Ken, I think it has always been a problem for the engineers. A high school buddy went to Illinois and was advised to take an extra year in Chem Engineering to graduate in '67. It's about the perceived need to cram more into the curriculum. Not so fair (not fare). Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 3:02 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> Graduating from an Ivy League college today is much >> more difficult than when I did it. > > > Wonder what you base that on? > > I graduated in 1966 with a BSME (144 credit hours) in 4 years. During the > school years I had some time for other things and was able to work full time > during the summers. > > My son graduated around 10 years ago and was constantly being told by school > counselors that he should reduce his credit hours per semester and take 5 > years to graduate. > This would have greatly reduced my school work per semester, probably > resulting in higher grades. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO: Proud Graduate > > >> Thanks, Frank. Graduating from an Ivy League college today is much >> more difficult than when I did it. >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 11:18 PM, [email protected] >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Love his facial expression! >>> >>> A fine photo of a (rightfully) proud young man. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> frank >>> >>> --- Original Message --- >>> >>> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: June 17, 2013 6/17/13 >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: PESO: Proud Graduate >>> >>> Another from the Dartmouth College Commencement last week: >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17426699&size=md >>> >>> Dartmouth, my alma mater, was chartered in 1769 as a school for Native >>> Americans. It soon took sons of English colonists as well, when few >>> natives enrolled. Over the past 30 years, the school has greatly >>> expanded its recruiting of Native American students. The stole worn >>> by this graduate represents the Native Americans at Dartmouth student >>> organization. >>> >>> Comments are invited. >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
