MIT Finals
18 December 2008 | Jason
As my blogging has gone down in its volume, I felt like I needed to remedy this. After all, I have just been “studying” this entire time. A summary of how my finals have been:
I studied all of Sunday at Next on 8.01 Physics Mechanics not for Masochists. Took the test Monday morning 9-12 and did not think it was utterly and completely horrible. It began with a post-diagnostic test, which should be 26 free points, essentially. Then the real exam began. Luckily we were allowed to drop a question so I dropped the one about a gyroscope in a car. The rest, I thought were decent, and I just hope I get a passing score on the test. Then everything will be good. They STILL haven’t posted scores. The other physics have their scores already. Anyway. After the test, I found Rachel and we got ourselves some soup from the LEM (Luteran Episcopal Ministry). I went to the student center to get some more food, and found the group of 8.012 people. We got food and moped around about our physics tests. I returned to my dorm to “study” for my 3.091 exam. We calculated it and I needed only about 4% to pass the class, so I worked so very hard to understand every little bit of information that I could absorb.
I walk in to Johnson Tuesday morning and find a seat in the back. Sadoway is dressed in a tux again and he begins the test. I quickly go over what I do know, skip over all things amino acid/lipids/organic and try to maximize my points before I leave an hour early. I return home, sleep, and try to start studying for 18.01, which I know decently well enough to pass enough without studying too much. Wednesday morning, Vivian calls me to remind me to meet her early for an quick cram session before the test, so I head out to meet her. We take the test and I passed the final with a 76/120. Yay. Afterward, we go to Anna’s to grab quesadillas and head to the Coop. We find Moose (yes, Moose) and all head over to Kendall where I obtain myself a MIT umbrella. I find a little stuffed beaver and cuddle with it for a while. A while being the rest of the time we are in the store. We look at the toys and see a dreaded gyroscope. Vivian wants it so I pick one up for her. We finish shopping and I drop the beaver in Vivian’s basket. After we purchase everything, Vivian and I exchange gifts ^_^. She got a gyroscope and a magnet saying “never never never give up” and I get a stuffed beaver. I think I win this trade. After all, the beaver is SO MUCH cuter cuddlier softer BETTER more stuffed than the giver of the gift. Hehe.
Vivian and I wander campus, visiting the physics department… and wandering a little in tunnels. We head back home because I need to start packing. I finally begin at around 3, finish in like 10 minutes, and decide I need to clean my desk. I do so and there is SO MUCH more room now than there was 25 minutes before. I make my bed, and my side of the room is clean and made. I just wish it could stay that way. I head out to Kendall to get to the airport. As I drag my bags along, I write a text to send to everyone.
Goodbye all! I am now leaving this dreaded place called MIT. I am going to a place where everything will be better. Goodbye. You will all be worse without me.
When I get there I find some other MITs waiting at gate C33 to Tampa. Their flight was delayed because the plane was simply circling the airport. Apparently Logan went into a ground state. They finally get on their plane, and I get onto mine a few minutes later. The flight takes longer than expected because of headwinds, and I make it to Denver around midnight. I am currently writing from my bed in Denver, it creaks a lot.
When you coddle a stuffed animal long enough in a store, eventually someone will buy it for you. Take advantage of this!