| | |
CC Resources for Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 | | 
08-09-2009, 05:23 AM
|
#1 | | New Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 15
| So what classes did everyone take freshman year?
So what classes did everyone take freshman year?
| 
| Reply
| |
08-09-2009, 09:00 AM
|
#2 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cambridge, MA
Posts: 7,775
|
First semester: 5.111, 8.01x, 9.00 (Psychology; was a HASS-D/CI-H but no longer is), 18.01.
Second semester: 7.013, 8.02x, 18.02, 21L.004 (Major Poets; HASS-D)
My husband
First semester: 3.781? (Intro to Archaeology), 3.091, 8.01, 18.01A/18.02A, freshman seminar (on the Mars rovers)
Second semester: 18.03, 16.00 (intro to course 16, not required), 8.02x, STS.001 (HASS-D)
| |
| Reply
| |
08-09-2009, 10:32 AM
|
#3 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NJ/Cambridge
Posts: 721
|
First semester: 18.01, 3.091, 7.012, 21F.716 (Hispanic lit, did not satisfy any multi-letter HASS requirements), MAS.something or other (advising seminar)
Second semester: 18.02, 18.03, 8.02, 21H.105 (HASS-D, CI-H)
As you might guess, I tested out of 8.01. The only thing that did not work well for this schedule was the 18.02 and 18.03 at the same time. I did not like this, and if I could do it over I would have tried to take 18.01A instead.
| |
| Reply
| |
08-09-2009, 12:53 PM
|
#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Jersey -> MIT '12!
Posts: 1,074
|
First semester: 5.112, 8.01, 18.02, 24.900 (intro to linguistics)
Second semester (had sophomore standing): 8.022, 18.03, 6.01, 6.041, 14.01 (but hated this class, so I dropped it ~6 weeks in)
This worked really well for me, except for the fact that I didn't like my HASS second semester and now need to take two HASS classes some other semester (which won't really be a problem, I think). I also wish I'd taken 8.012 first semester, and maybe 18.034 second semester, since I hear it's a good class. Neither fit into my schedule, though, sadly.
| |
| Reply
| |
08-09-2009, 02:05 PM
|
#5 | | Member
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Los Angeles County, CA ---> MIT '12
Posts: 752
|
First Term: 18.01, 7.012, 21H.104 (dropped 8.01)
IAP: 6.270, 7.391, 9.97 (got 12 units)
Second Term: 8.011, 18.02, 21M.051 (dropped 6.00)
| |
| Reply
| |
08-09-2009, 05:12 PM
|
#6 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chicagoland, IL --> Cambridge, MA
Posts: 355
|
First semester: 18.02, 8.01L, 3.091, 3.986 (Intro to Archaeology, HASS-D)
IAP: 6.270, 8.01L
Second semester: 18.03, 6.01, 8.02, 24L.003 (Reading Fiction, HASS-D, CI-H)
I should've been careful to take 2 HASS-D / CI-Hs so that I'd be done with them now! Also, getting the Communciation requirement warning was annoying. I also wish that I had taken 5.111 instead of 3.091, but my big tip is to make sure you take a CI-H when you're on pass/no record because papers really suck.
| |
| Reply
| |
08-09-2009, 06:15 PM
|
#7 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: El Paso, TX ---> Cambridge, MA (MIT '13)
Posts: 80
|
Is it a lot more work if you take four classes plus an advising seminar rather than four classes and no seminar?
| |
| Reply
| |
08-09-2009, 06:26 PM
|
#8 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cambridge, MA
Posts: 7,775
|
It depends on the seminar, but most seminars aren't a lot of work. Mostly they're just for fun and free food.
| |
| Reply
| |
08-09-2009, 06:31 PM
|
#9 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: El Paso, TX ---> Cambridge, MA (MIT '13)
Posts: 80
|
Sounds good to me.  | |
| Reply
| |
08-09-2009, 07:18 PM
|
#10 | | Member
Join Date: May 2005 Location: New York City
Posts: 504
|
First: 3.091, 18.01A, 8.01, 24.02 (HASS-D, CI-H), 12.S56 (advising seminar)
four classes + seminar worked out fine for me 
IAP: 18.02A, 2.971
Second: 8.02, 18.03, 12.080, 11.123, 21W.731 (CI-H)
| |
| Reply
| |
08-09-2009, 10:38 PM
|
#11 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NJ/Cambridge
Posts: 721
|
My seminar was basically zero work (meaning no homework was assigned outside of the scheduled meeting time), free dinner once a week, and quite possibly the most fun thing I did at MIT. I mean, I also had the coolest seminar ever. =)
Most involve very little work, and you can gauge which vary from this trend just by reading their descriptions.
| |
| Reply
| |
08-09-2009, 11:33 PM
|
#12 | | Member
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: MIT
Posts: 351
|
Yeah, the seminars are pretty awesome, and most involve little to no work. But I wouldn't advise doing a seminar just to get the extra 6 units of credit, because it can get annoying to go to a class each week that you have no interest in, even if you aren't doing a lot of work for it.
My advice, if you find a seminar that really interests you (and there are a TON out there), don't hesitate to sign up. The workload isn't bad, but you'll still probably learn a lot from it (or at least have fun, meet some new friends, and get some free food). But if you don't really like any of them, don't bother with it.
| |
| Reply
| |
08-10-2009, 09:54 AM
|
#13 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 2,713
|
1st semester: 18.01A/02A, 8.01, 5.112, 17.40 (US Foreign Policy)
IAP: Finished up 18.02A (it is intended to be finished during IAP)
2nd semester: 7.013, 8.02, 17.037 (American Political Thought), 21W.735 (Writing and Reading the Essay)
| |
| Reply
| |
08-10-2009, 01:03 PM
|
#14 | | Member
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Austin, TX --> MIT '12
Posts: 559
|
1st semester: 5.111, 8.012, 18.01, 21M.030 (Intro to World Music, HASS-D cat3 + CI-H), 21L.A21 (RBA seminar)
2nd semester: 7.013, 14.01, 15.354, 18.02
My seminar consisted of a group of Next House froshies sitting together in the lounge, eating free food, and writing a really goofy story. Stress relief? Check.
| |
| Reply
| |
08-10-2009, 02:13 PM
|
#15 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bay Area, MIT '12
Posts: 1,167
|
1st semester: 5.112, 7.012, 18.02, 21H.301 (The Ancient World: Greece)
2nd semester: 5.12, 8.02, 9.00, 18.03
| |
| Reply
| All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:53 PM. |
![bbtitle]](/images/misc/cc_logo.gif){kind=logo}
