some more questions

[tropicalisland]

<p>Is it easy to minor in a humanities field using the HAAS concentration courses?</p>

[tropicalisland]

<p>Hey Mollie. Just wondering…Do any of the rooms in MacGreggor have their own bathrooms inside?</p>

[molliebatmit]

<p>You have to add two or three courses to a HASS concentration to turn it into a minor.

@&lt;a href="http://web.mit.edu/shass/undergraduate/programs/minors/index.shtml"&gt;http://web.mit.edu/shass/undergraduate/programs/minors/index.shtml&lt;/a&gt;

Every year, hundreds of MIT undergraduates discover that their HASS concentration has not satisfied their curiosity about a given field and choose to pursue further study by developing a concentration into a minor. A HASS minor expands a three- or four- subject concentration requirement into a six-subject minor.</p>

<p>HASS minors are more structured, culminating in a capstone experience. Most HASS minor programs consist of six subjects arranged into three levels, expressing different degrees of sophistication in the articulation and resolution of intellectual problems. The one exception to this structure is the Regional Studies minor, which arranges subjects into four levels.

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<p>And no, all the rooms in MacGregor have suite-style bathrooms shared by either eight, six, or two people. (Haha, MacGregor rooms are 8 feet by 15 feet. Where in that space are you going to fit a bathroom? :))</p>

<p>The only dorm with semiprivate bathrooms is Simmons, and so far as I am aware their bathrooms are shared by at least two people.</p>

[tropicalisland]

<p>Does the chemistry placement exam allow students to place out of 5.111? Is the FEE hard? Can I take residence-based advising seminars and not live in McCormick or Next or any of the those other dorms? What is general elective credit? If I get a 5 on a humanities AP exam, does that mean I can place out and take upper level classes?</p>

[Olo]

<p>@Tropicalisland: You can find the AP credit policy [here[/url</a>]. You get no credit for a 5 on chemistry, and 5’s on humanities AP tests get you general elective credits. To quote [url=“<a href=“http://jessie.mitblogs.com%22%5DJessie%5B/url”>http://jessie.mitblogs.com”]Jessie[/url</a>] from [url="<a href="http://matt.mitblogs.com/archives/2005/10/october_questio.html"]Matt’s"&gt;http://matt.mitblogs.com/archives/2005/10/october_questio.html"]Matt’s&lt;/a&gt; blog](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/firstyear/2009/subjects/ap.html"]here[/url”>http://web.mit.edu/firstyear/2009/subjects/ap.html):

No, General Elective credit doesn’t count as HASS credit, or anything specific for that matter. However, to receive an MIT degree, you have to earn a certain number of credits beyond the GIRs, even if fulfilling your departmental requirements won’t give you that many credits. To double major, there’s a different certain number of credits. General Elective credit counts toward this, ensuring that you won’t be forced to take classes for the sole purpose of needing extra credits to graduate.

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<p>As for the residential advising, I have no clue. Maybe a current student can help…</p>

<p>EDIT: I just realized your question was likely in regards to MIT’s own placement exam, in which case, yes you can indeed pass out. I know I’ll be trying for this. However, I’ve been told that you can count the number of people who pass out each year on one hand, and some years, you can count them on your ears. Best wishes to you in this effort.</p>

[over30]

<p>My son said the chem placement test was so difficult most people left before it was over. He stayed until the bitter end to no avail. He loved his chemistry class though. <a href=“http://www-tech.mit.edu/V122/N48/Sadoway_profile.48f.html[/url]”>http://www-tech.mit.edu/V122/N48/Sadoway_profile.48f.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[molliebatmit]

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If I get a 5 on a humanities AP exam, does that mean I can place out and take upper level classes?

No, you’ll just get 9 units of general elective credit, as the AP credit policy states.</p>

<p>Many humanities classes don’t have formal prereqs anyway – although some departments have a specific course sequence, many allow you to take classes in any order you choose.</p>

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Can I take residence-based advising seminars and not live in McCormick or Next or any of the those other dorms?

No, residence-based advising is a program restricted to residents of McCormick, Next, Chocolate City, and Spanish House.</p>

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Is the FEE hard?

That depends on whether or not you’re a good writer.</p>