Finally, my first blog post!
It has been such a hectic week. It's exam season, so I have been up late studying/youtubing for the past week. I had an 18.023 (Calc w/ Applications) and 8.02 (Physics II) exam last week, 14.02 (Macroeconomics) this week, and 15.501 (Accounting) the next week. Thankfully my tests are spread out, allowing me to focus on one subject at a time.
After taking tests, I normally go back to my room to take a nice long nap. My room this year faces the Charles River, and we have 4 large windows that I normally open to let the breeze in. I like to turn on my music and just nap in my bed, forgetting about how difficult the last exam was (just kidding, it's not always bad...just...a lot of the time).
Often times, my neighbors will drop by when I am napping and come in for naps themselves (MIT students LOVE naps). My best friends live literally steps away from me, and since my roommate and I have the room in the middle, there are always lots of people in our room. In the dorms at MIT, you get to pref who you want to live with, what floor you want to live on, the type of room you want to live in, and who you want around you. This year, I was lucky enough to get all my preferences fulfilled.
Basically, my room is one of my favorite places at MIT, welcome to my home.
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But OMG, I'm first!
Posted by: Anurag ('14?) on October 4, 2009
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Posted by: oasis '11 on October 4, 2009
good job celena ;D
p.s. do i spy a 2pm poster?!
Posted by: jenny '13 on October 4, 2009
lololol i love the difference between your desk and your roommate's
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you da bomb
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Posted by: anonymous on October 4, 2009
@ Celena:
What a view! Just how lucky do you have to be to get all your preferences matched?
Oh, and since you're a '12er does this mean Ahmed is gone from the blogs?
Posted by: LRah on October 4, 2009
Posted by: LRah on October 4, 2009
Posted by: Piper '12 on October 4, 2009
Nice post, by the way.
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Posted by: Ujjwol on October 4, 2009
Great first post!
Be sure to keep us posted with great vlogs! =)
Posted by: Val on October 4, 2009
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Posted by: oasis '11 on October 5, 2009
So it is not compulsory to finish the GIR classes in freshman year?
Posted by: Anon on October 5, 2009
Posted by: navin on October 5, 2009
SPAM ALERT!!
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Posted by: Alireza'14 on October 5, 2009
@ George ('14?): In Baker, most upperclassmen if not all upperclassmen are guaranteed front (facing the river) double. The singles can be a little more difficult to get. Most freshman end up with back (facing the courts) quads, triples, and if you're lucky doubles. Last year, I was in an awkwardly shaped back double.
@LRah: Ahmed is still here on the blogs, except he's now an Alumni blogger.
Also, thanks
As for dorm preferences, I was expecting to receive a front double, but not expecting to end up on my prefed floor + be so close to my friends. I think it helped that one set of my friends wanted doubles as well, while 2 wanted singles (the single-tons are 2/3 doors down, the friends in the double are next door). A lot of people wanted singles, which made them a bit more competitive. So I would say I was relatively lucky with my current situation.
@Anon: I'm a new blogger who happens to be a sophomore (didn't transfer/enter with some sort of "special status"). I went through my freshman year here, but chose to not take all my GIRs at one time. Most people end up taking a math, physics, chem/bio, and a hass each semester, but I thought a better plan for me was to split them up throughout the years. Since I am course 15, I don't need any of the sciences as prereqs. but if you're planning to do some sort of science related degree, it's best get certain GIRs out of the way.
Posted by: Celena on October 5, 2009
I believe the above post would be marked as spam.
This is my second post in 24 hours. That is when I've been stalking the blogs since grade 9. Another 'First!'.
@Lindsey ('14?): Actually no. I'm more of a math and computers guy. International Students Science Fair, maybe, but not Jeopardy. :D However no $75,000 came with that.
I believe Anurag Kashyap is already at MIT. Batch of '13? Am I wrong?
@Alizera '14 : There you go.
Posted by: Anurag '14 on October 5, 2009
As you may have noticed, we're getting a higher than usual amount of "polite SPAM" on the boards that our filter doesn't catch. We do review all the comments but it can take us some time to weed them out. Thanks for your patience!
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Posted by: George ('14?) on October 5, 2009
supercute vlog!
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=)
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