Yes exactly. I didn't go to an Ivy League, but it was still pretty good.
The 100 level big classes were waaaaay harder than classes for the actual major. Lots of dumb problem sets that were huge just to be huge. Lots of time writing lab reports with error calculations etc.
The one hack I figured out was that if you didn't include an error calculation in your lab report, they only took off 1 point. Given it took 20+ minutes to write it up in the format they wanted using the Word equation editor (this was before I knew Latex), the -1 was absolutely worth it.
I never, ever, had to spend 60-70 hours a week outside of class doing work though. That's insane.
The 100 level big classes were waaaaay harder than classes for the actual major. Lots of dumb problem sets that were huge just to be huge. Lots of time writing lab reports with error calculations etc.
The one hack I figured out was that if you didn't include an error calculation in your lab report, they only took off 1 point. Given it took 20+ minutes to write it up in the format they wanted using the Word equation editor (this was before I knew Latex), the -1 was absolutely worth it.
I never, ever, had to spend 60-70 hours a week outside of class doing work though. That's insane.