How hard to get into 130s Calc

ReninDetroit
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:43:01 +0000

Arabic has a reputation for being really hard. I know several people who attempted Arabic 101 their first quarter and dropped it. Of course, YMMV.

Most languages seem to be time-consuming but not necessarily difficult. A lot of people really love the Romance language classes and keep taking them (often until they have enough for a minor) just because they enjoy them. But there are a lot of out of class assignments - in French, for example, you have a once weekly discussion section, plus a series of interviews, plus a series of films, sometimes out of class audios with quizzes, and then you have to choose a handful of other activities (like memorizing and reciting poems). Many people like how much this helps with being constantly immersed, but it’s possible to be annoyed by them as well.