102H back in the day.
Much better experience in a small classroom of 15-20 with some of the best freshmen at the university as opposed to the gigantic lecture hall and a professor who is just droning off slides.
I took 102 at DMACC and did pretty well because it was more one-on-one. Took 101 at Iowa State in the Curtiss lecture hall and barely passed. You are right, that class isn't taught well. I was just so lost.
I still suffer PTSD from DIff EQ.
Everybody always says that and I don't get it. That's 265 right? Basically it's just the same as 165 but with more variables. I thought DiffEq was the easiest calc class I took. But then, I screwed up and dropped Theory of Matrices (Math 145 maybe?), which everyone else said was the easy elective but just confused me to death.
For most people, the more abstract the math is, the harder. And for me, it's the opposite. Weird brain I suppose.
I’m pretty sure I had this guy too. Good times for sure.
I can vouch for what others have said about Econ. I’m a total geek that can read about Econ theory for hours, but I hated the way microeconomics was taught at ISU. In my opinion, rather than using calculus as a tool to further economic understanding, they used economics as an excuse to do a bunch of math problems. It doesn’t surprise me that it’s getting dropped.
Edit: just checked my transcript. I took Econ 301
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In Math 165 the TA's last name was like 25 letters long and started with a Z. He told us to just call him "Z". I think that was the only thing he spoken in some what English. Hence the reason I dropped middle of semester. Found out what section to get in for the following semester and had the head of the math department. His English was a tad better and ended up getting an A.
Took Bowling and Billiards my last semester along with 20 credits (6 credits of pass/fail). The key to these two classes to get a passing grade was based on your improvement. So the key was to play as horrible as you could the first couple of weeks and then "miraculously" improve your score. Pretty easy way to pass those two classes.
Took Bowling and Billiards my last semester along with 20 credits (6 credits of pass/fail). The key to these two classes to get a passing grade was based on your improvement. So the key was to play as horrible as you could the first couple of weeks and then "miraculously" improve your score. Pretty easy way to pass those two classes.
If you’re asking about the profs name, I have absolutely no idea. I can vaguely remember his face.
Our guy said "goats" instead of "goods". He had lots of lectures about military goats
It's weird to see the lab section of Gen Chem 1, but not the lecture is in the top 10.
Labs were always the best part of the course.
Labs were always the best part of the course.
Pulled out the ISU transcript and dang I sucked at school, finished with a 2.43.
Math 150: C-
Econ 101: C-
Stat 227: Dropped and took at another college
Stat 201: D
Last semester GPA 1.67
I did graduate in 4 years so at least I had that going for me.
Math 150: C-
Econ 101: C-
Stat 227: Dropped and took at another college
Stat 201: D
Last semester GPA 1.67
I did graduate in 4 years so at least I had that going for me.
