My elder brother is at MIT, and he explained that the 4-0-8 for a class means four hours of lecture, zero of recitation, and eight of lab per week. A 48-unit term is about 48 hours of work weekly, they say, but I've seen him on video call, eyes red from coding through the night. My own CBSE schedule, with tuitions and Olympiad prep, already feels like a 60-unit load—I know that number is just a polite suggestion for people like us.
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