My university forces me to get weird classes and our professors are really harsh on us... Is this normal?
I'm a BA student at the best university in my country. According to our professors, the university is better than most Ivy League schools but won't get recognized internationally that much because it's not an American or British school. Most of our professors have PhDs from the top schools in the UK and the US.
Firms like McKinsey, JPM, Bain, PW come to our campus every year to network/hire students. But, the most interesting thing about the school is the classes we have in the curriculum - they're hard too - and the way we get treated by our professors. At the beginning of the year, one of our professors told us that they are trying to give us 'Ph.D.' experience by treating us like one of their peers to make us emotionally and mentally ready for the business world. This is my first year and I feel like half of the answers I'm giving during the classes are wrong because our professors are questioning our answers from different perspectives and sometimes be harsh on us - even if our answers are true. We feel like we compete against our professors.
We have to take sociology, psychology, world politics, ancient history/philosophy, business law, and literature classes along with our 'normal' classes. As I said, this is my first year and I had to read books from Niccolò Machiavelli, Plato, Freud and write essays and blogs about it. I knew that curriculum was different and harder than other schools but never imagined that it was going to be this hard and complicated.
I have a CS major friend and he told me that 99% of people in that major are depressed. He also told me that, last year, he along with his friends sent a mail to their professor asking them to postpone (1 day) their homework because they had to sleep 2-3 hours every day to finish it. The professor sent them a message saying 'Thanks for your concern, but I believe that it won't hurt to sleep 3 hours for 2 days.'
How would you compare my and my friend's experience to yourself and the students at the top Ivy League universities? Is this normal?
Definitely comparable.
Brother - I share the same sentiment. Education isn’t what it should be. Education is essentially sharing of knowledge. 2 years to learn your chosen field and building a skillset for it is actually worth the cost. 4 years is bullshit and is strictly just for profit. You could pick up books on any subject and become knowledgeable for a fraction of the cost. SB’d.
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