I'm on a roll here... next year's courses!
I should be packing, but I discovered that the Freshman Advising Folder is up, so woohoo, because I found out what my HASS-D/CI class is (in other words, what my non-science or math class is), and here is my projected schedule for next term, in MIT lingo:
18.022/18.023 - In other words, Calculus, Multivariable Calculus. 18.02 is the standard version of multivariable calculus. 18.022 is apparently some absurdist version of it with more focus on mathematical concepts, and 18.023 is multivariable calc with applications. I'm leaning towards 18.022 at this moment. I've thought about trying to place out of this class through an Advanced Standing Exam because I took the class with MS. LEWIS (!!!) last year. Except the material didn't stick in my head quite well because we met only every other day and I often finished the homework with an hour after the class ended. So instead, I'll just take a harder version of the class, coming in the form of 18.022 or 18.023, and learn it for good.
8.022 - This class would--in a less nerdy college--be called Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism, the Masochist Version. 'nough said. The less painful version would be 8.02. It's strange that you must get 5's on both Mechanics and E&M on the Physics C AP in order to get credit, but you can only place out of Mechanics at MIT. Though I could try to place out of E&M with an Advanced Standing Exam, but why bother? I'm better off improving my physics... right? And there's always something new to learn! Like Maxwell's Equations! That wasn't covered last year in Physics C.
3.091 - I've heard it be referred to as 3.09fun. So this is what is normally referred to as Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry. This chemistry class is for the non-chem majors, and it's a good thing I came to my senses and decided not to take the harder-and-intended-for-chem-majors 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science (and there's an even harder version of that class called 5.112 for chem masochists!). Thank goodness for working in a chem lab, because I don't particularly relish the thought of working with chemicals as a profession. What convinced me to go with 3.091 was because the lecturer for that course, Sadoway, is supposed to be fantastic.
21L.002 - This is listed as "Foundations of Western Cult II" in my Online Advising Folder, otherwise listed as "Foundations of Western Culture: The Making of the Modern World" elsewhere. I did list it as my first choice in the HASS-D lottery, but I don't know if that was a good choice. I'll be reading a lot of texts..................... *squirm* It should be interesting though, and I'm sure class discussion will comprise of more than me and a few others. I wish now that I put "Introduction to Linguistics" as my first choice though. Oh well. Worst case scenario, I get a C in this class and it'll just show up as a Pass thanks to MIT's amazing freshman Pass/Fail grading system for the first semester.
We're only allowed to take a max of 54 credits for the first semester at MIT, to prevent overeager freshmen from oversubscribing themselves (I think I would have tried to take more classes than I should have if it weren't for the credit limit). This limit means that we can only take 4 classes (each worth 12 credits) plus a 6-unit something. One choice would be to take a freshman advising seminar. Or you could take orchestra for credit. I'll go with the latter.
18.022/18.023 - In other words, Calculus, Multivariable Calculus. 18.02 is the standard version of multivariable calculus. 18.022 is apparently some absurdist version of it with more focus on mathematical concepts, and 18.023 is multivariable calc with applications. I'm leaning towards 18.022 at this moment. I've thought about trying to place out of this class through an Advanced Standing Exam because I took the class with MS. LEWIS (!!!) last year. Except the material didn't stick in my head quite well because we met only every other day and I often finished the homework with an hour after the class ended. So instead, I'll just take a harder version of the class, coming in the form of 18.022 or 18.023, and learn it for good.
8.022 - This class would--in a less nerdy college--be called Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism, the Masochist Version. 'nough said. The less painful version would be 8.02. It's strange that you must get 5's on both Mechanics and E&M on the Physics C AP in order to get credit, but you can only place out of Mechanics at MIT. Though I could try to place out of E&M with an Advanced Standing Exam, but why bother? I'm better off improving my physics... right? And there's always something new to learn! Like Maxwell's Equations! That wasn't covered last year in Physics C.
3.091 - I've heard it be referred to as 3.09fun. So this is what is normally referred to as Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry. This chemistry class is for the non-chem majors, and it's a good thing I came to my senses and decided not to take the harder-and-intended-for-chem-majors 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science (and there's an even harder version of that class called 5.112 for chem masochists!). Thank goodness for working in a chem lab, because I don't particularly relish the thought of working with chemicals as a profession. What convinced me to go with 3.091 was because the lecturer for that course, Sadoway, is supposed to be fantastic.
21L.002 - This is listed as "Foundations of Western Cult II" in my Online Advising Folder, otherwise listed as "Foundations of Western Culture: The Making of the Modern World" elsewhere. I did list it as my first choice in the HASS-D lottery, but I don't know if that was a good choice. I'll be reading a lot of texts..................... *squirm* It should be interesting though, and I'm sure class discussion will comprise of more than me and a few others. I wish now that I put "Introduction to Linguistics" as my first choice though. Oh well. Worst case scenario, I get a C in this class and it'll just show up as a Pass thanks to MIT's amazing freshman Pass/Fail grading system for the first semester.
We're only allowed to take a max of 54 credits for the first semester at MIT, to prevent overeager freshmen from oversubscribing themselves (I think I would have tried to take more classes than I should have if it weren't for the credit limit). This limit means that we can only take 4 classes (each worth 12 credits) plus a 6-unit something. One choice would be to take a freshman advising seminar. Or you could take orchestra for credit. I'll go with the latter.