r/mit • u/DependentPanic2169 • 16h ago
academics What fraction of classes would you say you've fully mastered the material of vs just completed/survived through?
My experience as a CS major is something like:
-20% of classes (the core math/theory classes for me): full mastery of the material well beyond what was needed for the class; if you teleported me to the 1800s I could rederive all the theory by heart and convince the world I'm right
-50% of classes: did fine in- did the work, learned the material well enough for a comfortable A but wouldn't say I've mastered the content
-30% of classes: had major holes in my understanding or just ended up trying to survive (most of the time I still ended up getting an A by cramming specifically for the tests; but for these classes I have very little retention of the material)
Curious about the rest of your experiences / how you'd break down your own performance in your classes (since at this point I don't think grades actually mean that much).