18.02 and 8.01 ASEs?

kcastelle · 08-03-2006, 03:51 PM

Oops, this is a repost - I meant to post here but I accidentally posted on the main MIT forum.

I have a few questions about these tests. First of all, they seem to be at the same exact time... is it possible to take both anyway? (I've taken high school versions of both classes)
http://mit.edu/firstyear/2010/rightnow/asexams.html
Also, what recommendations does anyone have for me as to how to study for them (textbooks, etc)? Is there a site with information on this? Are they of comparable difficulty to the Chem ASE or hopefully less grueling? Thanks

texas137 · 08-03-2006, 04:31 PM

they'll work with you so you can do both. My son skipped the exam for 18.02 last year because he was expecting to get transfer credit for it. He didn't find out until right after the exam was over that his request for transfer credit had been denied (another story). They let him take the test anyway, later in the day.

There will probably be several people affected by the conflict btw 18.02 and 8.01. Just go to the departments early in orientation and find out what they have planned for that.

kcastelle · 08-09-2006, 12:27 AM

bump... Does anyone know the textbooks it would be best to study from?

tropicalisland · 08-09-2006, 11:10 AM

I just want to make sure about some things. For anyone who has ever taken any ase (physics, chem, etc), can you please explain whether it was similar to the real final exams? Also, are formula sheets given?

gigog · 08-13-2006, 10:12 AM

I have a question about 8.01 - until yesterday, I thought that getting 5s on both the Mechanics and E&M sections of AP Physics exempted you from taking 8.01 without you also having to take the ASE - I'm pretty sure this is what it says on the 2010 firstyear website. But yesterday I went to an MIT event for students from my area where multiple people told me that I would still have to take the ASE to place out of 8.01 even though I got both 5s. Which is correct?

mootmom · 08-13-2006, 10:48 AM

From the 2010 First-Year webpages:

Quote:

For a score of 5 on both parts of the Physics C test, credit will be given for 12 units of subject 8.01, Physics I. If you enroll in 8.012 (the advanced version of 8.01) and receive a passing grade, the 12 units of 8.01 credit earned for the Physics C tests convert to 6 general elective units, and an additional 12 units is earned for passing 8.012. No credit is given for the Physics B test. For scores lower than 5, no credit is awarded.

That means you do not need to further test out of 8.01 via ASE. That's the way it was last year also; perhaps those people who told you otherwise were ill-informed. (There was misinformation being broadcast loudly over the speakers at the new students send-off event I went to, also.)

gigog · 08-13-2006, 12:36 PM

That's what I thought before - I had seen that on the web site, but for some reason these other students disagreed.