18.03 Advanced Standing/Placement?

<p>I have already taken Multivariate Calc and I'm taking Differential Equations this year. Is it possible to pass out of both 18.02 and 18.03? Are they both offered during Freshman Orientation week?</p>

<p>I believe you have to do all of the psets for 18.03 on top of the placement exam (I'm not sure how true this is though). I'm in a similar situation as you, but I want to take 18.03 so I can have Mattuck (he's still teaching that next year right?).</p>

<p>you guys are confident that you will pass the 1802 exam?</p>

<p>I plan on studying for it. I hear lots of people do it. We only need C's, correct?</p>

<p>hey 18.02 has a test during orientation, but to pass out of 18.03 you'll need to contact MIT and they'll send you actual homework you'll have to do before hand and then they'll have a test you'll take at orientation. You need to email Stephanie Gallarelli (<a href="mailto:nonna@math.mit.edu">nonna@math.mit.edu</a>) by August 1. This is all online at <a href="http://mit.edu/firstyear/2009/comingup/asexams.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://mit.edu/firstyear/2009/comingup/asexams.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I have a question though, if we take the 18.02 exam does the grade we get on the test go right on our transcript, or will it go down as a pass like all our other 1st semester freshman grades?</p>

<p>frankenchris, all placement exams you take before your first semester at MIT goes on as P/F! Take advantage of that!</p>

<p>note that mattuck isn't teaching 18.03 next year.</p>

<p>also, a lot of people want to take classes over again so that they "know it at the MIT level" or whatever. But I would actually recommend that you take the placement test, since it gives you more flexibility in your schedule, and to pass the test, you need to know it well.</p>

<p>no Mattuck?!?!?!</p>

<p>Well, Caltech here I come!</p>

<p>I've self-studied or done independent studies with a teacher in courses like Real Analysis, Abstract Algebra, Topology, etc. (and at a level comparable to a class at MIT, too, from what I've looked at on the opencourseware site). Since I'm planning on majoring in theoretical math and these are requirements for it, is there any way to take their AS exams during Orientation or IAP or to somehow pass out of these requirements some other way? Wondering because I know I could take these during finals (except during first term), but I'm sort of lazy to take that many (and spreading them out would be...eh...) and I'd probably also have to do some review for them, when I'd rather be studying for my real finals.</p>

<p>I have a friend who tested out of 18.06 during IAP, so I think it can be done. And the bonus -- if you take them during IAP, it's still considered to be the P/NR term, so you only have to pass!</p>

<p>actually, i think iap advanced standing exams have grades. better to do it during orientation or at least during fall term.</p>

<p>RosenRosen - I've asked the same question. The answer I got was that it is very easy to talk to a prof and convince them that you have covered topology or whatever, and register for a higher level course. Apparently that's what most people in your position do. Actually getting credit for things beyond 18.06 that you have learned independently is a different issue, and I'm not sure. I was told that most people have a lot more courses that they want to take than they need to graduate, so trying to squeeze credit out of a few extra courses does not really make much difference. If you find out anything elsewhere, please post it. My son is in a similar position having audited math grad courses.</p>

<p>I don't think they do -- because then people in 8.01L or 18.02A would get grades for the classes they take during IAP, and they don't. Plus I think that's why she was taking the test then anyway.</p>

<p>texas137 - Yeah, I'm not worried about getting credit for classes just to fulfill a certain number of credits--I'm just rather reluctant to have to take so many AS exams to meet the requirements for my major(s) when I hope to have better things to do =). Did your son audit the undergrad courses too, or can he get transfer credit for them? Anyways, if I find anything, I'll let you know.</p>

<p>Also...I don't need credit for 18.06 (it's not a requirement for my major), but does anyone suggest doing the hw for it and taking the exam anyways? Some hidden benefits?</p>

<p>wait if i've taken multivariable calc...what can i take the placement test for? (MIT equivalent?)</p>

<p>multivariable calc = 18.02
diff-eq = 18.03
linear algerbra = 18.06</p>

<p>=)</p>

<p>Rosen - my son took the undergrad courses equivalent to 18.02 and 18.06 for credit, and hopes to get transfer credit. But he was not allowed to register for the grad courses he took, including abstract algebra and topology. (he could have registered for the undergrad versions, but preferred the atmosphere of the grad courses)</p>

<p>"no Mattuck?!?!?!</p>

<p>Well, Caltech here I come!"</p>

<p>Hes still here you could take 18.100b with him but either way I think Mattuck is hyped up too much but then again I do want to take 100b with him.</p>

<p>Mattuck's the best calculus prof?</p>

<p>How are the other 18.03 profs?
I was told not to take 18.03 in the fall because the spring professor (Mattuck) is better. Does the same still hold?</p>