<p>I'd love to take about 6 classes first semester freshman year.</p>
<p>Pass/No Record, remember?</p>
<p>You can take the core requirements at any time (and drop them), but many classes may have those classes as prerequisites.</p>
<p>I don't plan on taking more than 4 classes per semester unless I have to. :X</p>
<p>Note that there are very few "have to"s and "can't"s at MIT.</p>
<p>Most people take the basic core requirements freshman year, just because that's the easiest way to get things done and make sure you graduate on time. Most people declare a major at the end of freshman year. You don't have to do either of those things.</p>
<p>I should say that you are supposed to take at least one communication-intensive humanities course your freshman year, or else the CAP (Committee on Academic Performance) will send you nasty emails. But really, that's not such a terrible consequence.</p>
<p>Does MIT give credits for Harvard Extension and Summer school courses?</p>
<p>Here's the information you need on cross-registration. <a href="http://web.mit.edu/shass/undergraduate/programs/cross-reg.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://web.mit.edu/shass/undergraduate/programs/cross-reg.shtml</a></p>
<p>The answer to your question is no: "The Cross-Registration program does not include classes at the Harvard Extension School or Harvard Summer school."</p>
<p>Oh, that just means it isn't free -- you have to pay the $$$ to take classes for the Extension school/Summer school.</p>
<p>But yes, those credits do transfer. (I looked into this when I was planning to take a course over the summer once.) You just have to email the transfer credit examiner in the appropriate department to get the credit.</p>
<p>spartan- credit limit freshman year.</p>
<p>I think I can partially answer the question regarding med school acceptance rate. I have a pre-med friend who attends a University with a top 5 med school. He told me that the school has to verify recommendation letters from professors. What this essentially means is that if the school doesn't feel like you stand a chance at getting in, your professors can't write you a recommendation and you subsequently can't apply. It's an artificial way of keeping acceptance percentages by only letting stronger applicants apply.</p>
<p>mollie, do u know what grades we need for the harvard extension/summer courses to place out of classes at mit or get credit? I got A's and B's.</p>
<p>A's and B's should be fine, but you should email the transfer</a> credit examiners for the exact story. Specifically, some things will transfer and get you HASS or other credit, but some will only transfer as general elective credit.</p>
<p>Does taking 5.111 or 5.112 really matter in preparing for the MCAT? Is 5.112 harder and more in-depth? I have taken two years of chemistry in high school, including AP Chemistry, but I am not sure if I should take 5.111 or 5.112.</p>
<p>So far as I know, they're both about equivalent so far as MCAT prep goes. The major difference between the two courses is that 5.112 goes a little bit faster, and is able to cover completely different material in the last six weeks of the course (because they've gone faster).</p>
<p>[url=<a href="http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/academic/differences.html%5DThis%5B/url">http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/academic/differences.html]This[/url</a>] is what the Chemistry Department itself has to say about the differences between the two courses.</p>
<p>5.112 is way more in-depth and theoretical. Some say it's not worth the extra time and possibly much lower grade. Chemistry majors tend to like 5.112, everyone else... well...</p>
<p>hmmmm...now the choice looks pretty obvious...</p>
<p>And the real question - when do we get our MIT email addresses. Facebook 4 life.</p>
<p>This is officially my thread for ???s....</p>
<p>Can Asians participate in Project Interphase?
What's the difference between physics 8.01 and 8.011? What is 8.01T?</p>
<p>You'll get the ability to get email addresses sometime in June -- they'll send a big mailing, and it will include a instructions on how to set up your Athena account.</p>
<p>From the Interphase</a> web site:
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Any incoming freshman may apply to participate in Project Interphase on his or her initiative/ or by invitation from the Office of Minority Education, which encourages students to apply during the spring. Admission to this program is limited and competitive. We have space for only a portion of the applicants and will select the participants by the 2nd week of May. Selection of Interphasers is made only from applicants who have submitted an application, responded by the deadline and committed to attending MIT in the fall.
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8.01 is now the same thing as 8.01T -- there is no traditional lecture-format physics I class anymore, just the TEAL-format class. 8.011 is only offered in the spring, and appears to be just 8.01 in the spring (meaning that it's likely geared toward people who failed 8.01T in the fall).</p>
<p>Do all students have humanities concentrations? Do the concentrations show up on the diploma?</p>
<p>8.011 is lecture-style 8.01. but slower. even.</p>
<p>Yes, all students have humanities concentrations (it's a requirement</a>). I don't believe it shows up on the diploma, but I have seen a few people include it on their resumes (Bachelors of Science in X, humanities concentration in Y)</p>