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> The work for the first question easily totals > 20 hours of pen and paper time.

I guess grad students generally take less coursework than undergrads, but how could a professor expect students to have 20+ hours on hand to solve a single question, given other demands on a student's time?



Grad students usually take 1-2 classes at a time, and the problem sets are spread out over 2 weeks.

A problem like the above would be given as a single problem for students to solve over 2 weeks.


I had an undergraduate lab where I spent 20 hours per week on the lab write ups.

That's what motivated me to switch away from a physics major.




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