Everyone in IMPS begins with the fall term. If you have a lot of advanced credit, you may be better served by beginning at a higher level on the traditional track, or by taking honors courses. During Orientation Week, all the academic departments at Dartmouth will have open houses where you can meet faculty and discuss majors and courses. In addition, there will be special meetings for students interested in honors courses, advanced placement, etc. Read your Orientation Week schedule carefully to identify these meetings, and be sure to attend the ones which pertain to you.
Labs are roughly one afternoon per week.
IMPS will not conflict with English 5 or Humanities 1-2. Some foreign language and introductory biology courses conflict with IMPS, requiring you to postpone them until the spring term. The mathematics covered by IMPS is basically that in Math 11 and 13, with some material from Math 23. It concentrates on multivariable calculus and elementary differential equations, and includes some techniques of integration and notions of sequences and series. If you have a score of 4 or better on the Calculus BC exam, or do well enough on the appropriate Dartmouth placement test, you will get credit for Math 8, the second calculus course.