<p>is it possible to take grad math courses in freshman year or later ? how rigid are prerequisites?</p>
<p>It’s always possible to take graduate courses, as long as you can convince the professor you’re able to do the work.</p>
<p>A poster who used to post here a lot, texas137, had a son who took a grad course in math first semester of his freshman year. It’s more common to wait until later, just because most people don’t come in with that terrifically strong a background.</p>
<p>Prerequisites for MIT courses are usually just a suggestion, though this may vary by department.</p>
<p>the math and physics departments here do not care at all about prerequisites. they are just a suggestion.</p>
<p>That young man was also a multi-talented legend…S knows him.</p>