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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 2897" data-source="post: 428776"><p>“But to claim that Tech has gotten so easy that people are getting through without putting in work” - I can’t speak for anybody but me, but I certainly didn’t mean to imply that. I had tons of professors who had their set curve...so it didn’t matter how smart you were or how hard you worked - the grades were put to that curve. So your only shot was to outwork everyone else. I think Tech is a lot more selective now, so the average student is much more prepared and is in fact much more talented/smart. But that is only one piece to the puzzle. The professors and philosophy at Texh had to change too to have the retention rates we have. Because again, 25 years ago if we had a class full of people just like you, they still would have been put in to that same grade curve in many classes. It’s dramatically different to have a very hard class, but one where everyone does have a theoretical chance of an A if they all work their butts off versus one where it doesn’t matter what you do because they have their curve. I don’t know if I’m splitting hairs or if then even makes sense. But I’m certainly not trying to imply you can get through Tech while loafing around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 2897, post: 428776"] “But to claim that Tech has gotten so easy that people are getting through without putting in work” - I can’t speak for anybody but me, but I certainly didn’t mean to imply that. I had tons of professors who had their set curve...so it didn’t matter how smart you were or how hard you worked - the grades were put to that curve. So your only shot was to outwork everyone else. I think Tech is a lot more selective now, so the average student is much more prepared and is in fact much more talented/smart. But that is only one piece to the puzzle. The professors and philosophy at Texh had to change too to have the retention rates we have. Because again, 25 years ago if we had a class full of people just like you, they still would have been put in to that same grade curve in many classes. It’s dramatically different to have a very hard class, but one where everyone does have a theoretical chance of an A if they all work their butts off versus one where it doesn’t matter what you do because they have their curve. I don’t know if I’m splitting hairs or if then even makes sense. But I’m certainly not trying to imply you can get through Tech while loafing around. [/QUOTE]
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