Spring Semester

So today was day two of the spring semester here at MIT. As a freshman, I am no longer on the beloved pass/no record grading system we had last semester. The more I think about it, though, the more I kind of like it. For the first time, I feel like a real college student. I mean, the first semester was a great transition, but now it hits me full force. I'm in college. I'm in Boston. I'm at MIT. I figured out the other day that I really want to major in Course 10B. For those of you non-Techies, Course 10B is Chemical-Biological Engineering (a Chemical Engineering degree with the inclusion of the Course 7 (Biology) minor). In addition, I plan to have an actual minor in Course 5 (Chemistry). Okay, that's all I got for now. I'm so excited!!! Oh well, time to do a reading for 3.094.

IAP

So, January here is Independent Activities Period, which is basically a do whatever you want time. Well, I'm back on campus for one, single class.

For those unfamiliar, the math requirement here is the entirety of calculus. Now, at most schools, that include Cal I, II, III and IV or Cal A, B and C. Here though, it's 18.01 and 18.02.

Normally, it would take two semesters. However, I took a version called 18.01A which let me skip the whole first half of 18.01 because we covered it in my high school class.

When that half ended, we did the first half of 18.02A, which ended in mid-late December. So now I'm back for IAP taking the second half of 18.02A, still on pass/no record. Yay!

So spring semester starts the first week in February. Until then, I'll be IAPing it up here in Boston/Cambridge, MA.