credits

Graduate School
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<p>Hello. I am an A&S physics major. I was wondering how many credits you guys took per semester. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Low: 16
High: 25
Average: 19</p>

<p>(Wow, this was exciting -- I've never seen how many credits I had taken per semester, because MIT has this weird system that nobody else uses where 1 unit = 1 hour spent on the subject per week. But I looked up the conversion formula, and now I get to participate in this discussion like everybody else!)</p>

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<p>wow, that's a lot of credits per semester. is that how much people need to take to get into good grad schools? Thanks for your reply.</p>

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<p>Oh, I just took that many because I'm a double-major, and a double-major at MIT has to take a bunch of credits outside the general requirements. Is 19 a lot? (I know 25 is a lot -- and believe me, that semester was pretty rough!)</p>

<p>I don't think that's how many someone has to take to get into a good grad school... to be honest, I'm not even sure how explicitly a heavy courseload is even considered.</p>

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<p>I took from 12-19 credits a semester...average of 15. That's a pretty normal workload. Got into grad school just fine.</p>

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<p>I took at the max 19-20 hours, which is not that bad if you pick the right classes that semester and don't overload with hard ass classes. However, I had to take a minimum of 15 to keep my scholarships.</p>

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<p>molliebatmit, is the moral of the story that MIT people are like other people after you do some conversions?</p>

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<p>In the case of credits, you just need a conversion formula.</p>

<p>In the case of personality and eccentricity... some people are convertible, others aren't. ;)</p>