2008 Woodie Awards
What's Your Beef With Mines?
ASCSM President Answers Your Questions
By Casey Morse
3/28/07 - Opinion
Beef:
I hate Saturday finals!
Response:
In order to give everyone their finals, we absolutely need 5 days. In fact finals go on from 8:00 am until 9:00 pm on all 5 days. Due to classroom space limitations and the need for graduation on that following Friday, the first day of finals must start on that Saturday. The students worked very hard to get Dead Day to offset the Saturday finals. Without Dead Day, we would still have to take finals either on Saturday or on Dead Day.
Beef:
Can't add money to my Blastercard online anymore.
Response:
The website used for managing your Blastercard is currently not operating. There will be a new website soon that you can use to manage your accounts online.
Beef:
Physics sucks ass
Response:
I agree. Unfortunately, it is required for ABET accreditation. The CAPA help sessions are what got me through Physics. Just fight through it and never look back.
Beef:
Why are the first two years "weed-out" classes? Why are more people getting accepted?
Response:
The first two years are not technically "weed-out" classes. They are designed to ensure the students get a strong grasp of the required core courses. They might seem like "weed-out" classes because the information is not typically all that intriguing. Hopefully, the information you learn becomes more interesting as you progress through your curriculum, and it offsets the fact that the courses actually get more difficult. As far as admissions goes, the school has kept admissions at a constant for the past couple years because we don't have the facilities for more students. This year an additional 2,000 students have applied compared to last year, and therefore admissions standards are actually increasing.
Beef:
Why do the guys keep complaining about the ratio and the quality of girls here? It gets the girls pretty angry! They could have gone to another school if they just wanted to pick up girls.
I hate Saturday finals!
Response:
In order to give everyone their finals, we absolutely need 5 days. In fact finals go on from 8:00 am until 9:00 pm on all 5 days. Due to classroom space limitations and the need for graduation on that following Friday, the first day of finals must start on that Saturday. The students worked very hard to get Dead Day to offset the Saturday finals. Without Dead Day, we would still have to take finals either on Saturday or on Dead Day.
Beef:
Can't add money to my Blastercard online anymore.
Response:
The website used for managing your Blastercard is currently not operating. There will be a new website soon that you can use to manage your accounts online.
Beef:
Physics sucks ass
Response:
I agree. Unfortunately, it is required for ABET accreditation. The CAPA help sessions are what got me through Physics. Just fight through it and never look back.
Beef:
Why are the first two years "weed-out" classes? Why are more people getting accepted?
Response:
The first two years are not technically "weed-out" classes. They are designed to ensure the students get a strong grasp of the required core courses. They might seem like "weed-out" classes because the information is not typically all that intriguing. Hopefully, the information you learn becomes more interesting as you progress through your curriculum, and it offsets the fact that the courses actually get more difficult. As far as admissions goes, the school has kept admissions at a constant for the past couple years because we don't have the facilities for more students. This year an additional 2,000 students have applied compared to last year, and therefore admissions standards are actually increasing.
Beef:
Why do the guys keep complaining about the ratio and the quality of girls here? It gets the girls pretty angry! They could have gone to another school if they just wanted to pick up girls.
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