is CS 6.1 hard as a first programming class ?

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<p>Hi everyone,</p>

<pre><code>I am a 1st year premed-student at duke and wondering if 6.1 is too hard for me as first programming class; I do not have any prior experience with any programming language. also what grade is class 6.1 curved on ?
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<p>thanks a lot</p>

<p>4.1 Programming/Problem Solving [CompSci</a> 4 : Spring 2010](<a href=“http://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/spring10/cps004/]CompSci”>CompSci 4 : Spring 2010)
6.1 Program Design and Analysis [CompSci</a> 6, Spring 2010, Home](<a href=“http://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/spring10/cps006/]CompSci”>CompSci 6, Spring 2010, Home)</p>

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<p>I took both of them.</p>

<p>CS4 is a joke class.
CS6, depending on who you take it with, can be very hard. Duvall makes it very tough. With Rodger, it’s not as bad. CS6 is not curved.</p>

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<p>Deter,</p>

<p>thanks a lot.</p>

<p>Brown2009</p>