<p>I took psychology and neuroscience at Harvard Extension/ Summer School and Alan Hein from the Department of Brain and Cog said I can have credit for those two courses. However, I took them over two years ago and don't remember much from these two courses, especially neurobiology. Perhaps, I should take 9.01 again. If I do, do I get 9 units of general elective credit too?</p>
<p>does 3.091, a materials science intro chem class, fulfill GIR chemistry? (has anyone taken it?)</p>
<p>Yupp, most people take 3.091 to fullfill the requirement.</p>
<p>If you're planning on taking mostly neuroscience classes in the BCS department, I'd vote for taking the class again. Maybe you could look at the OCW</a> site and see what you think. (The only thing that gives me pause is that a lot of course 9 classes are somewhat self-contained, and maybe it would be okay to skip 9.01. I do think it would make upper-division course 9 classes more difficult.)</p>
<p>I'm not sure about the elective credit; that's a question probably best directed at the ARC.</p>
<p>are all the courses listed on the ocw website the same as the real classes?</p>
<p>Well, some of them are a little out-of-date, and certainly all the information about a class isn't there (ie OCW sites frequently don't post problem sets or paper topics or assigned readings), but yes, you can find general information about a class by looking at its OCW site.</p>
<p>i made a 5 on ap cal bc this year, planning to skip 18.01. i'll be a bio major, so after taking a 18.02 in the coming fall semester, do i still need to take 18.03 or other math course?</p>
<p>xxxzxxx: No. I'd recommend it, though...18.03, for example, is useful in any of the sciences.</p>
<p>Has anyone taken the diagnostic test to get out of 18.02? I'm taking it the same day as the make up FEE, so I'm a little worried.</p>
<p>from what i heard, the ase for 18.02 at MIT is hard!</p>
<p>I wouldn't imagine that any of them are designed to be easy..</p>
<p>I took BC Calc a year ago (junior year) and then I didn't take any math my senior year because my school didn't have anything beyond that - I got a 5, and I really want to place out of 18.01, but is it going to be a problem in 18.02 if I don't remember specific rules and formulas from BC Calc?</p>
<p>Also, this doesn't really have to do w/ GIRS, but do people usually study for the math diagnostic for physics placement, or is it easy?</p>
<p>Don't even think about studying for the math diagnostic. It doesn't mean anything -- if you "fail" it, you can still take any physics class you want to take. It's just a pointless guideline.</p>
<p>i have exactly the same question (from gigog):
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I took BC Calc a year ago (junior year) and then I didn't take any math my senior year because my school didn't have anything beyond that - I got a 5, and I really want to place out of 18.01, but is it going to be a problem in 18.02 if I don't remember specific rules and formulas from BC Calc?
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<p>Yay!</p>
<p>I really didn't want to study :)</p>
<p>Wow, cool, I feel like I'm joining a club here... I have that same question about taking Calc BC junior year too!</p>
<p>Also, am i correct in my understanding that 3.091 is more geared toward engineering than 5.111 or 5.112 (which are more for pure science)?</p>
<p>Yeah, if you plan to take further chemistry classes, you're advised to take 5.111/2, but if you're planning to go the engineering route (except course 10), you're fine taking 3.091.</p>
<p>Okay, I took 18.02 in the dark ages (2003), but I don't recall really needing specific formulas for the class. As long as you remember how to integrate and take derivatives, you should be okay.</p>
<p>Off-topic: If you had just taken AP Chem, 5.111 would be more similar to what we previously learned, right? The more I look at it, 3.091 is starting to look a lot different from 5.111 and 5.112. </p>
<p>On-topic: I think you're fine if you remember the basic rules of integrating and taking derivatives. 18.02 probably isn't testing if you know how to do a really hard integral or derivative (that's what 18.01 is for). It's more about learning the concepts that aren't quite as intuitive as what you learned before.</p>
<p>To make your off-topic question on-topic: I was wondering about the chem thing too. I took AP Chem (but I didn't take the exam since MIT doesn't give credit that way), so now I don't know what to do.</p>
<p>I don't want to take 5.111 because I've heard that's very similar to AP Chem.
I'm kind of unsure about 5.112 because I'm not going to be a chem major and I don't know whether I'm going to take further chem classes.
I'm also unsure about 3.091 because if I do end up taking further chem classes, this wouldn't have been a good choice. Also, I've heard it's easier, and my instincts tell me to stay away from the easier classes... though as I tpe this, I'm starting to wonder whether 3.091 would be better for me because it's new material.</p>
<p>3.091: So that's the materials sci class, isn't it? It seems like it would be sorta like "chem + prac applications," instead of lots of theory - so same question as gigog, is it easier?
Chem really didn't seem hard in high school (past a lot of memorization), and "you're fine taking 3.091" - that makes it sound like the difference is more that 3.091 is simply easier. I rather sorta enjoyed chem, so should I just sign up for 5.112?
suggested? insane?</p>