What are some negatives for MIT?

[jessiehl]

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By any chance did you take 8.01 in the fall of 1978? I took it in the fall of 1979, and was told by people a year ahead of me that 60% of the 8.01 students failed it in the previous fall.

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<p>Heh, my dad has told me this story - he was there at the time, though I don’t remember if he was actually in the relevant class.</p>