When describing the culture of CMU SCS, I think its undeniable to in part cite our TA culture and the uniquely commonplace experience for undergraduates in SCS to simultaneously maintain the dual roles of being a Teaching Assistant in one class while being a student in other classes. For me personally, becoming a TA has…
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Why Can’t We Be Friends
Reflections on friendships written by two online friends for my senior year Advanced Philosophy of Friendships class. **In the new age of normalized online communication and online only interactions during quarantine, I thought it finally fitting to share arguably my proudest piece of writing in collaboration with my fellow classmate. ***If you’re not feeling up…
Carnegie Mellon SCS Admitted and Prospective Student FAQs
Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but I figured since COVID-19 is preventing a lot of high school students, especially newly admitted ones, from visiting campus and attending a lot of the admitted student events at Carnegie Mellon that I would make this video to answer some of the frequently asked questions…
Sophomore Fall Semester Classes at Carnegie Mellon
Hellloo and happy holidays! I’m finally back and on winter break and doing better than ever! Academically, this semester has been my best semester so far so I’ll give you a run down of the classes I took and my thoughts on each of them. Just a quick reminder if you’re new here, I’m a…
Sophomore Year Move In + Room Tour
I’m back! Just finished editing a long overdue video for the Youtube channel with video clips I took back in earlier September. 😅 I filmed this not to be particularly cliche, but because there was a real lack of CMU dorm room videos 2 years ago when I was an anxious pre frosh trying to…
10 Places to Visit While at Carnegie Mellon (or in Pittsburgh)
Disclaimer: I don’t leave campus much. Because CS consume my life. I also don’t do sporty adventure things. Nor am I really a foodie to the great disappointment of my friends. So this is probably a super basic take on aesthetic photo places nearby Carnegie Mellon, but I’m also using this post as an excuse…
A Very 122 Summer
I’m feeling real sleep deprived and sentimental, but here goes nothing. If you weren’t already aware, I first took 122 my first semester at CMU. I assumed I would never be qualified to become a teaching assistant for the class just based on how much I initially struggled in it myself. But today, after painting…
Freshman Spring Semester Classes at Carnegie Mellon
And… I’m back with some more CMU school-related content. I just finished my spring semester about a month ago so these classes are still pretty fresh in my mind. I should say beforehand that the spring semester is where classes for freshmen start to diverge ever so slightly based on each person’s interests and intended…
College School Supplies: SCS Edition
I remember around this time last year, I was scouring the web for college school supplies lists and making very detailed plans of what exactly I might need at college. If I were to go back and give my pre-frosh self or other incoming freshmen some brief advice, here are some of the things I…
Freshman Fall Semester Classes at Carnegie Mellon
Let’s talk classes! Here’s what I took my first semester and *approximately* what classes you can expect to take as a first semester freshman at Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science. 07-128 Freshman Immigration Course Every fall, Carnegie Mellon SCS welcomes in approximately 200+ incoming freshman into their program and every one of them is…
