But some students say that the amount of reading assigned prevents them from getting all they can from an analysis.
"In general, I shy away from a course that has too much reading because I don't feel satisfied," says Sachin H. Jain '02. "Courses with less volume tend to emphasize whether you have done the reading and thought about it."
As students become acquainted with fat syllabi, they say they figure out how to pick out the most important pages, and just don't do all the reading.
Jain says that last year when things got really tough, he and a few friends decided to "divide and conquer" by parceling out reading and providing study partners with thorough outlines.
"Giving up hope--that's the last thing we want to do," Jain says.
Still others say they will complete the reading, even if it seems excessive.
"I have 47 books--it cost me just under $700," says Christopher A. Hunter '02. When his friends scoffed, Hunter retorted that he'd read them all. In the end, though, many professors say they don't expect students to grasp every detail.
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