Lots of work ahead

Today was the first day of classes for the fall semester and it's shaping up to be a handful. As I knew coming in, CS 225 strongly suggests CS 173 as a prerequisite, but I am taking both simultaneously. The first exam in 225 is meant to get us comfortable with the testing facility, but it covers many aspects of 173 that are foundational to 225. Fortunately I read the 173 book over the summer, but I definitely need to review the relevant chapters. In MCB 250, the professor said that it would probably be the hardest class we've ever taken. The first order of business is to memorize the structures, abbreviations, and properties of all amino acids and nucleotides.

Semester starts tomorrow

The new semester begins tomorrow. First thing in the morning, I'll join the other CS 125 course staff on stage in its first lecture to welcome the freshmen. Then I will attend the lectures of a CS class I'm in and a biology class. After the biology lecture, I have the first four-hour lab, for which I had to go get a few more supplies today.

Everyone else moved in

Today was the general move-in day for freshmen. I got up at 6:30 AM, went down to breakfast a bit before 7:30, and started working around 8:30. My job was to bring moving carts to families while they unloaded their items. I then helped bring the carts up to the student's room and brought each cart back down after the student unloaded it, answering any questions along the way. When assisted move-in ended after 3 PM, I took a shower. Then I went to meet a friend from high school and showed him around campus.

Moved in again

I arrived back on campus this afternoon and got my whole setup back together. After a bit of downtime, I went to the training session for helping with general move-in tomorrow. Check-in is at 7:30 AM, work starts at 9. Since I have to get up so early, I made sure to put everything I'll need in the morning in a convenient place.

Packing up for year 2

Today was my last full day in the Quad Cities before heading back to Champaign-Urbana tomorrow. At the moment I'm getting the last of everything packed up and put into the car. I'll leave sometime in the morning, no rush. Once I get to campus and unpack everything, I'll go around, pick up books and supplies from the bookstore, find my classrooms, and hopefully meet up with some friends.

Moving in early

As a returning student to University Housing, my move-in date would be the Saturday immediately before classes start. But since I'd like a little more time to get settled in and make sure I have all necessary materials, I've signed up to be a move-in guide. That way, I can move in on Wednesday, help arriving new students on Thursday, and have plenty of time to organize.

Got the course dev job

I received an e-mail earlier today informing me that I've been offered the job as a course developer for the CS class I took last semester! I accepted by filling out the Google form and uploading the image that will be listed on the course staff page. Reading over the information document, apparently the 10-hours-per-week figure is a maximum workload, which is good because I may have a lot of other things to do too.