As I pasted in my previous entry, my dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original, and best overall.
Can anyone guess which category I entered my pumpkin in?
Here's Veena '06, who lives in Baker House. Look at the expression on her face -- she obviously is a fruitarian. (I suppose "vegetabletarian" is more accurate.)
Me? Not so much.
For the handful of you who are somehow not obsessed with econometrics, I should note that we carved the general form of a regression equation.
James '08 thinks he can out-geek us by carving Athena. Right.
Other people noted how he not only carved in "athena%" but also included a cursor. Well, in case they didn't notice, we not only wrote a standard equation, but even included an error term.
I think the MIT Economics Department should display this masterpiece between the 1996 and 2000 National Medals of Science.
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Posted by: Sam on October 27, 2005
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Posted by: y2kiat on October 27, 2005
If you don't mind me asking, what did it take to get into MIT?
Posted by: M.M PJ on October 28, 2005
Posted by: M.M. PJ on October 29, 2005
There is an option on many MIT alumni forms for "class year you're associated with" or something like that. That means that even if you graduated in 2050, you *really* feel like a part of 2049 and all of your friends are in that so you're on those mailing lists and go to those reunions. "Super-senior" is a way of indicating that while you're still a student so you don't have to change your class number.
Posted by: Mitra on October 29, 2005
How many hours would the average MIT student study? How many hours would the top students study? How many hours would you study at MIT?
Is your course quite intellectually challenging compared to your perception of what the 'average' University would teach?
Have you heard of people who would say study from perhaps [7pm to 3am] or [4am to 7am and then again from 6pm to 10pm]?
Is the MIT Opencourseware [" rel="nofollow"]http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html] a true representation of what you would study for economics?
Thanx for your time.
Cheers,
-PJ
Posted by: M.M. PJ on October 29, 2005
I have a friend who studied engineering at Cornell, but spent a semester or two at Harvard. He said that the first 2 years at these schools are quite easy - "a joke", and it only gets tough in the final 2 years. Is that accurate?
Posted by: M.M. PJ on October 29, 2005
In general, everyone has 17 required general classes (math, physics, bio...) and 180 units (12 units = 1 class) beyond that to graduate. So you have 8 semesters to take 34 classes. Double majors have to take 270 units beyond the 17 GIRs. Also, IAP offers a chance to take 12 units each winter, and some UROPs offer credit or pay.
In summary - failing is not the end of the world. It's not recommended, and sucks in general, but it happens. That said, there are a number of resources available to prevent you from failing (tutoring, smart friends, study groups, office hours, etc.) and the goal is to find all those the first go around.
Posted by: Ruth on October 30, 2005
Posted by: Ruth on October 30, 2005
I don't know if the standards are similar among similar schools -- I talk to friends at different colleges, visit their campuses, and talk to professors, but unless you're enrolled somewhere, you don't really know what it's like. I do think that your decision of where to go to college should combine both academic and student life issues. Yes, the school you choose should be good at what you want to study, but also you have to like the school's environment, atmosphere, people, etc.
Posted by: Mitra on October 30, 2005
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Posted by: ladyaphelion on November 2, 2005
The Stanford sweatshirt is because I'm from the Bay Area, and live about 20 minutes away from Palo Alto
Posted by: Mitra on November 2, 2005
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