So as I had mentioned before, I’m living in Avery House. It’s quite a nice house, and I like it. I have a few observations too:
- While Avery is relatively new compared to the other houses, the mods are even newer so Avery furniture is older than the mod’s furniture.
- But Avery’s space > Mod’s space. It’s about double the size.
- The mod’s showers actually had a door and a curtain. Avery’s showers only has a curtain. Therefore, people have the opprotunity to peek in if they really wanted to.
- I can actually leave my door open all the time now in Avery (The doors to the mods opened to the outside where the hot air negated the AC) and walk around without bringing my key with me (The mod’s bathrooms are locked by key).
- The AC in Avery is actually moderated so the temperature is fairly constant. In the mods, the AC turned on and off randomly so during the daytime when it’s hot, the AC would be dormant. However, during the nighttime when it’s chilly, the AC kicks on. Weird concept, I know.
- Avery is quiet, and the people here are cool.
- However, the majority of the people here are Eugenes. They spend all day doing homework. For instance, my roommate spend Friday night reading up on Math! What the hell is that? And then on Saturday and Sunday, everyone was pretty much doing the Math problem set that was due on Monday (okay, that makes a little more sense). One girl came up to me and asked if I could help her with the physics problem set that was due on Wednesday! It’s Wednesday for [diety's] sake! She had already completed her math set apparently. These people here are like machines. They don’t procrastinate at all. I’m here, watching anime, movies, and playing games. Fortunately, seeing everyone work so dilligently had a slight effect on me so I actually started to do some work too on the weekend.
- The Avery mailing list is cool. I got a free lamp and a small refridgerator for $30.
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Heh, I more or less spend all day “ostensibly doing homework” which means sitting in front of my computer with homework that I’m supposed to be doing while updating various to-do lists and commenting on your blog. In fact, the reason I’m up and commenting here at 3:30 AM EST is that I’ve been putting off this English assignment for more than a week. Yep, I should really get that done now.
Your house seems nice. Is everyone friendly with each other, too? I guess they talk about problem sets together, at least.
And Eugene, that’s the exact phrase I use.
I totally know what you mean. Everybody here doesn’t want to go into Boston, even on Friday or Saturday nights, because they “have a problem set to do”… which isn’t due till the next Friday! I don’t understand it. Isn’t there supposed to be a “fun” aspect to college too?
Eugene: Lol, I spend time updating my to-do list too which is kind of like a big irony since I should spend time completing the to-do list than adding stuff on there.
Christina: Everyone at Avery is really friendly, but not friendly as in: Let’s go do things together since no one has time to do anything except homework (which you mentioned).
Penguin: I found out that at Caltech, there really isn’t any fun if you: 1. Want to get sleep. 2. Want to pass your classes. If you compromise sleep or grades, then yes, you can have fun. However, Pasadena is a pretty boring place if you don’t have a car or lots of money. There is really not much to do around here. That’s why I envy people who attend college that are in cities.
http://photos5.flickr.com/9737098_0cfe41920d_o.jpg
I would leave campus more often, but then I wouldn’t have access to wireless internet.
Oh yeah, that image from Prefrosh weekend :).
You should get your second comment printed as a t-shirt because that’s a really good reason why one wouldn’t leave campus.
Welcome to college! Get to work! I did not write all those recommendations for nothing. If think doing HW stinks, try grading. It is Friday afternoon and I am sitting here grading work. Why couldn’t I have been a PhysEd teacher?
Er, yes sir! The reason why I was late in responding to your comment was because I was assidiously working of course. Well, I suppose I’m not that against doing homework. I’m more shocked by how people do homework here on a Friday night. There has to be a balance between doing non-school things and school-related things.
You can always get some TA’s for your class and have them grade the stuff :).