Debating whether or not to take Dynamics over the summer

purduefrank
Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:01:56 +0000

The material should be the same in the summer as it would be during the school year, just taught a little faster.



As far as the material covered, it will be similar but not as in depth. However, grade-wise, most summer classes have a much easier grading scale. In fact, I posted a link up here a few months ago with a rigorous study done of engineering students at Purdue - I believe the findings were that a student who earned an A in the summer would likely fail during the fall based on incoming SAT scores. Meaning, students who earned an A in the summer had SAT math scores at the same level as thoughs who normally failed during the fall.

It’s a good way to bring up your GPA.