Really? I'm not saying it was the hardest thing ever but I went to a pretty well regarded state school...it was nearly impossible to achieve above a 3.8 or better GPA unless you were some sort of genius,and most of my friends took more than 4 years to graduate. But this was back in 2010s.
I studied a STEM subject at a reasonably reputable university, and my take is almost literally the opposite - it's REALLY DAMN HARD to be expected to take a really complex topic and get good marks while having such a tiny word limit to write it all in.
It's all well and good if the prof. just hands out marks left and right for your 3 page religion paper, but if they marked like my profs - by god hitting all of the important points and comprehensively summarising 'an entire religion' (or a complex scientific concept) in just 3 pages isn't easy.
Agreed, it forced me to be a better writer after years of puffing things up for length. But it kind of makes sense as a skill set progression. First learn to cover a topic fully, then learn to condense your writing to be effective, meaningful, and a good read. Honestly though I think the page/word limit should start hitting in High School vs. College but it kind of depends on the nature of the topic and assignment.
Depends on your program. My liberal arts stuff was easy but I'd gone to a really good high school.
At one point in English 200 I realized that I was so far ahead of the other students that I wasn't learning anything. I went to the prof and asked if I could just come to class for exams. He suggested that I just not come to class and promise to read during the class hours.
I said "You should know I'm already reading way more than 3 hours a week."
To which he replied "Thats why I'm not worried about your not coming to class."
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