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I guess it works some places and not others. Good luck at MIT getting through your PSETs in an hour a week- I don't care how smart you are. Yet, I didn't go t
by tibbon 14y ago
I guess it works some places and not others.
Good luck at MIT getting through your PSETs in an hour a week- I don't care how smart you are.
Yet, I didn't go to MIT and I was definitely able to get by in some classes with good grades putting in significantly less effort that is generally said is needed in college.
- joshma 14y agoI'm sure this is true of other schools too, but I can confirm that some psets at MIT can take upwards of 12 hours. It's not even a matter of organization at that point - the amount of thinking and planning to just come up with the idea can take a long time. But of course, there are also classes in which I spend way more time than I should, simply from procrastinating or not paying attention in class. So I guess the original advice is sound ("be organized", "study early") but the reality is much more difficult than the article makes it out to be.
- SatvikBeri 14y agoCal (the author) got his PhD at MIT.
- cynest 14y agoWhich is not undergrad and has a significantly smaller emphasis on grades.