If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a freshman at MIT, our selection of OCW Scholar courses is now complete enough to cover the typical schedule of a first-year Mechanical Engineering student.
Here’s the chart from the Mech E website, linked to the relevant OCW Scholar courses.   (Alright, the second HASS course–that’s Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences for the non-MIT readers–isn’t a Scholar course, but still crazy good for independent study.)
A great way to get a really in-depth sense of what an MIT education has to offer.

Sample Schedules

Typical Schedule

Freshman Fall Spring
3.091 12 8.02 12
8.01 12 18.02 12
18.01 12 Elective 12
HASS 12 HASS 12
Total Units 48   48