Welcome to the Masochistic Institute of Technology. Don’t mind the anguished cries of students still awake at 4am working on p-sets; you’ll soon become accustomed to it.
Thursday marked the one-month duration of my stay here at MIT thus far. It’s almost hard to believe - at times I feel like I’ve only just arrived on campus, and other times I feel like I’ve been here for the longest time. Ever since my random epiphany and endowment of resolve a week ago, I have integrated myself seamlessly into the lifestyle here at MIT. It is no longer a chore nor is there a conscious need to force myself to plan out my time accordingly; rather, after I get home from classes I flow right into what needs to get done, be it p-sets or violin practice or replying to e-mails. Not only that, but it gets easier and easier to speak to new people and become fast friends with them. Although I already have my little group of WRL people, but I’m constantly branching out and meeting others to collaborate or hang out with.
In celebration of my monthiversary, I’ll provide with you a list of the ten most amazing things I’ve done here at MIT thus far, in no particular order =)
- My oh-so-fabulous FPOP, of course
- Completely understanding the second 8.012 p-set
- Making it into both MITSO and Concert Choir
- Playing Steal Scrabble in an elevator
- DanceTroupe auditions - 4 hours of straight dancing is awesome
- Hot pot with the WRL inhabitants + others
- … actually, anything done with the WRL inhabitants
- Getting a ton of free stuff at the Career Fair
- Free BSO college cards.. which means I get to go to free concerts :P
- Turning all p-sets in on time. Thus far.
On a closing note, I find it amusing that most of the bloggers I talked with over the summer (and thusly put on my blogroll) have seemingly ceased this practice due to time constraints. And those who did not stop ended up talking about nothing but MIT… like me. I swear a more industrial and real-world-applicable entry is in store later, but I’m sure I’d find some way to connect it to my present experience somehow. Sorry guys, I just like it here too much =3