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> It was so strange to be in an environment with people having I.Q.'s below 150 and where it wasn't necessary to study 12, 13, 14 hours a day, seven days a week just to keep up.

Is this true? Seems crazy, how do you stand doing this for ~5 years?

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Slight exaggeration on the IQ, less so on the amount of work.

Source: 2nd year undergrad sitting in MIT lecture now, running on 3 hours of sleep.

> Source: 2nd year undergrad sitting in MIT lecture now, running on 3 hours of sleep.

Sorry to interrupt you, but if you are reading HN while sitting on your lectures, why not just go home and get some sleep?

Sometimes the only reason you go to lecture is to be sure to catch important announcements. You can to that with little sleep, and in the meantime, you need something low-effort to keep you awake. So there's one theory.

Or you can buy a beer once a week to someone that will send you "important announcements" by email, and having a good solid sleep in own bed ;)

Because Mr. Brainiac isn't skilled at managing his time.

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