I am a recent MIT B.S. graduate, AMA.

UMTYMP_student
Sun, 18 Nov 2012 03:21:25 +0000

Although I’m not the OP…
@Abcd3f3 freshmen have a credit limit 54 credits for fall semester and 57 credits for spring semester but sophomores and above have no credit limit [note: 3 MIT credits =1 credit at most colleges]. It’s also possible for second semester freshmen to gain early sophomore standing and get out of the credit limit their second semester if they have enough credit when they matriculate. Some MIT students takes rather extreme course loads. I’ve heard of 10+ courses but that’s pretty rare. Most students take 4-6 classes per semester.