The one with MIT

Today was probably the best day of the session so far : we went to an information session at MIT! It was absolutely great and I loved the info session. Seeing MIT for the first time when I knew so much about it already felt like completeling the puzzle of a long journey that brought me there.
Comparing to other colleges, I felt like the students there are actually passionate about what they do. I admire this passion and this sense of community at MIT. We went to the Coop store afterwards where I bought a beaver (nature's engineer) and MIT shirts. Yay! :-)

We had some free time around Harvard Square before heading back the dorm. We had a nightly outing at a fast food shop and I am now all set to go to sleep after this day that has been the greatest so far.

The One where we shop

I am so tired after this gorgeous day in Boston. After shopping in the morning, we all had lunch at JJ Foley's, where I had a tomato and mozarella sandwich. In the afternoon, I did my homework before going to Abercrombie, Forever 21 and whatnot. We just came back from a delicious dinner at an italian restaurant. I'm writing an essay for my elective class tonight and afterwards we have another leadership activity called Cross the line! Wish me luck :)

The One with the Duck Tour

Tonight concludes a beautiful saturday in Boston. Unfortunately, I woke up rather early but at least I had time for a good breakfast : pancakes with maple syrup! We had an elective class in the morning followed by a picnic in the 7th floor common room. We all left to go to the duck tour : it was rather impressive. We had a lot of free time to shop on Newbury Street, which was pretty awesome :) We ended up at the Boston Common. What a beautiful day in Boston! All I can say is that I really like the atmosphere and I could definetely live here!

The One with a great weekend coming up

We just finished the first week of class, 2 SAT practice tests, elective courses about essay writing. It’s still very cool. On Thursday evening, we went to Newbury Street to eat and shop. I bought an MIT Sweatshirt J Tomorrow’s Saturday and we have a duck tour planned : it should be fun!

The One with The Museum of Fine Arts

Today is Wednesday and I just got back from our elective class. Let me go back to where we left off.  Yesterday was another awesome day at Emerson College! We had our usual routine: breakfast-SAT practice-Lunch-Elective-Dinner. After lunch, we played cards and had a great time in the dorms. After dinner, we all went to the North End, the Italian district where we had free time to hang out in coffee and ice cream shops. It was a great place to do our homework. When we got back, we played a leadership game called “High, Medium, Low” where we answered questions of different intensity level. I stayed up with my suitemates listening to music. This evening, I am going to the Museum Of Fine Arts of Boston and I’m really excited because I love art.

The One with a beautiful night in Boston

We had our first SAT Practice Test and I personally thought it was tricky since I am really not used to those kinds of standarized tests...We had lunch at Emerson Dining Hall. There's a variety of choices so you can definetely find something good to eat. There's even ice cream! I didn't try it today but I'll make sure to have one tomorrow... We then had a general presentation by our two counselors about college application. We were then parted into two groups. I am in Danae's class and I'm really excited about this elective! We're going to learn so much about the college application process and we're going to visit MIT! :) I honestly can't wait... We had dinner at Emerson before departing for the Freedom Trail. We had a very funny but yet comlpete tour of the historical landmarks of Boston. We then hung out at Quincy Market, it was gorgeous! We went shopping at Urban Outfitters before heading back to the dorm to relax.

The one with the very first day

I am all unpacked and settled in my dorm at Emerson College (Piano Row). After a six-hour flight all the way from France, Damon and Freddie (our two awesome counselors) picked me up from the airport. I checked in and met Danae (another awesome counselor!). After meeting everyone, it was very clear that we come from all over the world, which is very exciting! We had our welcome dinner at PF Chang's and we all ate chinese food. It was so good. We went to bed fairly early because we were exhausted. My roommate is Sonika and she's really cool! (and no, she did not ask me to say that... :)) Seriously though, she's great and everyone in the program seems great although I did not get a chance to talk with everyone yet since there are 21 people in our group. I woke up early because of the jetlag and I'll be heading to breakfast and SAT Diagnostic real soon! Wish us luck :)