Why Does Everyone Perpetuate the Myth?

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TheNewGuy

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UT Business School, although hard to get into, was not difficult, save the upper division accounting classes. The Texas Bar Exam, while a strenuous 15 hours of testing, was not difficult for those who took the time to take it seriously.

Is there a satisfaction that we get for making something we went through sound more difficult than it actually was? Or do people genuinely think these things are hard? I've always considered myself smarter than average, but it seems like the more talked up challenges I've come across have been relatively easy.
 
What do you learn in business school that you don't in algebra, anyway?
 
I assume the CFA is a financial test. So the math part should be a breeze, I mean its not like I am using Choquet integral to measure the expected utility of an uncertain event. Other than that I have to do what, memorize a bunch of rules and regulations.

Kind of like a series 7, maybe a few steps above that.. yea that would be easy.

But I digress, it seems that you would agree that it is harder to become a CFA than stay a CFA. The test is the hardest part of being a CFA right?
 
You are correct that the test is the hardest part about being the CFA. Staying a CFA is relatively easy after passing the test. And I also agree with you that it's not necessarily the difficulty of the material as much as spending the necessary time. Beyond the math and being able to use and understand all of the equations, It's not understanding rules and regulations as much as knowledge of concepts that pretty much span the spectrum of financial knowledge. Not a lot of shortcuts. Wtih that being said, only about 8% (or maybe even lower) of candidates are able to pass all 3 levels the first time.

I guess it's pretty much like everything else. The credential and the implications of what it took to reach the goal means more than the difficulty and work it takes to maintain it.
 
The Texas bar exam is not very hard.

It sometimes can trip up someone from an out-of-state law school who does not study the Texas specific parts or someone who panics, but it is not all that hard if you take a review course and study for about six weeks. It is also sort of inverted test where it is not taken as a big deal if you pass, but it is taken as some huge deal if you don't.

The hard part of law school was getting in and then getting good grades first year. It is almost impossible to flunk out of the University of Texas School of Law.
 
I actually thought the Bar Exam is a difficult test. But easy to pass because the passing threshold is so low. You need 675 out of 1000 points - basically a D+. Now bump that up to 750 or 800 to pass, now that becomes a pretty difficult test.
 
As a MBA I will be the first to tell you b school isn't hard. In fact, it's designed to keep you in. In fact, it's designed to make sure you do well. And that goes for all of them. It's all about the network you take out of it (which, by the way, is why you should go full time).
 
It would be so awesome if they taught calculus in law school. I have never met so many smart, but math challenged people in my life.
 
Perhaps what's happening is that what is difficult for some (testing or math) is not difficult for others. I didn't think I was smart enough to go to college because I thought I didn't write well. Now that I've finally gone back, I'm finding it much easier than I expected and it scares me a little. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. I'm also realizing that part of the reason I thought I didn't write well was because I had family members (English teachers) who expected much more of me than the average teacher might expect.

I also think it is possible that less is expected of college students recently than might have been expected 15 or 20 years ago. I'm glad No child left behind is in place to try to get children started early and encourage generaly in school. I don't think it should apply to college. Some children do not have what it takes to graduate from college and should not be coddled through.
 
I majored in both engineering and business. Started out a pure Mechanical Engineering major- transferred later to the ERB program at McCombs. First- there will always be some punk pure Engineering major who will say I did this because I couldn't hack engineering.

No- I switched to a combo with business degree because I spent a summer interning for an Engineering firm where I witnessed brilliant, hard working engineers getting paid between $40k-60k for all of their hard work while the business guys took the upside and the fun parts.

Now- Engineering is way more challenging than business- it's not even close. My ERB degree would in theory make me 4 upper division classes away from a full BS degree, and 2 away from a full BBA. Both the lower and upper division engineering courses I took were leagues above anything at the BBA level.

I witnessed people leaving PHY 330 and M408C/M408D classes crying, because they knew they failed the exams, and they knew that meant they had to transfer majors. I took a physics exam once where the average score was a 22. I got a 17. With the curve, this was a C+, for that one exam. Has anyone here scored a 17 in a business class test and placed slightly below average?

Where did Business kick Engineering's butt? The girls in my classes were way hotter, I got a girlfriend in business after 2 weeks, the people were happier and had more fun, and the jobs were cooler at the CSO.
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Some children do not have what it takes to graduate from REAL college and should not be coddled through.
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Difficulty in certain things is based upon both cultural, sociological and physical factors. college on its face is a joke. high school 30-40 years ago was much more difficult than college today. i'm going to stereotype here but some of the dumbest people i ever met (there are about 10) went to SMU. i do not really know how they call that a college. i think my dog could get a degree there.

law school was easy, first year was more stressful than hard, the bar was easy but very long and tedious for someone like myself who has a short attention span. sitting in a chair and remaining focused for 6 hours was not fun and i did feel like mush afterward.

my girlfriend is a math wiz and could teach any mathematical discipline. it is easy for her. it takes no effort. it is how her brain is wired. some people are very mechanically inclined, can fix anyhting, some poeple are musically gifted, some have great hand eye coordination. everyone is different.
 
OK, UT Business School is easy, math is easy, but passing Humility, Compassion for Others, and Empathy 301 must be a real *****.
 
Try becoming a doctor: pre-med courses, minimum 3.75 GPA; MCAT score of 30 or higher, med-school application (500,000 applicants for 25,000 med-school slots per year); med-school, Shelf exams; Step 1 exam, Step 2 CS and Step 2 CK; residency applications (25,000 applicants for 18,000 slots); minimum of three years of residency, 80-hour work weeks; Step 3 (Federal test); state licensing board application; Board certification examination; hospital accreditaion applicaton; and then Continuing Ed for the rest of your career...
 
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