<p>I'm not gonna bore you with the standard, what are my chances, thread. I am pretty sure i'm gonna get in. So, I wanna do Aero/Astro for sure. I know i can prof out of Calc, Multi-Var, and Physics I. So, I wanna take Unified I and II my first semester. Assuming I can do that, will I take it Pass/No credit because its my first semester or will i have to take it for a grade because it's a sophomore level class.</p>
<p>sorry. no-can-do. </p>
<p>prereqs for 16.01/16.02 (Unified I) include also Physics II, Chemistry, and Diff Eq. Anyway, it's not recommended that you go into it w/o MIT course background behind you. You will get spanked stupid.</p>
<p>I'm not even sure that had you all the credentials, the professors will let you into the class. There's simply no reason to take Unified freshman year. The degree is designed with 2nd year Unified classes in mind, and there are no advantages to finishing it early. If you want to double, use the free space in your freshman year to take classes in your 2nd major.</p>
<p>Yeah, can I put in capital letters
THAT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA, EVEN IF IT WERE POSSIBLE.</p>
<p>One thing you must overcome as a prospective MIT student is the idea that you are actually capable of doing absolutely everything that MIT could possibly throw at you. This is not true. You can do many things, and you will probably surprise yourself with the things you can do. But you cannot pick some absurdly stupid class schedule just to be hardk0re and then expect not to die.</p>
<p>For the record, the answer to this question is that any course you take as a first-term freshman is on pass/no record, regardless of what class it actually is.</p>
<p>also, part of the point of unified is for all the 16 sophomores to bond, and so it might be weird for a freshman to be in the class.</p>
<p>if you have extra space in your schedule, then you should definitely take bio! it's a lot better in the fall.</p>
<p>Hmm...Not a good idea huh? I completely forgot about Chem and Electricity Mag. I have done some chem but don't know jack, though i don't think u really need chem for aero, just some ideal gas law stuff which is pretty easy. The circuits stuff will kill me in the signals and systems portion of Unified. On the other hand, I self taught myself fluid Dynamics for a science fair project and took one of the OCW tests from unified. I scored a respectable 85 on it so i should be ok in that part. It's too bad MIT doesn't break unified up so you can get out of certain subjects. Thanks for the warning guys. It's not that i'm crazy, I just want to finish early, no matter where i go. Oh well, cuz I'll just take it easy and do some hardcore partyin my 1st year.</p>
<p>Well, in that case, there are lots of things you could do as a freshman to try and graduate early -- a lot of smarter things, I will add.</p>
<p>You've said that you can get out of 18.01 (calc I), 18.02 (multivariable), and 8.01 (physics: mechanics); to finish the science</a> general requirements, you'll need to take 8.02/8.022 (physics E&M), 3.091/5.111/5.112 (chemistry), and 7.01x (biology). </p>
<p>You should also take 18.03/18.034 (diff eq) and 6.041 (probabilistic systems analysis; required for course 16). Those will count as [REST[/url</a>] subjects.</p>
<p>You could also take a whole bunch of [url=<a href="http://web.mit.edu/shass/undergraduate/hass-req/index.shtml%5Dhumanties">http://web.mit.edu/shass/undergraduate/hass-req/index.shtml]humanties</a> classes](<a href="http://web.mit.edu/firstyear/2010/subjects/girs.html#REST%5DREST%5B/url">http://web.mit.edu/firstyear/2010/subjects/girs.html#REST) to get ahead on that requirement.</p>
<p>As you can see, you can get a serious jump on your degree requirements without doing something ridiculous like taking Unified as a freshman.</p>