<p>Information of interest is available at [MIT</a> Incoming Class: Coming-Up](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/firstyear/2013/comingup/asexams.html]MIT”>http://web.mit.edu/firstyear/2013/comingup/asexams.html).</p>
<p>Some ASEs require you to sign up. Others just require you to show up at test time.</p>
<p>Passing an ASE gets you credit for the class.</p>
<p>Because of pass/no record for incoming freshmen, there is indeed “no harm in trying.” There is no record of a failed ASE taken during Orientation. This is not the case for upperclassmen taking ASEs, though, or for ASEs taking during IAP.</p>