Much time time as you probably did there…a minor has 8 classes, IIRC.
2. “Rotten” sounds pretty close to your description,
“… the students in the Tanner Building were some of the least enjoyable , most annoying, competitive, better than everyone around them and generally not enjoyable to be near”
That sounds pretty rotten to me…
Also, I don’t totally disagree with you about the cutthroat aspect. I think you are more correct on that point, actually.
I also think some of that is a function of being insecure undergraduate students. I think grad students are more collaborative by nature, so that could explain some of the difference.
After thinking it over, I think I might agree with you a little more than I initially thought.