The first semester of calculas at MIT covered the same material as three semesters of calculas I took at the community college while in high school. You could i

The first semester of calculas at MIT covered the same material as three semesters of calculas I took at the community college while in high school. You could interpret this two ways: (1) some schools just go faster than others and cover more material or (2) at MIT you had to work hard to keep up at that pace. While in high school and CC you could breeze through the slower presentation.