For many MIT-bound high school students, the last year of high school is a waste of time. In addition, many students come in with AP credit for a semester's or year's worth of calculus, physics, biology, and/or chemistry. Perhaps MIT could accept...
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4/7/13
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I do not think that remote learning can replace the residential college. My company has tried allowing engineers to work remotely many times without great success except on very narrow and well-defined software development projects. Engineers who...
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4/4/13
(2 votes)
Much of what is "taught" can be taught online. But much of what is "learned" is learned in person - through the face-to-face interaction of researching, discussing, debating, exploring and comprehending, with individuals, in groups, and in classrooms...
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4/4/13
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I could not imagine my MIT career without any sort of study group or psetting partners. I think there should be an online source for people to find others in their area who are studying the same subject as they are so they can possibly meet up and...
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4/3/13
(3 votes)
Since graduating with an SB and an ME, I have often been asked if the MIT education was worth the cost. In my younger days, I frequently answered "no" because I saw equivalently skilled people graduating from the top of their class at local state...
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4/3/13
(3 votes)
I love how online texts, demos and videos are increasingly available to students. But I believe that MIT courses should never totally be online. Online material offers incredibly valuable supplements, but an MIT education would simply not be an MIT...
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4/3/13
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A hypothetical university enrolls 100 students in its freshman class. Without fail, 10% of those students drop out during their first year. This university could accept an additional 40 students to take online courses only. These 40 students would...
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4/3/13
(1 vote)
I can imaging taking one professor, placing him in a community college with 20 (excellent) students and giving him full access to the online courses. In 4 years and with a few bucks for the professor’s time and for class projects, you could have 20...
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4/3/13
(5 votes)
In my opinion there is no replacement for classroom lectures; however, it would be useful if they were videotaped. Sometimes I miss things said by the Professor or would find it useful to simply hear it again. Currently I would have to either have...
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4/2/13
(2 votes)
Considering that the "Institute is committed to generating, disseminating, and preserving knowledge, and to working with others to bring this knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges," what about creating interdisciplinary academic programs...
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