<p>6-120 is an amazing classroom, though I will agree that people have a tendancy to doze in it. I myself was almost the victim of a professor’s chalk-hurling experiment last semester (8.012!) for that very reason, haha. This year, I’ve been alert the entire time. If you’re worried about falling asleep, choose a seat up front (I sit in the first row). It really does help =)</p>
<p>As for the rest of the school… I definitely needed some time to get used to the architecture. When I pictured “college”, I pictured Gothic-inspired brick buildings, inscriptions on the walls, dim lighting, carpeted facilities, and a very warm feeling (think Harvard!) I instead got a cold-looking campus of concrete and plaster. I still whine and complain about the look of our buildings from time to time, but you eventually get over it.</p>
<p>HUGE con about MIT: there are no proper performing facilities at all. Kresge would be nice if it wasn’t a round stage (some performing arts groups can’t work with that, like my Chinese dance group). Little Kresge is just that - extremely tiny. Killian Hall is only really for music performances, not dance or theatre. La Sala isn’t even a performance space, but we try our best to make it one. As someone who’s really into the performing arts (I captain the MIT Asian Dance Team), I’m rather irked by the lack of performing space AND the lack of practice space freely available to students. If I just want to go somewhere on a whim and practice a little dance, it’s hard - the few facilities that are available are either always taken or require advance reservation.</p>
<p>I have differing opinions on each of the dorms, so if you want to hear them feel free to ask. Let me just tell you this - the grad students get it SO much better. I did NOT want to leave my sublet in Sidney-Pacific when the summer ended.</p>