For most secondary school subjects that closely parallel
the College Board
Advanced Placement guidelines, the only method for generating credit at MIT is
through the regular College Board Advanced Placement tests. Students wishing
to receive such credit are urged to take those AP tests for which they are
prepared.
For a score of 4 or 5 on the Calculus BC test, credit
will be given for
12 units of subject 18.01, Calculus I. A student with credit may begin
immediately with one of the 18.02 subjects. If a student instead elects to
take and passes 18.01A, the 12 units of credit earned for the
Calculus BC
Advanced Placement Test convert to 3 general elective units. If a student
takes and passes 18.014, the 12 units of
credit earned for the Calculus BC Advanced Placement Test convert to 9 general
elective units. No credit is given for the Calculus Advanced Placement AB test,
but a student with a score of 4 or 5 on this test is encouraged to take
18.01A or 18.013A, the accelerated versions of first-term calculus.
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