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[quote author=fullmetal link=topic=14656.msg157494#msg157494 date=1456787955]
There's a bit of sink-or-swim at Stanford too.  Neither school is for the faint of heart or weak of will.

Have you ever been in a class where half of the students flunked? I have!
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Sounds like a very poor instructor to me, either in his/her teaching method, establishment of prereqs or both.

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[quote author=fullmetal link=topic=14656.msg157494#msg157494 date=1456787955]
There's a bit of sink-or-swim at Stanford too.  Neither school is for the faint of heart or weak of will.

Have you ever been in a class where half of the students flunked? I have!
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Sounds like a very poor instructor to me, either in his/her teaching method, establishment of prereqs or both.