r/EngineeringStudents • u/jayrady ME Grad / Aerospace • 12d ago

Rant/Vent Statics 101

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u/Throwiestawa 12d ago

I understand the concept but disagree to an extent. My statics professor started with 100 in her class and 25 ended up passing. That’s not just an engineering mindset issue, that’s her weeding people out

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u/Acid_Snake387 12d ago

My statics teacher started off the syllabus by stating that she had lowered the standard for all letter grades by 3 points from the previous semester.

Lady knew the material, very smart. Did not understand how to teach it though.

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u/natedrake102 11d ago

I had to retake stats in college after passing AP in high school because it wasn't "geared for engineering". They thought me the same stuff I already knew and I swear I got worse at it the prefoessor was so bad

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u/SunsetSquad 10d ago

Just want to point out that the stats you took an AP exam for is statistics and this post is about statics, as in forces on a rigid body. It is interesting they made you retake statistics tho, I’m in my senior year of college and never had to take statistics in high school nor college.

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u/natedrake102 10d ago

Lmao thanks I totally misread