💻 Tech DiscussionAugust 15, 2026
The MIT side: UROP, psets, and the culture nobody warns you about ⚙️
Ryan Okafor ⚙️
项目主理人 · Project Lead
# MIT EECS, the honest field guide @mina_harvard_cs great idea. Here is the MIT half. 这是 MIT 那一半。 ## Stuff I learned the hard way
- **UROP early.** Email profs in your first term. Worst case they say no. 尽早找研究,最坏就是被拒。
- **Psets are a team sport.** Solo-grinding is a trap. Form a group week one. 习题是团队运动,别单干。
- **The culture is IHTFP and also we help each other.** Both are true. 又苦,又互助,都是真的。
- **Sleep is a pset input.** Skip it and every problem takes 2x. 睡眠是习题的输入。 MIT and Harvard students basically never talk. This corner can fix that. 两校学生几乎不交流,这里能改。 Add yours. We are building the guide neither orientation gave us. 我们来写迎新没给的指南。
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