8.01t

Colleges & Universities Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>how many of you like 8.01T class? personally, i think i learn almost nothing from that class. but if i take 8.012, i’m afraid i cannot catch up :frowning: anyway, who came up with the idea of 8.01T? why don’t you do regular lecture?</p>

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<p>Apparently people used to do horribly horribly horribly in 8.01 lecture format. I personally started out in 8.012 and by comparison, I love 8.01T. 8.012 is simply a HUGE time commitment - I didn’t find it absolutely undoable, but it’s not to be taken lightly. Even physics majors don’t all take it. I don’t mind TEAL too much.</p>

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<p>TEAL was implemented because the physics department thought it was a good idea to make people come to class.</p>

<p>From The Tech, 2001 ([here](<a href=“http://www-tech.mit.edu/V121/N4/4TEAL.4n.html]here[/url]):”>http://www-tech.mit.edu/V121/N4/4TEAL.4n.html)):</a>

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<p>Back in the day when I was a freshman (when we had to walk uphill in the snow both ways to get to 77 Mass Ave), there was no such thing as 8.01T; I think my year was the first where 8.02 became TEAL. I was a smart cookie (or really bad at physics, take your pick) and took 8.01X and 8.02X, which were classes with take-home physics experiments (and hence a large percentage of the final grade came from experiments and psets rather than exams).</p>

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<p>do they still have 8.01x or 8.02x this school year?</p>

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<p>No. Hence the use of “were” rather than “are” in the last sentence. ;)</p>

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<p>yep, i didn’t catch that. anyway, is there any 8.02 class for slow learner (not 8.02t) i can take next semester?</p>

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<p>well, you can take 8.02 with ESG or any of the other experimental learning groups. No promise that it’s easy, but you do get a lot of individual attention.</p>

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<p>really? i thought the deadlines for applying esg and concourse are already over. you can apply again next semester?</p>

<p>there’s a 8.01L; so there’s no 8.02L, is there?</p>

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<p>nope, no 8.02L. And… I dont know anything about ESG deadlines.</p>

<p>they can’t be hard to dig up though.</p>

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<p>From comparing mainstream and ESG psets, the two 8.012’s are of very comparable difficulty. The deadline for ESG for this semester is past; you can apply for the next semester. Do; it’s a fun program!</p>