<p>I will be in the Boston area this weekend and I have Friday morning free, so I was wondering what there is to do at MIT besides the tour.</p>
<p>[This[/url</a>] is not a particularly good or comprehensive list, but since I wrote it, I feel compelled to promote it. :)</p>
<p>I really would advise sitting in on a class or two, though.</p>
<p>And come see [url=<a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=46&Buildings=go%5Dthe">http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=46&Buildings=go]the</a> new brain and cognitive sciences](<a href="http://mollie.mitblogs.com/archives/2005/09/overnight_progr.html%5DThis%5B/url">http://mollie.mitblogs.com/archives/2005/09/overnight_progr.html) building, if you're psyched about anything resembling that. It's pretty!</p>
<p>Too bad I can't stay overnight, but a class definately sounds like a good idea. People weren't kidding when they say MIT is not a morning school :P Before the 10:45 tour, there's only a 16.03 course, 5.03 course, and Japanese II. I'll probably check out Differential equations at 1. I'm also curious what the schedule is for E&M physics. This schedule ( <a href="http://web.mit.edu/admissions/pdf/Spring2006ClassSchedule.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://web.mit.edu/admissions/pdf/Spring2006ClassSchedule.pdf</a> ) says the class meets from 10-4 every day of the week, which I hope means something besides MITers being immortal. Do you think just sitting in on one class would be enough to get a feel for most classes and I should spend the rest of the time wandering around and meeting people?</p>
<p>Edit: While I'm planning on ECE or physics, it would probably be cool to see the new building. I hope I have enough time to see everything that might interest me at the last minute, it seems as though there's a lot to see in 5 hours.
2nd Edit: Is there anything you have to do to sit in on a class or do you just go to the class and ask the professor?</p>
<p>Hey, come see 8.022 (E+M with theory). The last 10 minutes of lecture is always filled with excitement and ELECTRICITY! 8.022 lectures are Tuesdays and Thursdays 11-12:30. NOTE: Don't come this thursday though, we have a substitute lecturer who will be no good.</p>
<p>PS. I'm also in diff eq. :)</p>
<p>PPS. (sorry I was in a hurry before so I wasn't all that comprehensive in my response)</p>
<p>You're looking at 8.02TEAL, which is non-theorybased E+M. The vast majority of the freshman class is in that particular physics course and that's why it has a whole mess of sections. A TEAL class probably meets everyday, though not consisting of the same students ;). 8.02TEAL is taught in a very... um... nonconventional style(?) with buzzers and colored slides and lasers and confetti and stuff while 8.022 is taught in the traditional lecture/recitation format with lots of demos. If you're considering a physics major, 8.022 is the more intensive of the two courses... more of the material you will be seeing if you go deeper into physics.</p>
<p>EDIT. oh and if it's a small class, ask the professor, if it's a huge lecture (as diff eq will be) just kinda plop down in the back :)</p>
<p>Oh, man, I don't think I'd even ask the professor if it were a small class. I'm shy, though. I think you're welcome to say something to the professor if you'd like, but you certainly don't have to.</p>
<p>About 8.02T -- adding to what pebbles said -- I think each individual section meets for two hours normally, but they apparently only meet for on hour on Fridays. (See actual schedule here</a>.)</p>
<p>I would totally advise wandering around and meeting people as well as attending a lecture or two. If you identify yourself as a prefrosh, most people would be happy to talk, if they have a few minutes. I would hang out either in lobby 10 or in the student center to find people.</p>
<p>Thanks for clarifying that up. But oh how much I wish I was a prefrosh. I got deferred early, so we'll see what happens in March. I'm going to be in Boston for Olin's Candidate's Weekend, and I have a relative in Boston so I decided to stay there for a night (since it was a cheaper flight). Thanks for all the help, but I have to start getting ready, so farewell.</p>
<p>A prefrosh is any prospective student, actually. No one assumes anything about a prospective's admission status unless they're visiting during Campus Preview Weekend (when all the prefrosh are obviously already admitted).</p>
<p>Oh, well then... hopefully I'll be both... I mean, it's not THAT hard to get into MIT..... :p</p>
<p>YAYYYYY FLASH CARDS TODAY!! LOLLLZ</p>
<p>oh, 18.03, what a hoot. :)</p>