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The TAs here are just
other MIT students.

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All of them are really
interested in teaching.

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They're really interested
in helping you succeed

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in the classes they've taken.

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My name is Jason.

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I am currently an ESG
co-instructor/TA for 1803.

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When I was a first-year,
I really relied on the TAs

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to not only provide
me with information

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to help me with
my PSETs, but also

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just to get through
that transition period

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my first year at MIT.

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And now that I'm a TA, I've seen
some of the mistakes I made,

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and I remember the advice that
these upperclassmen TAs gave me,

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and now I'm kind of imparting
that same experience

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to the new freshmen.

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Office hours are probably
the most important thing

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to your success your
first year at MIT,

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not just from an
academic perspective.

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Your peers can really set
you on the right track

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in terms of your classes
that you want to take.

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And at office hours, especially
at ESG, it's informal,

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it's not meant to pressure you.

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You get one-on-one help
that you would never

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get in mainstream office hours.

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Because there's so many TAs and
there's so many office hours,

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you can get help pretty
much every day of the week,

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and it's tailored to
you because you have

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that one-on-one interaction.