Potential Deal Breakers…

And they are………….

1) Average: I MISS being a curve breaker! Thanks to the rest of my brilliant class, this feat has been rendered almost impossible. Go MPA 2011. Thanks to you, my self esteem (which was doing pretty well when I first got here) needs some TLC.

2) Databases: Tax research databases….please STOP logging out on me. I hate it when you do that every 10 minutes I am idle. I am reading you–how is that idle?? Do you mean idle in a physical sense??!

3) Parking: I have a conspiracy theory when it comes to you. Why else would it take longer when I am running late?

4) Escalator Maintenence: This one is tricky. Should I be grateful about the exercise you force me into, or just hate your guts? Either way, I have decided this: If I don’t end up liking my career in tax as much as I had hoped, I am providing a competitive bid for a McCombs escalator maintainence gig. What? I believe in a plan B, people!

5) Tuiton: Yeah, I know. Tuition is just part of the package.

Ahh getting this out of my system felt good 🙂

2 thoughts on “Potential Deal Breakers…”

  1. Hi Riny,

    I’m going to part of the MPA ’12 class. I expected the UT student body to be the cream of the crop, and after reading your post, I guess my fears of being just “average” are probably pretty valid.

    Does UT have any special considerations in class grade curves? I.E. Do they impose a limit the number of students who can get A’s?

    Also, what would you say the hardest thing (in general) about the classes are? The pace the teachers cover the material? The workload from assignments? Tests covering material not covered in class?

    1. Marcus,

      To get an A in class, you have to be above average. Most classes, you have to be decently above average, or else you are hovering around the A- category. But as for most students, you will find that you are better at some classes, than others, and so you will end up picking your battles. And yet, professors generally limit the cut-offs (and number of students) for As – the actual number is different for each class, but I think professors generally like to truly reward the cream of the crop, by making them a minority 🙂

      The hardest thing about classes? I come from the tax track perspective on this – but for me, it is the definitely the workload. You have to do a lot of reading to come up to speed, and if this is not done regularly, you can easily fall behind. And most classes have assignments that can be done well only with systematic preparation – so systematic prep is reflected in your performance on assignments….

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