tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25216988.post114758127967812022..comments2007-02-23T09:00:41.433-08:00APKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14240829023698736726noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25216988.post-1147695609615592252006-05-15T05:20:00.000-07:002006-05-15T05:20:00.000-07:00I started with a similar "goal" at MIT; I couldn't honestly have been further off the mark.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the most important lesson I've learned in my undergraduate years is that asking for help is vital -- early on, I would not want to bother a research supervisor or professor and would struggle against a problem for hours; then I would finally get it, only to show it to my professor and have him laugh, asking why I made it so hard when there was a much easier way (that he then proceeded to show me).<BR/><BR/>In short: don't be afraid to ask for help, that's the point of going to school with real live humans as teachers: they can answers questions and give you help in a way textbooks can't :)Dominik Rabiejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13597950363163483679noreply@blogger.com