Saturday is a day of work!

What can I say, I'm studying relatively efficiently on my weekend. Cracked my textbook open, started reading, and realized that a lot of this stuff really is supplementary to the lectures, and proceeded to skim through the information. I've gone back to my habit of making index cards for things I don't seem to remember and then cracking the entire index card box open to play recitation solitaire. I managed to get most of the problem workshop done, but life without a printer is pretty terrible, so I will probably pick up a cheap one tomorrow.

In regards to my AMCAS, this is for future applicants. If you submit your AMCAS and get into the SMP, you will not be able to add your classes directly to your primary application anymore. Make sure DEFINITELY to send either the adcoms office or mention in your secondary that you are in Georgetown's SMP program while waiting for secondaries, especially if the schools pre-screen.

One other study tactic I have been doing for the past three days is to simply print out one of the exams, find problems that I should know the answer to, and attempt to answer them. If I get them right, hurray, highlight the answer, move on. If I get them wrong, boo, highlight the number, and come back on another pass in a day.

Anyways, since today isn't a class day, I'd like to talk about MNTS a bit more. I mentioned a bit in passing but I thought I'd make it a bit clearer.

Basically, a student takes notes and diagrams and uploads them to BlackBoard for download about 1 or 2 days post-lecture, and delivers them to your mailbox. Furthermore, ALL of the previous years' MNTS are available for download, so if you need MNTS notes ASAP before then, you can go ahead and use slightly outdated but nevertheless high-quality notes. The MCP class has approximately 250 pages of MNTS notes, which is enough to fill a 3" binder. Printing them out 2 to a page is doable. If you really want to save paper, 4 per page is somewhat acceptable, but you're going to get eyestrain. Some of the MNTS notes are interspersed with humor and commentary, which can either be great or a bore depending on the day of the week. Another important point is that different people take MNTS notes, so depending on the quality of the note-taker, you may have an additional awesome study resource or great paper airplane material. For the most part, though, MNTS are pretty good.

Well, that's about it for my Saturday. Study, study, study!

Before architecture had to even be practical...

Our Pathways lecture got moved from New Research to LA4 at 1PM. It was then moved to C-105 1 MINUTE prior to the start of lecture. So we all rushed over to the new lecture hall. C-105 is not a pretty sight. The building its in is pretty old, so I guess it's temporary. The pipes and lights were all pretty shoddy.

That being said, lecture was about secondary applications. I'm already hard at work. It's sad that I've done over 60 secondaries in my not-so-short application life, and I'm still stuck in the rut.

Back to housing. Probably looking for a 1BR, since the roommate got lucky and found someone to rent out a bedroom. The commute's not bad, and I pay less for a month's parking than I do for a month of rent, so I guess I'm not in any sort of hurry to find my own place to live.

Mints

Got my first MNTS notes today post-class. This is an optional opt-out service that provides you notes that are taken by people who have previously taken the class. They are designed to be a very informal set of notes to accompany the note sets and PowerPoints. That being said, the new ones are usually delayed by a few days, so it doesn't help if you don't go to class. Apparently, jokes in the MNTS are popular.

Anyways, the last part of class wasn't so bad. We may have found another possible house, which opens up in 2 weeks, and are looking for 2 ringers. I have a Pathways class at 3PM, so I'm going to stay on campus until 8 to get some hardcore studying in.

Parking is a nightmare...

At the Union again... there's a guy who looks like he's been here since yesterday... (read: sleepin' here...)

<_<

Anyways, it is apparently impossible to reach the south side of campus from the north side of campus without some sort of magical doodad. But apparently the road to campus is open, albiet it's one lane, in the south. That cost me about 25 minutes, which isn't too bad since class still doesn't start till 9.

Still no place to live... Sigh...

Got Blackboard access! Yesh!

But nooooo! There's no courses listed. Gotta get that fixed... Yeesh.

Mosquitos getting pretty bad. Found another one on my shin, and with the one currently on my forehead, this is pretty messed up. I put on some bug repellent. Hopefully that'll work today. Maybe it won't wear off in 100 steps, either.

Ah well, at least I worked a lot yesterday on my studies!

A Long Day for Sure

Took a stroll the apartment. It's BIG. It's also VERY FAR. A good 1.5 miles uphill to it, and downhill to campus. It's a nice place, but it's SUPER EMPTY. As in, there's enough in there to have 6 people living comfortably if 2 people share each room, though there is only one bathroom. Walking Georgetown is nice, but I'm not sure if a 25 minute walk is really all that fun. Ugh, my feet hurt.