<p>I did not get more sleep at MIT than I did in high school, usually. And when I was sleep-depped in high school, it was my own fault, as I was never obligated to stay up. :)</p>
<p>I had a class that I struggled to pass (5.112) when I was on pass/no record. I always feel that people are kinda foolish for cruising through that semester, even if they aren't struggling...what are they going to do after that?</p>
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I spent most of my time this term working inefficiently. I hope next semester I can get my **** together..
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My thoughts exaaaactly. I think I finally figured out how to study in the last week of the semester, though. Hopefully I don't forget before February...</p>
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work hard play hard means not passing up the opportunity to do fun or interesting things, just because you have work to do.
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I think that's really true - it certainly happened a lot to me. One Wednesday night, people were just like, OMG LET'S GO SLEDDING so we all went sledding for about 2 hours at midnight. We all had stuff we <em>should</em> have been doing, but whatever, you know? Carpe diem, and all that.</p>
<p>I guess I will add in my two cents since it seems to differ from a lot of the posts and may put some prospective students at ease. Despite what my user name says, I am now a senior so have had a lot of time to experience the MIT-lifestyle.</p>
<p>To preface my comments, I am in a fraternity and have lived there since sophomore year, so a lot of my social life revolves around this, whether this be larger open parties or just nightly events. I would say that freshman year is a large dichotomy. In the first semester, I would say that most of my friends and I would go out several times a week to parties. This is largely due to the fact that we were all in pretty much the same classes so we could work together, and also it was pass/no record. Second semester probably involved less partying due to the worry of grades, though it definitely did not prevent this. I would still say that I went out 3-4 nights a week and set aside a few big days to work.</p>
<p>After freshman year, it gets a bit different depending on your major. My personal experience was that not many people I knew were in my major so it forced me to work alone on many of the p-sets. This actually helped my time-management and I was still able to have as much social time as I desired. The difference in the post-freshman days is that your friends may not all be feeling the same way.</p>
<p>Now that I am a senior, things are completely different. First semester is an incredibly hectic time with job interviews, but once I had accepted my job, senioritis kicked in. I still managed to get all of my work done and am getting the same grades as before, but after 3 years at MIT, it is easy to know how much effort is needed to get what you want out of an assignment. I would say that I will have about one night a week where I am forced to do assignments (along with several afternoons), but the rest is free time. I go out into Boston all of the time to bars and parties which is awesome, though not so good for my bank account. </p>
<p>I guess to sum up this ridiculously long entry, you can DEFINITELY go to MIT and go out all of the time. It may just take some planning.</p>