Advising and freshman formalities

Advising and freshman formalities Yep, Im officially Course 11. A few interesting things have happened this week. Thanks to a freight derailment in Idaho, I spent most of Tuesday on a bus from Montana to Washington state. Last night, my hall, Third East, had its annual faculty dinner. We cooked for various faculty and professors that wed previously invited, and a generally good time was had by all. I invited a fellow who is actually an alumnus of my hall, and he hadnt been back in the building since the early 1970s. Talk about nostalgia! This evening, my advisor invited his freshman advisees to dinner following a signing of the forms (see above). Weve had a few dinners like this throughout the year freshman advisors get money to do cool stuff like that. Weve gone out to nice places for dinner three or four times this year, and its a good way to get to know your advisors in a social setting far removed from your work. :-) In French today, we had to hold mock interviews with a classroom camarade on the French company of our choice. Last week, we were given a worksheet to fill out using data and careers information from the *French version* of the companies home pages. Everyone was so happy in class today I guess the four-day weekend helped. ;-) Ive been exploring UROP options for transportation stuff, and things are looking pretty promising for the fall. Taking an advising seminar with some of MITs more eminent transport faculty really helped, since Ive all-of-a-sudden got numerous beneficial connections, even as a freshman. For those of you coming here in the fall, be sure to read through the listing of advising seminars youll be glad you did! (Note to aspiring transportation students: my seminar isnt being offered next year, but if youre really interested in the field, drop me a line.) The weather was beautiful today.