I dropped out of MIT and started a new college in San Francisco, AMA

Re:I dropped out of MIT and started a new college in San Fra... by DesaiAshu on Thursday September 26, 2019 @10:28AM (#21081161)

WASC (which accredits Stanford, UC Berkeley, etc) approved the 2 and 2.5 year degree plans totaling 124 credit hours. It's do-able, just took some creative problem solving :)

We don't have a traditional summer break, so that's a big part. And we have course material that enables students to get credit during their internship or first job (which some students will do after completing all other courses).

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Re:I dropped out of MIT and started a new college in San Fra... by tastroder on Thursday September 26, 2019 @10:43AM (#21081311)

> We don't have a traditional summer break, so that's a big part.

My personal feelings on the curriculum aside, the website and sentences like this make it seem like an intense program. How do you avoid producing a bunch of burnt out at 23 interns / handle mental health of your students? I see you're hiring counselors through Angellist, is that an integral part of the organisation?

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Re:I dropped out of MIT and started a new college in San Fra... by stale2002 on Thursday September 26, 2019 @10:48AM (#21081372)

I mean, at top tech schools, lots of students do similar levels of work load.

The program might be "intense" compared to the average college students workload, but I doubt it is outside the norm of someone taking a difficult degree at a good college.

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