Question about Cornell Life

oldfort
Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:56:28 +0000

My daughter had a very difficult math course, she ended up going to every office hour, which the professor kept by himself. She said surprisingly she was the only student there most of the time. She did the same with her art history course. When she had problem with one of her required computer course, she was able to get help at the math lab. She found one who was very good, she didn’t share his name with kids in her class. Based on what D1 said, help is readily available, but not that many people utilize it. She said for problem sets, they have study group to work together.

If I had sons, the only thing I would say to them when they go off to college is “go see your professors, ask for help,” because it is not in guy’s DNA to ask for help. It will save you a lot of time and be more productive.