Graduate/professional school vs undergraduate?

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Is graduate/professional school really that HARD? I feel every grad student friend of mine has far less free time in grad school but they seem to be enjoying it a lot more since it's more relevant to what they want to do career wise.

[BigNBAfan]

Depends on a lot of things.... it's easier in the sense that you're doing what you actually enjoy instead of bullshit classes. It's easier in the sense that there's no competitiveness when it comes to grades . It's more difficult in the sense that you're free time is dedicated outside of your social life.

Just my experience.

[oarabbus]

There aren't any bullshit 'weeder' classes that are really just high volume work.

The classes aren't as rigorous, but the material is more difficult and in depth, if that makes sense. You're expected to have a sense of what you want to study and dive into that area. A lot less hand holding, more research and/or project work.

But it depends what field you go into as well.

[Draz]

Should be more fun because you're dealing with what you're longing for with the entire undergrad bs credits

[DeuceWallaces]

Undergrad, and even a masters is a joke. That being said, it's not too hard if it's your chosen career, but it can vary a lot between advisor, department, and institution.

[ace23]

Undergrad, and even a masters is a joke. That being said, it's not too hard if it's your chosen career, but it can vary a lot between advisor, department, and institution.
What was your major?

[Dresta]

No, it isn't hard, and no, it isn't really much work.

A grammar school education in pre-WW2 Britain was more rigorous and challenging than the Graduate programs of today. The words hard and education don't belong in the same sentence in this era of egalitarianism in education.

[NumberSix]

No, it isn't hard, and no, it isn't really much work.

A grammar school education in pre-WW2 Britain was more rigorous and challenging than the Graduate programs of today. The words hard and education don't belong in the same sentence in this era of egalitarianism in education.
Soon enough, there won't be graduating or failing. Just participation diplomas.

[!@#$%Vectors!@#]

My Brother does Dual MD/MBA and I was doing his MBA homework, tests and projects in my junior year in High School. It's not even hard.

[oarabbus]

My Brother does Dual MD/MBA and I was doing his MBA homework, tests and projects in my junior year in High School. It's not even hard.


That's because an MBA is a joke. Try doing his MD pathology work and report back :oldlol:

[!@#$%Vectors!@#]

That's because an MBA is a joke. Try doing his MD pathology work and report back :oldlol:

I'll be doing that in 4 years:lol :lol

[Dresta]

Soon enough, there won't be graduating or failing. Just participation diplomas.
Almost no-one who actually completes fails even now, and in many cases, even if you do, you can retake. You really have to try not to get a 2:1 (in England) or 7 (in Netherlands), though i think the latter is slightly more difficult than the former - and people who fail to attain even these average grades usually go into teaching, thus producing an unbreakable cycle of imbecility (there was a time when all the dons of good Grammar schools required firsts from Oxbridge as a prerequisite, i.e. when teaching was still a respected and respectable profession, before it was handed over to people who couldn't even succeed on easy undergrad uni courses).

There is a really strong monetary incentive for these institutions not to fail people, so whenever they can manage it, they don't.

[Mike Armstrong]

I imagine they are more interesting and motivating, but certainly harder.

[Rose]

There aren't any bullshit 'weeder' classes that are really just high volume work.

The classes aren't as rigorous, but the material is more difficult and in depth, if that makes sense. You're expected to have a sense of what you want to study and dive into that area. A lot less hand holding, more research and/or project work.

But it depends what field you go into as well.
As a first semester grad student, this covers a lot of it. If you like what you're doing and have a good grasp on it, it's easy because it's just a more comprehensive version of what you learned in undergrad. With that said you have to know how to use it and apply it an in depth level which is the hardest part probably. And I'd argue that isn't even that bad, so far for me anyway.