my first day at MIT

The first thing that hit me was that it felt like home. The sunny day, blue sky, green grass of Killian Court and familiar grey windowed buildings had me cheesing so hard all day.

The walk to dinner around East Campus just made me so happy. It really hit that this place is my home for the next 4 years and I honestly wasn't even ready for my own excitement. The statement "this is home" gave me a warm fuzzy feeling inside. I wasn't here for a short month like for WTP or for a week to visit colleges or even just a weekend for CPW... I was home. I mean... this is the place that I will grow and already love and have the honor to be a part of its legacy. :O

At home, I have a poster that MIT sent me last summer, just as I was starting the college app process. It's a picture of a brain or some type of abstract artistic green print that says "research for a better world" #MITBetterWorld. In Lobby 7, the same poster hangs in one of the four corners of the tall domed room, tall and much much bigger than the mini one I have at home. It's the same background of the poster that I had hanging on my wall at home even before I was seriously considering applying to MIT. The fact that I am going through Lobby 7 (the little dome) and seeing the same poster makes me smile every time. It reminds me that I need to appreciate the time I have at MIT and just how lucky I am to attend it. It reminds me that my dream has actually become a reality… that I have an MIT ID card, that I can say I'm an MIT student and relish all the opportunities here... that's what the poster reminds me of.

I can't wait to take a nap on Killian Court, chase after the cats in East Campus, hear from the Martin Trust Center's speaker series, maybe start a company and get funding from Sandbox, and take classes from the authors of the book I read during the summer!