<p>If you’re awesome enough or prepared enough to manage 6 courses in your first term as a freshman, you are good enough to place out of a couple classes through the advanced standing exam. If you really want to, I believe you can turn down the Pass/Fail option and take as many classes as you want. However, I wouldn’t advise this.</p>
<p>For those that want to get ahead, a bunch of people place out of linear algebra by studying over winter break and then taking the advanced standing exam during IAP. It’s the kind of subject that can be studied independently.</p>