| (to khon)
to tell the truth, no one actually knows the benchmark. regardless of what the website says, it's not like you see your grades after you take the ASE. they go into this secure database (or vulnerable excel file) that only the department credit distributor person has access to
however, as i've taken a couple of ASEs (8.01, 8.02, 18.06, 7.012/3/4), i don't really think that the minimum passing grade is higher than a C. it just depends on whoever's grading the test at the time and what kind of mood that person is in (imo)
for my ASEs, i thought i did fine on 8.01/7.01x and horribly on 8.02, and there was a question on the 18.06 ASE where i swore i didn't recognize any of the symbols (and this after a week of doing psets all day), but i ended up passing 8.02/18.06 and failing 8.01/7.01x, so unless you totally got everything down, anything can happen.
and btw, i ended up taking 8.012 and will try the 7.01x ASE again this fall (my last shot -_-)
and if you want to try to test out of 18.03, start the psets NOW, whether or not you think you can get transfer credit straight up. or else you might end up like me and try to do the problems at night during pre-orientation, get little to no sleep, and then end up not finishing in time and taking the course anyhow
for those of you willing to give up your last fun-filled summer for studying, good luck ^_- (and may God have mercy on your soul) |