Exam 1 Logistics
The first exam in 6.1800 will be on April 4, 7:30pm-9:30pm, in either 26-100 or 32-123. If your last name starts with letters A-O, go to 26-100; P-Z, go to 32-123. (The desks in these rooms are close together, but both rooms will be at about 33% capacity.)
The exam will cover all material from Lecture 1 - Recitation 13. The exam will be "open book", which means you can use any printed or written materials that you think might be useful, or a laptop or tablet to view, e.g., PDF versions of the papers and notes. Calculators are allowed, though typically not necessary. However:
- You may not use the Internet or generative AI for help with the exam. I.e., you cannot Google for the answers, look at the 6.1800 Piazza, ask ChatGPT etc. You should not be connected to any network during the exam.
- You may not collaborate with anyone, in any way, during the exam. That includes students in the class, students formerly in the class, people who have never heard of 6.1800, etc. Collaboration will result in an automatic 0% on the exam, and possible further action.
- We cannot guarantee that you will be able to plug your laptop in during the exam. Charge your devices! There are very few outlets.
Make-up Exams
If you cannot make the exam because of a class conflict or a religious observance, we offer two make-ups: 9:00am-11:00am on Friday 4/5, and 3:00pm-5:00pm on Friday 4/5. Both make-ups will be in 32-155. Please fill out this form by March 22 to register for one of the make-up exams
If you have a class conflict or a religious observance and cannot make either of the scheduled make-ups, or need to miss the exam due to illness, please email Katrina (lacurts@mit.edu) so that we can work out a plan.
Exam Accommodations
If you have exam accommodations from Disability and Access Services, please email your accommodations letter to Katrina (lacurts@mit.edu) by March 22. Someone on the course staff will be in touch with you about the timing and location of your exam after that.
Practice Exams
Exam 1 will cover all of the material up to and including Recitation 13; this includes lectures, recitations, and hands-ons. We've included three previous exams below to help you study. These exams are meant to give you a sense of the length and scope of the exam; note that there is some content on these exams that we did not cover this semester. We strongly suggest working through them in an environment that is authentic as possible (i.e., with a 2-hour time limit, in a quiet space). Just reading the exams and their solutions isn't usually as helpful.
Remember that we also post slides and an outline for every lecture, as well as recitation notes after each recitation.
- 2023 (Solutions)
- 2022 (Solutions)
- The numbering for the solutions is off by one in the second half; the solutions accidentally got written on a draft copy of the exam (but the answers themselves are fine)
- 2019 (Solutions)
- We have video explanations for these problems, thanks to our Spring 2020 TAs!
- Our exams took a different format during remote learning, so the 2020 and 2021 exams are not great examples of a typical 6.1800 exam; hence we're not including them here.