/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.12667149]

Any anons actually go here? Does it deserve its mythical reputation?

[Anonymous No.12667306]

I did a course there, and they're as bureaucratically incapable as any other education facility. The instructors are great though and really want to help. People work hard and long and dosh out loads of good papers.
>Does it deserve its mythical reputation?
I'd give it a 50/50.

[Anonymous No.12667331]

watch some of their online material. it's great. also knowing the right people always helps in life, and i'm sure the faculty is well connected to industry

[Anonymous No.12667334]

>>12667331
for instance https://computationstructures.org/ + youtube 6.004 lectures are great

[Anonymous No.12667365]

>>12667149
That logo is so terrible

[Anonymous No.12667584]

>>12667149
The biggest difference between a top 3 and a top 30 university is (a) research output, and (b) connections. In those areas, it absolutely beats any other place.

MIT graduates have it pretty easy when applying to grad schools as well.

[Anonymous No.12667693]

I've always wondered how much of a difference there is between top schools and low tier state schools for basic courses. If I received an 'A' in Calculus I at Mississippi State University, would I have a good chance of passing the same course at MIT or would I end up blown out of the water?

[Anonymous No.12667715]

I went there for a graduate school admissions weekend. I was planning on going there but after talking to the graduate students and professors I decided on somewhere else.
All of the grad students I talked to were miserable and depressing, condescending, and practically spoke out against going there.
It's not all roses.

[Anonymous No.12667742]

One of my math professors previously taught there. He's the best teacher I've ever had, personally. If the rest are like him there I'd imagine it would be a pretty great place. But he might just be special in general.

[Anonymous No.12667897]

>>12667149
I thought it was some linux conference at a glance LOL.

[Anonymous No.12668029]

>>12667365
is this loss?

[Anonymous No.12669288]

i know/knew a few MIT folks (a couple postdocs, few grad students, and two profs) and my opinion of them is that they are assholes. they have a culture of 1) acting like they work harder than anyone else even though their rituals to achieve that are just “get to the office early” and you can see right though that since they crumble under any sort of actually discussing what they supposedly work so hard on and 2) being elitist fucks. it’s like, “oh, we collaborate with CalTech on our project, those idiots at (name any national lab or good state school) have no idea about our research”. it’s insufferable

[Anonymous No.12669295]

>>12667715
>All of the grad students I talked to were miserable and depressing, condescending, and practically spoke out against going there.
i mean is there any uni where grad students are enthusiastic and not tired and constantly busy?

[Anonymous No.12669318]

>>12667149
Yes but only for course 6. Everything else can suck it

[Anonymous No.12669320]

>>12669295
not that guy, but the only happy grad students i ever met were europeans. not all europeans were happy, mainly just italians. i got the impression that grad school for them was much easier (they could graduate with 0 participation on published research) and after getting their meme phd they would be set for life.

honestly looking back i feel bad for american and british and chinese grad students because we works so hard for fuckall while these italians and obscure european countries treat science/math PhDs like their national pride

[Anonymous No.12669323]

>>12669295
Yes, and I picked one of them. Coincidentally the west coast schools happened to be much happier, less condescending, more welcoming, and seemed to enjoy the program much more than east coast schools.
Maybe it didn't help that I visited in May

[Anonymous No.12669355]

>>12669323
tell me which group you are in (to reduce doxxyness):
A) Berkeley, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara
B) Stanford, Caltech
C) Riverside, Oregon, Davis, San Diego,
D) USC, UCLA
E) Pepperdine, Reed, etc

i am ranking them where A has the most stressed out grad students and E is the least stressed of west coast schools. if i missed your school then just say where you would think your school fits

[Anonymous No.12669366]

>>12669355
B
however I would definitely say these two schools (both I visited) were nowhere near the stress of East coast, even the middle-of-the-road places that had no business being so stressful

[Anonymous No.12669375]

>>12669366
well you did good. i assume you are just starting so make sure to hone in on a good advisor quick.

i agree that the “climate” differs between east coast and west coast, and west coast physics (at least) is a more chill environment, but that gets balanced out by the fact that comparable east coast students are less likely to drop out of the field (which is true in my estimation) since the environment they have pushed them more strongly toward hire-able research projects

[Anonymous No.12669380]

>>12669375
I'm already in my 3rd year physics lab so no need to advise me. Just sharing my experience in how MIT was not the sunshine and roses it seemed to be on paper.

[Anonymous No.12669388]

>>12667149
I am here right now. Every guy here is a hyper-industrious, fedora-wearing autist. Most of the women are surprisingly well-adjusted and open to conversation. Academically, It's a tough, but I've grown to love the challenge.

[Anonymous No.12669391]

>>12669366
>>12669388
Damn. Can't believe I post on the same board as guys like these

[Anonymous No.12669392]

>>12669380
yeah. also despite MIT looking good geographically on a map, it is like a ghetto compared to harvard or even BU. that campus just seems to be designed as a training ground for social outcasts; most of the other good schools in Boston or the area are much less foreboding in terms of the campus

[Anonymous No.12669409]

>>12667693
Calculus I is calculus I no matter where you go

[Anonymous No.12669429]

>>12669409
it’s actually much easier to get an A at top-tier private schools like Harvard and Princeton and Stanford since they do massive grade inflation

[Anonymous No.12669476]

>>12667897
I love the Manjaro distro. Unironically a really great OS.

[Anonymous No.12670281]

>>12669409
But is the grading the same? I saw a College Algebra class where the professor graded on a curve by taking the square root of each test grade and multiplying it by ten. If you made at least a 36 on your tests, that would be curved up to a 60, and you'd (barely) pass.

[Anonymous No.12670291]

>>12669429
It also depends on the top-tier school. Places like Yale tend to have worse grade inflation than, say, MIT, since the student demographics and cultures differ greatly.

[Anonymous No.12670329]

>>12669409
So, every student essentially studies the same subject matter ?
If that's the case, why have different schools ?
>Why yes, I'm not a burger.

[Anonymous No.12670338]

>>12670329
Course differentiation gets more serious at higher levels.
And you really go to elite universities to make connections with rich/influential people, not to learn more advanced content.

[Anonymous No.12670486]

>>12667149
Mythical for scoliosis

[Anonymous No.12670491]

>>12669288
The odor around campus is no bueno.

[Anonymous No.12670506]

>>12669476
Unironically couldn't get Nvidia drivers to work properly. Am I rerared?

[Anonymous No.12670546]

>>12669429
The explanation I've heard from Ivy League schools is that students shouldn't be punished with more difficult grading for attending a better school. Because they get the best students, they end up giving out mostly A and B grades.
There might be some truth to that but the "Gentlemen's C" has been a thing for at least a century, if not longer.

[Anonymous No.12670650]

>>12669355
How are Berkeley students stressed out?