Most dropped courses at ISU this semester
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I was a Calc 166 drop - had a epiphany at 2:00 am one evening when studying for a Calc exam and I realized this engineering thing wasn't my calling. Called my dad the next day and said I was switching majors and he said "whatever you think is best". I sincerely appreciated that and my career in nuclear medicine began. Which lasted one day then I switched to agronomy.
By the way the agronomy was and is still the coolest building on campus.
By the way the agronomy was and is still the coolest building on campus.
Graduated high school in Dec and started at ISU in Jan. Calc 165 made me seriously question what the f* I was doing. Not only did I drop the class, I changed my major. Scared the daylights out of me. My po-dunk high school did not adequately prepare me for that class. By the end of the next year I probably could have handled it as my study habits improved drastically. I didn't drop Stat 226, but I squeaked by as I started to learn how to study by the end of that semester.
It definitely had an odd schedule. When I was there, you could follow the course on its weekly schedule (assignments/quizzes) or expedite and hand everything in early (IIRC). I vaguely remember missing the 'early' deadline and scrambling to catchup on the weekly stuff.
kcbob79clone
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I'm so glad that Calculus or any math courses didn't terrify me. Helped my GPA in early years, I almost considered a Mechanical Engineering/Math double major but Laplace Transforms changed my my mind.
I actually took Calc for Natural Sciences or something like that. Math 161 and 162 I think. Basically Calc light. Doesn't even look like they offer that any more. I think I would have been fine taking 165, but my advisor was like "Why would you do that if you don't have to?", so I took the easier option.
Edit: It was Math 181 and 182, Calc and Modeling for Life Sciences.
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I took that class with several ISU football players...fun group.
Anyone else take Meteorology 206 Clouds?
Elwynn Taylor
Also, you know you ****** up when you walked onto campus expecting a beautiful day and the Meteorologists had umbrellas.
Elwynn Taylor
Also, you know you ****** up when you walked onto campus expecting a beautiful day and the Meteorologists had umbrellas.
Yes Agronomy 206! Those meteorologist students were a strange bunch....they were the nerds of the agronomy family.
If I remember wasn't that class MWF at like 4:00 in the afternoons? It made FAC really challenging.
Basically, every engineer that actually graduated had to take most of those classes. Don't flatter yourself.
I took Meteorology during one of the first years that the internet was a thing. One of our assignments consisted of looking at radar in a few locations and predicting the weather a couple days out.
....****, I think I just aged 10 years typing that.
Got 5 of those courses on my transcript. Surprised that Physics 221/222 doesn't make an appearance. That was always a big engineering weed out for those who hadn't been picked off with one of the Calc courses.
I took Library because, yes, you have to. I meant that I bypassed most GE classes and took what I wanted that was related to my major. I see how my last post suggested otherwise. It's Friday. **** it.
I started with Agronomy. While I got tired of all the damn Organic Chemistry (labs specifically) the loads of botany got me looking elsewhere. Then my Ag Business friends started getting a bunch of agronomy jobs but no agronomy major got an ag business job. I made the switch right then.
Physics 221 was the only course I dropped and took during the summer. Felt like I cheated by doing that. I passed Physics 222 and I don't remember any of it or how I did it.
