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...about the whole “new language thing” after you’re 12 years old. So you fought the bounds of your species and lost? Whatevs. Now that you’ve taken this course, you can psychologically lull your Chinese TF into upping your grade. That’s what the course is all about anyway, right...
...don’t know MC-squared from MC Hammer, logging a semester in the Science Center is inevitable. But if you choose your science dose carefully, you will learn answers to those most basic and burning questions about the universe—and get a decent grade, even if you are a science-phobe.You will have to do a modicum of work—otherwise, you’ll find yourself melting down faster than you can say “TI-89 in a Bunsen burner.” So sally forth, future Science A-listers.The course names...
...latest in controversial evolutionary psychology and Magic Eye illusions doesn’t particularly strike your fancy, take it back to first grade with Science B-57, “Dinosaurs and their Relatives.” The class is a big favorite, so much so that it had to turn some students away last year, and the professor, Charles Marshall, is knowledgeable and easy to understand. Readings? Virtually none. Problem sets? That’s what section is for. So, no work outside of class, and it’s about fucking dinosaurs. Where do I sign up, right...
...sets and readings. The supplemental readings book—with articles from The Economist and other periodicals—serves as a reminder that what you learn in class actually has some grounding in the real world. And you won’t have to worry much about your grade; Ec10 offers a “Unit Test” program to take practice exams for bonus points. Combine that with a Core curve set on a B+ average, and your grade will be as inflated as the Argentinean peso...
...these required classes to significantly inflate your GPA. A Harvard sophomore once said the key to academic success was to “Work hard at concentration classes and fuck the gut Cores.” In other words, Core classes provide great opportunities to get easy grades without acquiring the stigma usually assigned to gut classes. The big difference between Cores and department courses lies in the way the classes are approached and how coursework is graded. An essay question in a Core English or History class is much more likely to have a “right?...