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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Speaking personally (and acknowledging n=1 here) I took no humanities courses in university whatsoever. I do however have arguably the best humanities high school education available in Alberta (Full IB at Western Canada, higher level English/history with scores of 7/7 in both). That was a big advantage over the other engineers (mainly because I know the difference between an adverb and an adjective, not so much because I understand allusions to 'waiting for Godot', or because I comprehend the humour in 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead').
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I couldn't agree more that being even a little more proficient than the average engineer is a huge advantage over the rest. The average student's English skills were shockingly poor when I did my B.Sc., and I imagine they're not much better today. Many of my classmates in first year were surprised to learn that I
didn't have to take an English exam to be accepted into the program (I don't remember the minimum threshold mark in English 30 anymore), and I was just as shocked to learn that they
did!
