<p>Are the MIT ASEs comparable in difficulty to the final exams for the class?</p>
<p>They’re certainly supposed to be. But each professor writes his or her own exams, so it’s possible that some ASEs could be written a little easier or a little harder than the finals for the courses. </p>
<p>For example, given the rather low historical pass rate for the 5.111 ASE, I would suspect that that ASE is more difficult than the 5.111 final.</p>
<p>That’s interesting. I looked around and found this article: [Advanced</a> Standing Exam results are typical - The Tech](<a href=“http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N35/advancedstanding.html]Advanced”>http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N35/advancedstanding.html)</p>
<p>According to it, the pass rate of the Chemistry ASE has been going up for the last 2 years, while the Biology pass rate has been going down. Does this imply that the Chem ASE is getting easier while the Bio ASE is getting harder?</p>
<p>I’m not sure it’s possible to divine anything given the many moving parts.</p>
<p>I don’t know that I’d necessarily assume that – after all, if only about 50 people are taking the test each year, the difference between a 7% pass rate and a 15% pass rate is only about four people. </p>
<p>I think it’s more likely that the professors are trying to write an exam at a given difficulty level, and sometimes they don’t get it quite right.</p>
<p>Is ASE available for 5.12 Organic Chemistry course? Will an EECS major be able to use it to accumulate credits with the intention of graduating early? I am still in high school and a prospective MIT student. I am currently taking an organic chemistry course. If ASE is going to be available, it will be some extra motivation for me to study this subject even more thoroughly now itself.
Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s an ASE for organic chemistry, but I might be wrong. It won’t help you graduate early, though, since it’s not a requirement for EECS majors. Course 6 requirements are here: [MIT</a> Course Catalog: Course 6-1, 6-2, 6-3](<a href=“Welcome! < MIT”>Welcome! < MIT)</p>
<p>Thanks “lidusha”. But, on that website, it mentions 48 units of “Unrestricted Electives”. Can’t 5.12 fall under those?</p>
<p>Yes, but it’s not likely that you’ll need to fill those 48 units with extra classes – often, you’ll have elective requirements for your major that you’ll need to fulfill.</p>
<p>Taking advanced standing exams (or getting AP credit for) General Institute Requirements or requirements for your major will help you accumulate credit to potentially graduate early. Getting credit for courses that are not GIRs or required for your major, in most cases, will not help.</p>
<p>I’ll point out that 5.12 is required for 6-7 :P</p>
<p>Oh yeahhhhh. That major of mine. Thanks Piper. =p</p>
<p>5.12 will indeed help you out if you’re in 6-7 (computer science and molecular biology). The requirements are listed here: [url=<a href=“http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ug/6-7/]MIT”>6-7: Computer Science and Molecular Biology – MIT EECS]MIT</a> EECS - Course 6-7 Computer Science and Molecular Biology Degree homepage<a href=“click%20the%20link%20at%20the%20bottom”>/url</a></p>