<p>One of my roommates took Concourse last semester (8.01, 9.00 - into to psychology, 3.091 which is a combination of mainstream 3.091 and 5.111/5.112, and mainstream 18.03), and she had a very different opinion of Concourse, enough to make her go completely mainstream this semester. </p>
<p>She didn’t enjoy 8.01 at all, because the professor apparently went on tangents, overcomplicated the material, and towards the end of the semester, she was learning stuff that I had never seen from mainstream 8.01t. She thought she would have done better if she had gone done 8.01 teal instead. She’s in 8.011 now (spring class for people who failed 8.01 first semester), and she loves it because the concepts are so much clearer. </p>
<p>The story was the same for concourse 3.091 - she disliked the mix of solid-state and solution chemistry, and she thought she would have been better prepared for 5.12 this semester if she had taken 5.111/5.112 instead. She did enjoy 9.00 though, it was with Wolfe, an awesome MIT professor known for teaching intro psych.</p>
<p>Of course, that’s just her opinion, and I know some people who also loved concourse because it was a small learning environment, and people became really close friends through the program. Really do talk to upperclassmen before you decide though.</p>