<p>i'm also doing the exact same thing khon is doing (passing out of 18.01 and 8.01 from ap credits, taking all the rest of the exams). always better to try and fail then to give up before you've even given it a shot.</p>
<p>Just give yourself a little wiggle room -- odds are that you're going to get to campus and want to run around making new friends and eating free food, so it's good to do all your studying before you get to MIT. It's also good to be flexible -- if you're out climbing on top of buildings or something until 3 AM, don't beat yourself up if you don't want to take a test at 9.</p>
<p>What is the standard of the MIT ASE's? Are they just like the OCW final exams put up? The PSET's are generally tedious and require a lot of ingenuity, but the exams in general were very straight forward. But it worries me because I hear about all the MIT students *****ing about how hard the exams are, so I don't want to be taken by surprise by very hard exams in August. I am taking the 18.02 and 8.02 ASE's. I'm studying from both the Princeton Review and Haliday/Resnick/Walker for 8.02, and Larson/Hostetler/Edwards for Multivariable . Any advice?</p>
<p>i can't say much more than what has already been said</p>
<p>you're best off studying for the ASEs using MIT materials. how you'll get those, i dunno. it's up to you. i usually find ocw to be a bit lacking in that area. maybe you can find some bibles at your temp dorm's library for some last second studying?</p>
<p>always make sure that you know, and more importantly, understand all the concepts. there's a difference between knowing the material enough to do a type of problem, and understanding the material enough to figure out any problem. that's sort of what mit's all about. you can go through example after example, but it won't help you too much if you don't completely understand how you got there</p>
<p>and ASE's are kind of like the online finals, except obviously they cover a bit more material than most (in my limited experience with them)</p>
<p>good luck!</p>
<p>How can we get a list of topics covered on the ASE? For example, the 8.02 topics as stated from the First Year 2011 site is a lot different from the 8.02 topics on OCW. I'm looking towards 18.02. My multivariable course in HS had a few topics not covered on OCW for 18.02, and the OCW site had some material I hadn't covered in multi (though I covered it in Linear Algebra). While I'm comfortable with all the basics, I don't want to be surprised with some obscure terminology!</p>
<p>how difficult is the 18.01 exam relative to the bc calc exam and what's a good way to prep for it? also, are ti-89s allowed?</p>
<p>I doubt calculators are allowed at all on the 18.01 ASE -- I know I certainly wasn't allowed to use a calculator on tests in the class itself.</p>
<p>differential, the list of topics on the First Year site is probably a better guide to what's on the ASE than OCW. OCW is a record of actual classes taught at MIT, which naturally would include a more broad range of subjects than a test written specifically for advanced standing.</p>
<p>"it's not like you see your grades after you take the ASE"</p>
<p>So you don't get your grade after you take any ASE? That's kind of sad :[
I read that your advisor might use your performance on the chem ASE to recommend which of the intro chems to take if you fail the ASE...so does your advisor see all your grades?
And can you ask how you did at all? Or do you only ever find out P/F?</p>
<p>you only see P/F, or A/B/C/D/F if you take it in another semester</p>
<p>i doubt your advisor would use the chem ASE scores to determine which chem class you should sign up for. the chem ASE is pretty much all 5.112 material (from what i've heard), so even if you fail horribly, that's just because you haven't learned the material yet. it doesn't show that you can't handle the coursework</p>
<p>quite a lot of ppl interested in course 5 or 10 take 5.112 in the fall (when it's p/f) because it's a great course where you learn a lot more than in 5.111. and i guess it's good prep for those going on to take 5.12</p>
<p>Ok, thanks crazyray.
If you take an ASE during IAP then do you get A/B/C on your transcript or do you still get a P?</p>
<p>ABC/NR for ASEs during IAP. That's how it was for my 18.06 ASE</p>
<p>and remember that bio/chem ASEs are only offered in the spring</p>
<p>Hey guys...if you want some practice exams and problem sets from 5.112, go to</p>
<p><a href="http://web.mit.edu/%7Eeauvero/Public%5B/url%5D">http://web.mit.edu/~eauvero/Public</a></p>
<p>and download 5.112 Stuff.zip. I know OCW doesn't have many specimen exams and problem sets posted for 5.111 and 5.112, and I think Stellar locks people out of the course websites for both classes. 5.112 is in short, a more thorough version of 5.111 giving a deeper introduction to chemistry. Sure some may think that 5.112 material won't be on the ASE. But this is MIT and you should expect some tricks. I remember some stuff on the 5.111 ASE that was covered in 5.112. Hope this helps...</p>
<p>Unzipped version of 5.112 Stuff is up at</p>
<p><a href="http://web.mit.edu/eauvero/Public/5.112%5B/url%5D">http://web.mit.edu/eauvero/Public/5.112</a></p>
<p>I have been wondering for some time but, in general, how do the numbers work out? I'm kinda confused how everyone says that passing is a "C." Is it done by standard deviations? Because I'm looking around for something more of a "most students at MIT who take the class and got a C got roughly X% of the points on this exam" type of thing. Going off the exams on OCW (for 8.02 and 18.02), is a C around 80% of the points?</p>