<p>I guess collegealum314 is correct then. Doesn’t make much sense to me unless the student still gets credit for the course with a D, and must retake (therefore shell out more $) if he/she receives an F. Although I still don’t know why one wouldn’t choose “P”? Anyway, it doesn’t matter- thanks - this thread is re: suicide.</p>
<p>The distinction because D is a grade that allows GIR credit, but not credit as a prereq for another class. Whereas an A, B, or C is passing and credits for both requirements and as a prereq. Obviously, an F is no credit. Thus, P/D/F.</p>
<p>If you get a low enough grade to barely pass, you’ll get a D. You’ll get credit. But it’ll be sad for your GPA.</p>
<p>You can’t sign up for P/D/F grading for a GIR.</p>
<p>maybe if they didn’t admit unqualified kids based on “holistic” applications, kids wouldn’t kill themselves over the work and stress. I’ve never heard of a caltech kid killing himself, but it seems there’s a new MIT one every week. </p>
<p>I’m probably going to get flamed to hell over that comment. my body is ready.</p>
<p>Posting really inconsiderate comments on a web forum is not a constructive way to deal with your frustration.</p>
<p>FYI, Caltech had a string of suicides three years ago while I was sophomore there.</p>
<p>You do realize Caltech has had several suicides in the past couple years right? [Alarming</a> Asian American Student Suicide Rate; Three Take Own Lives at Caltech Since May EPICANTHUS](<a href=“Blog - epicanthus.net”>Blog - epicanthus.net).</p>
<p>theyeaman–you are completely wrong of your assessment of who is committing suicide and why. MIT has had this reputation for at least 50 years, far before the advent of holistic admissions (to the extent holistic admissions exists today.) A prof who went to MIT in the 60’s was telling me stories about it.</p>
<p>It’s not as simple as you are making it.</p>
<p>well I’ll be. I guess I should do my research next time.</p>
<p>wow, I am in shock at myself. I know I was in a bad state of mind, but insulting the dead…</p>
<p>my sincerest apologies to everybody who knew this guy, to the admissions commissioners, to the people posting in this thread… everybody involved. My posts in this thread have been very uncharacteristic of me.</p>
<p>^ You get points for owning up to your mistake and giving an apology. I… don’t see that on College Confidential very often.</p>
<p>^^ What PiperXP said.</p>
<p>[Anderson?s</a> cause of death determined - The Tech](<a href=“http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N14/anderson.html]Anderson?s”>http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N14/anderson.html)</p>
<p>Thanks Takito</p>
<p>It looks like an accidental overdose (opiates), possibly compounded by a congenital heart defect. I’m speculating of course, but the sad and ironic thing is that he probably wouldn’t have been able to do drugs if the wrestling team he was a part of had been a varsity sport instead of a club sport as only the varsity sports drug test. MIT wrestling only dropped down to a club sport within the last decade due to lack of funding.</p>
<p>When I was there, there was a pamphlet circulating around campus that was an instruction manual of how to do drugs “safely.” Keep in mind, kids, that this can’t be a safe thing. You never know how your body is going to respond and you don’t necessarily know for sure what you are taking.</p>
<p>I’m not too sure about the varsity sport argument – usually athletes only get tested at the national championship level for D3. I don’t know about anyone who has been tested during the remaining part of the year</p>
<p>There was a reference to Professor Tonegawa on the multiple choice part of the neuroscience final exam. Reading the question and one of the answers which made reference to depression, I felt like it was somewhat inappropriate. If I had been one of Satto Tonegawa’s friends, it certainly would have upset me to see the juxtaposition.</p>
<p>I don’t know if there’s anything wrong with MIT’s culture. I know that living on a very social floor, living in a suite, having roommates, playing a varsity sport, and being in a club with weekly meetings, I couldn’t have gone unnoticed for more than a few hours, much less for days, as a freshman, and couldn’t go unnoticed for more than a day now (TBH, it’s mostly the sport thing). But I also know people who live happily in singles in quiet entryways. I know that I wasn’t as happy at MIT as a freshman as I thought I would be when I decided to come, that winter in Boston can be a soul-crushing thing, and that you can come to feel quite anonymous when all of your classes are 200-400 person lectures. But I also felt and feel that MIT stressors, while perhaps adding significantly to sadness, are not usually the root cause. Because of that, MIT can try to do much, but it can’t do everything.</p>
<p>Make people more aware of S^3 as a resource for non-academic problems. Advertise nightline. Encourage and sponsor advisor-advisee relationships and mentorship. Increase or divert funding to allow GRTs to have bimonthly study breaks. Have more large, school-wide free food events (Do these make everyone incredibly happy, or just me?). Promote class meetings outside during good weather. Explain early on what students need for the futures they want, to more people than the med school kids. Focus on majors besides Course 6 at career fairs. Provide information about what people should be doing during breaks - some students at other top schools just go home and relax, and it’s okay! Seek a culture of self-acceptance rather than self-deprecation. Get someone to moderate the insanity on ISawYou.
/ideas</p>
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<p>8.02, as far as I know, has had predetermined grades as long as it has been TEAL. Considering that you are a 2014, you probably took it during this time, but perhaps you’ve not taken it, or you ASE’d out. If you took 8.01T, I assume it had the same sort of grading breakdown. (I didn’t and am not familiar with its grading.)</p>
<p>^ Everything Millancad said is wonderful.</p>