Least amount of time spent in class (and doing well in it)
 

What is the least amount of time spent attending a class that you still managed to do well in (A or B I suppose)? I noticed some colleges are having attendance grades (wtf is with that), so for all of you suckers, guess this thread won't help you.

As for me-

I had an Operating Systems Lab that I attended for about the first two weeks before I realzied it was 100% lab grades (submitted electronically), and nothing useful was covered in class. I stopped attending and managed to go a total of 4 classes (out of about 30). Finished with an A.

I signed up for the same instructor for the continuation of the class the next quarter. I picked up the syllabus on the first day, and was never back. Ended up with a 100% in the class. 1 class out of 30, not bad.

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Calculus 3 - A

Attended first lecture only. (Recitations and quizzes/exams were obviously mandatory.)

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I went to no more than 10% of my classes in college. I graduated with a 3.3 from a very good school. I highly reccomend it.

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You are lucky that most of your classes did not require attendance. I could never get away with that; believe me I would if I could.

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I got an 104% in a class I attended once.

Our tests were online, based off reading materials that were online. There were like 25-30 PDF documents per test, and all of the test were directly out of these documents.

The professor obviously didn't realize that one can merge PDF documents and search them. I literally spent ZERO time on the class... login the day of the test, download all the pdfs, merge them, then take the test. Ctrl+F, put in part of the question, read the paragraph, answer the question.

It was [censored] beautiful. The class average was ~80-85% on the tests, but there were always 3-4 people (out of 150) that got everything right. I'd assume they figured it out like I had.

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I got an 104% in a class I attended once.

Our tests were online, based off reading materials that were online. There were like 25-30 PDF documents per test, and all of the test were directly out of these documents.

The professor obviously didn't realize that one can merge PDF documents and search them. I literally spent ZERO time on the class... login the day of the test, download all the pdfs, merge them, then take the test. Ctrl+F, put in part of the question, read the paragraph, answer the question.

It was [censored] beautiful. The class average was ~80-85% on the tests, but there were always 3-4 people (out of 150) that got everything right. I'd assume they figured it out like I had.

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Heh, awesome.

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We had an algebra class in first year where the prof literally read word for word from the course pack. I went to 3 classes before I figured out how pointless it was. I ended up getting 100% (100% final if you wanted).

I was a try-hard back then.

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Beethoven to the Beatles. I went 3 times, all exam days, A- [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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I've gotten Bs in a couple classes without going once, I just attended exams. I didn't know what the prof looked like.

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I've gotten Bs in a couple classes without going once, I just attended exams. I didn't know what the prof looked like.

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my last final in college. the girl behind me tapped me on the shoulder and said "are you sure youre in the right room?" and i chuckled a bit and smiled.

rj

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I only showed up for exams in macroeconomics and got 100, 100, 99, and 100 on the final.

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First day, midterms, final in microecon, A

One miterm, one final in Analog Electric Circtuits (phys 334 i think) and got a B

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first semester sophmore year, macro economics. my prof was foriegn and was an aweful teacher, i had friends in the class bring me the home work, and i went in for exams, other than that i just read the textbook. so i went to maybe 8 classes and got a 4.0

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Accounting I, showed up for first class, midterm and final and got an A.

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Cultural Anthropology: A+: Attended no class, only midterm and final.

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General Chemistry - B+

Went to 2 lectures, which he didn't even cover anything in the chapters about, and they were at 9:30am Tuesday/Thursday, so that wasn't happening. All the homework was online, which I did (100%), 4-page paper on topic relating to chemistry (I did mine on how Fenway Franks and Sam Adams are good for you, 2 hours before it was due, got an A+), 4 MC tests (read chapter on relative material 3 hours before test), and no final. And I was a Chemistry Assistant/Tutor in High School. Cake.

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I got an 104% in a class I attended once.

Our tests were online, based off reading materials that were online. There were like 25-30 PDF documents per test, and all of the test were directly out of these documents.

The professor obviously didn't realize that one can merge PDF documents and search them. I literally spent ZERO time on the class... login the day of the test, download all the pdfs, merge them, then take the test. Ctrl+F, put in part of the question, read the paragraph, answer the question.

It was [censored] beautiful. The class average was ~80-85% on the tests, but there were always 3-4 people (out of 150) that got everything right. I'd assume they figured it out like I had.

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That's beautiful.

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I'm skeptical of any school that gives an A+ on anything. Not saying you're lying, but it's probably an easy school to begin with.

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Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (Northwestern University)

Big-ass lecture class with world famous prof.


1st day of class
2nd day of class
Midterm
Final
Grade: A

None of my friends who went every day got above a B.

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BigPoppa,

Did you have Gordon? I hear he sucks balls.

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I had Gordon for Int. Macro. Nice guy. Lectures were occasionally intresting, but I had it at 9:30 AM. Couldn't do it. Ended up with a B. Had to write an essay for the final (which i DO NOT DO). And I ended up writing something similar to Billy Madison's "puppy who lost his way" speech.

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BigPoppa,

Did you have Gordon? I hear he sucks balls.

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I was way before your time. My econ prof was actually pretty good and was definitely a very big deal:

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Robert Eisner has made a seminal contribution to the development of macroeconomic analysis in the latter half of the twentieth century. This carefully edited selection of his essays traces the development of economic thought in the wake of the Keynesian revolution and offers a critique of the neoclassical contribution to economic analysis and major macroeconomic policy issues.

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Selected Essays of Robert Eisner

I just wasn't going to be up at 8am, ever.
(and it's not like I was getting a lot of 1 on 1 time in a 150 person lecture class)