Georgia Tech Part 1: Start of Something New 🎵
My first semester at Georgia Tech is almost over. A lot has happened, but I still can't really believe it's gone this fast. I like it here. Georgia Tech is really beautiful, especially in the fall. I like walking across Tech Green and seeing the trees shed their orange leaves and watching squirrels run across the grass. People here are, in my experience, very kind. When people say "have a good one" or "thank you" or "bless you", it really does feel like they mean it. It doesn't feel (too) awkward to start conversations with strangers. America has made me more extroverted. College is the high school experience I never had. Welcome Week in particular was incredible---an entire week of no classes, where I hung out with new people every day, sat at new tables at lunch. I know that strangers are friendly and everyone would still like talking to new people; however, talking with new people is not the default anymore, and so I do it less often than I...