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Seriously, and how many HNers would cite MIT as one of the best around? Well I learned over a decade ago that they have had Pass/no-credit for the first year i
by doctorwho42 2mo ago
Seriously, and how many HNers would cite MIT as one of the best around?
Well I learned over a decade ago that they have had Pass/no-credit for the first year implemented for years... So at this point it wouldn't surprise me if you said it's been going on for two decades (at min.)
Again, I think people are having the same reaction I had "what, MIT just gets off scotch free for the first year?!". Decade later, watching it help relieve the stress from their rat race of 110% from their childhoods... Man is it worth it. And everyone still loves hiring people out of MIT
- cj 2mo agoMIT describes the purpose of Pass/Fail during the first semester as: > giving you time to adjust to factors like increased workloads and variations in academic preparation and teaching methods. [0] I can 100% get behind that logic. I can't get behind a college saying they're doing it to "curb a mental health crisis". [0] https://registrar.mit.edu/classes-grades-evaluations/grades/grading-policies/first-year-grading https://registrar.mit.edu/classes-grades-evaluations/grades/...
- OkayPhysicist 2mo ago> giving you time to adjust to factors like increased workloads and variations in academic preparation and teaching methods. > curb a mental health crisis In this context, both have the exact same meaning, of "stop freshmen who are used to overachieving their entire lives from taking a header off the tallest buildings on campus because they're not used to being less than the top 5% at everything"
- sokoloff 2mo agoSmall nit: it’s Pass/No Record rather than Pass/Fail. If you get a D or F, there’s no external record you even attempted the class, rather than a record that you attempted and failed it.