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You Come Here for a Reason
Many people think the CMU population is homogeneous--that we're all a bunch of nerds. That is pretty much true, but this doesn't mean that we aren't aesthetically diverse. The arts, design, and architecture schools are full of attractive, unique and interesting people who range from coming on extremely strong to rarely leaving studio. The humanities and science colleges are home to some of the most "normal" easy-going people you will meet on campus. The Engineering and Comp Sci schools have their handful of "characters", but you would be surprised at how many of their students stay on the dean's list and manage to play a sport and go out on the weekends. I love how everyone at this school is a little weird, but we still can form meaningful relationships, party, and get high starting salaries. We haven't got a lot of Tartan pride, but we are proud of how hard we work and reward ourselves accordingly. The most disappointing thing for me so far has been the quality of teaching in CIT, with professors and TAs being difficult to get straight answers from (and in one or two cases, any useful information at all), but it only forced me to work harder and I feel like I'm mostly learning how to teach myself; a skill that will be invaluable in the workplace.