<p>Are students required to take exams in order to receive credit from MIT from college work done during high school? Or is it on a case by case basis? Do they ever give credit for community college work? My son took two semesters of Arabic but that's not a language offered by MIT. Would he get any credit? He also took a semester of US History (and lots of physics and math but that seems to be a different situation).</p>
<p>Should he bother contacting the examiners or do they usually not grant credit from community colleges?</p>
<p>Also, should he send his final community college transcripts to UAAP?</p>
<p>I also saw this:</p>
<p>Any course not documented by an official college/university transcript will not be accepted for MIT credit. This includes:</p>
<p>Courses listed on a high school transcript, even if they were taken in a college
Courses documented with a letter from an instructor or principal in lieu of an official college/university transcript.</p>
<p>I can understand not getting credit but what about placement? (I've asked this before but I want to make sure I understand)</p>
<p>For instance, my son audited a yearlong electrodynamics course using Griffith's textbook at a local state univ. It was free (thus the audit) but he did all the work and tutored the subject the next year. </p>
<p>It sounds like they won't give him credit but who would he talk with about being able to skip the class? Would that be the physics department or the UAAP?</p>
<p>Thank-you.</p>
<p>You can get transfer credit for coursework completed for college credit in high school at other universities. What transfers and what doesn’t is generally determined on a departmental basis (I would check out [MIT</a> Class of 2016: Academics - Transfer Credit](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/firstyear/2016/subjects/transfer_credit.html]MIT”>http://web.mit.edu/firstyear/2016/subjects/transfer_credit.html)). I’m not sure how they’ll see community college classes in HASS subjects, but there’s definitely no harm in contacting the appropriate examiners and they’ll tell you whether your son can pursue it or not. The sooner you contact them, the better because it’ll be nice to get all this stuff out of the way before the term starts.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure you can’t get “placement” without credit for introductory physics courses. They won’t let him skip the class or move on to harder classes without receiving credit either via AP or through an ASE. You can get credit for the first semester of physics if you receive a 5 on both parts of AP Physics C, I believe. Otherwise, if you want to you can take Advanced Standing Examinations for 8.01 (Mechanics) and/or 8.02 (E&M) at the beginning of the year - this is something your son could do if he feels that his class was adequate. If you pass, you receive credit for the class. These exams generally take a few hours and test for mastery of the material that would be covered in the course.</p>
<p>Though, I will say that I took two semesters of engineering physics at a university in high school and again at MIT. The MIT version of mechanics covered almost double the material and the version of E&M at MIT was also more challenging than what I had previously seen. So, your son might not be bored if he has to re-take the classes at MIT. But he should definitely look into the ASEs and if he’s serious about passing out, study for them off of Open Course Ware.</p>
<p>MIT does not give any credit against any HAAS requirements for classes taken in HS even if college level courses. At best you can get some general elective credits. As far as placement he can pick advanced HAAS classes if he wants as there are no specific courses requirements.</p>
<p>Assuming you mean HASS (otherwise I don’t know what I’m talking about), I’m pretty sure you can apply for transfer credit, and even CI credit. There’s a space for that on the transfer credit review form, at least.</p>
<p>Um, yes, I meant HASS. I haven’t caught on to all the acronyms-sorry about that!</p>
<p>As far as physics and math, he took the 3 calc based physics courses at the CC and then audited the upper division electrodynamics as well as an optics course. He also took both AP Physics C exams in 9th grade. In math, he took the B/C exam and took all three calc classes, linear algebra, and dif. equ. at the CC, and then studied more dif equ./dynamical systems/real analysis with an online tutor but not for credit.</p>
<p>Well, if HASS doesn’t give credit for classes taken in high school (or maybe to meet high school requirements?), my son shouldn’t bother because both his Arabic and US History did, indeed, meet HS requirements.</p>
<p>Guess he can pursue the math and physics credit/placement. I’m not sure which classes are considered high school level (probably calc I and II?) and which are considered college level.</p>
<p>In math and physics, he’ll need to get credit by transfer or by advanced standing exam for any course for which he wants to receive credit, but placement is left up to students – as long as he gets credit for GIRs and any courses required for his major, he could start in any classes he wants. A few years ago, a CC poster’s son started his freshman year in all graduate-level math courses, which is unusual, but not problematic.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about HASS transfer credit, but it’s definitely worth a quick e-mail to the appropriate examiner. The worst they can do is say no.</p>
<p>He should definitely look into ASEs and/or math transfer credit. He should e-mail the appropriate people now because if they are not willing to award transfer credit and he wishes to ASE out of classes, some of them (like differential equations and linear algebra, I think) have homework assignments he will also have to complete.</p>
<p>Thank-you very much for your help, Mollie and wellthatsokay. </p>
<p>This looks like the ASE website:
[MIT</a> Transfer Students: Academics and Transfer Credit - Transfer Credit Examiners](<a href=“http://mit.edu/firstyear/transfer/credit/examiners.html]MIT”>http://mit.edu/firstyear/transfer/credit/examiners.html) </p>
<p>It looks like this lists Spring, 2012, examiners, subject to change.</p>
<p>My son did receive HASS transfer credits for college courses in languages, linguistics, and literature that he took during HS. FWIW these were actual classes on a university campus that he attended in person. He provided a transcript but was also required to provide a complete syllabus for each course he requested. It will help your son if you get that all in place over the summer (which we didn’t – poor ds was scrambling to assemble documentation for weeks into the term).</p>
<p>catbird,</p>
<p>How did your son get a hold of the syllabuses?</p>
<p>We’re homeschoolers and I’d like to say we’re that organized that we have all those in one place but you should see my son’s room-yikes! Plus, he started his courses about 5 years ago and I’m pretty sure I don’t have those papers anymore.</p>
<p>Well, I appreciate the tip. We will do a thorough run through of all our files and notebooks in the hopes of finding what we need.</p>
<p>My son had some course documents on his laptops. Some syllabi were still available online at the course websites. He had to email one or two professors to obtain syllabi. For one course, I had to scan the table of contents for the textbook and email it to him.
The examiners were very firm with this requirement.</p>
<p>Oh my gosh, I sold one of my son’s DE textbooks recently. Hopefully, they’ll just need the syllabus. I found 8 out of 13 syllabuses on the first sweep-not bad. He’ll probably need to email teachers/professors for the others.</p>
<p>Many thanks for your help, catbird.</p>
<p>sbjdorlo, just to clarify, I was answering only about HASS transfer credits. My son didn’t have any college math or science coursework to transfer, only humanities and social sciences. I can’t speak for what a transfer process would be in STEM fields.</p>