i'm baaaaaack...
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godreamMIT was very cool, and pretty convincing. Though if they were trying to convince us that everyday life there is like Campus Preview Weekend, I'm definitely too cynical to buy it.
I hit a bunch of classes on Thursday and Friday -- was pretty impressed by the non-sciencey classes, as represented by Anthropology 21A.230J: The Contemporary American Family and Music & Theater Arts 21M.301: Harmony & Counterpoint I. Oddly, I had less luck in the less-squishy subjects -- y'know, those other classes that a couple people have heard of the Institute for? :P My attempts at vaguely computer science related classes were foiled by a test and a class that just mysteriously wasn't in 34-101 like my pretty red booklet insisted it was. Go figure. The physics class I went to was just people doing problems sets, and, um, 18.03: Differential Equations was mind-numbingly boring, probably because I had little idea what was going on. :P
I also did a fair amount of just wandering 'round campus, getting a feel for the place, getting lost a couple times and slowly working out how. It's huge, of course, especially since I'm a small-school girl, but strangely manageable. I think. Okay, I spent all weekend utterly overwhelmed, but in a more or less good way.
Almost accidentially, I ended up on the Tangerine Tour, which was incredible. Between my weird sense of humor and having grown up in the Boston area, I've been fascinated with their hacks since I can remember. And it was still very very strange and also wicked cool to beup on the rooftops where ummmm, I mean not doing anything illegal and going to bed far, far earlier than three in the morning.
Oh yeah, and there were, like, other pre-frosh and stuff, and I socialized, really I did. Yup. And went to see the incredible a capella groups perform, checked out the model railroad tracks, watched The Last Samurai (in stereo!), saw MIT's Battlebots entry, almost went to Patrol but my feet weren't up to it, so saw a Gilbert and Sullivan thing instead, went to the new Krispy Kreme at the Prudential, and all sorts of neat things. So in conclusion? Overwhelming, yes, but definitely fun nevertheless.
I hit a bunch of classes on Thursday and Friday -- was pretty impressed by the non-sciencey classes, as represented by Anthropology 21A.230J: The Contemporary American Family and Music & Theater Arts 21M.301: Harmony & Counterpoint I. Oddly, I had less luck in the less-squishy subjects -- y'know, those other classes that a couple people have heard of the Institute for? :P My attempts at vaguely computer science related classes were foiled by a test and a class that just mysteriously wasn't in 34-101 like my pretty red booklet insisted it was. Go figure. The physics class I went to was just people doing problems sets, and, um, 18.03: Differential Equations was mind-numbingly boring, probably because I had little idea what was going on. :P
I also did a fair amount of just wandering 'round campus, getting a feel for the place, getting lost a couple times and slowly working out how. It's huge, of course, especially since I'm a small-school girl, but strangely manageable. I think. Okay, I spent all weekend utterly overwhelmed, but in a more or less good way.
Almost accidentially, I ended up on the Tangerine Tour, which was incredible. Between my weird sense of humor and having grown up in the Boston area, I've been fascinated with their hacks since I can remember. And it was still very very strange and also wicked cool to be
Oh yeah, and there were, like, other pre-frosh and stuff, and I socialized, really I did. Yup. And went to see the incredible a capella groups perform, checked out the model railroad tracks, watched The Last Samurai (in stereo!), saw MIT's Battlebots entry, almost went to Patrol but my feet weren't up to it, so saw a Gilbert and Sullivan thing instead, went to the new Krispy Kreme at the Prudential, and all sorts of neat things. So in conclusion? Overwhelming, yes, but definitely fun nevertheless.
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Date: 2004-06-01 10:54 am (UTC)I'll agree...CPW was pretty jam-packed, but it was a fun time. I went on the tangerine tour also. There were a ton of people there, way more than normal. I probably bumped into you...though neither of us would know it.
Anyway, reply to this if you feel like it. Best of luck in the fall.
-Tim
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Date: 2004-06-01 11:10 am (UTC)