I want to continue my post from last week and explain what a day in the life looks like when I take my class at MIT!
My class is once a week for three hours in the evening. I take the convenient school shuttle, called the loco, to get to MIT’s campus. On weekdays, the loco makes a stop in Cambridge, throughout MIT’s campus, and near Newbury Street. Here is more in-depth information about Wellesley’s shuttles.
Though my class does not start till the evening, I try to take a late afternoon shuttle so I can eat dinner beforehand. The loco typically takes about thirty to forty-five minutes to get to Cambridge, though it is an hour total with traffic and the stops it takes.
Cross-registered students get one free meal swipe per day at MIT’s dining services. I like to eat dinner and do some work before class at Stratton Student Center, the main student center at MIT; there are eateries and cafes inside Stratton where I can use meal swipes.
It takes me about eight minutes to walk to my class building. I definitely struggled the first time I tried to find my classroom, especially coming from a smaller campus like Wellesley and then encountering a large sprawling campus like MIT. But, there’s a view of the city skyline across the Charles River which makes the walk well worth it.
Boston!
I then attend class, which is structured as ninety minutes of lecture, a break, and a class activity, ending around 10:00 p.m. The final loco leaves MIT’s campus at 10:00 p.m. on weeknights and my professor thankfully lets us out so we can get to the bus stop shuttle on time. I make it back to campus about forty minutes later. Cross-registered classes definitely take up a lot of time and effort, and I am exhausted after these days. But, I think it is ultimately worth it. I enjoy my class and get to utilize MIT’s great academics and resources.
Thank you for reading this week!