After visiting CMU, I am somewhat relieved that the grad students in my program aren\\’t that crazy. For some reason, I had gotten the feeling that they would all be HCI-hardcore. And considering how little I talk about HCI (beyond my desire of FOAFness aka the need to stalk people), I felt somewhat guilty that I wasn\\’t as insane about HCI as I should be.<\/p>\n
I had planned to do all my thank yous when I finally got a new layout up (ideas: DRAMAH QUEEN layout, generic GRAY layout, kiddy-themed layout, layout based on \\”pretty\\” pictures I have taken earlier), but that doesn\\’t seem to be too soon.<\/p>\n
When I first started applying to grad programs, I googled everything. I got inspired by people who were applying. In particular, metamanda.com<\/a> (who decided to go to UCI), snowedin.net<\/a> (who decided to go to Indiana – I decided not to go to this program), dorkyspice.com<\/a> (who decided to go to UMich – I decided not to go to the same school as my cousin) Yes, these people don\\’t know who I am.<\/p>\n And of course, I would have to thank Kevin Fox<\/a>, the most \\”famous\\” cmu grad. And the only person I know who was (like me) an undergrad cogsci major at Berkeley and CMU mhci! :) Also not to mention Micah<\/a>.<\/p>\n So thanks to everyone who showed me around (or attempted to show me around) last weekend. That includes Marina, Patrick<\/a>, Sandi, Gahgene, Belinda, Jenna, Professor Alice Chen, and the creepy guy Warren!<\/p>\n When I told someone at work today about my incident at Pittsburgh, he observed \\”Jenn, do you wear a sign that says \\’gullible\\’ on your forehead?\\”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After visiting CMU, I am somewhat relieved that the grad students in my program aren\\’t that crazy. For some reason, I had gotten the feeling that they would all be HCI-hardcore. And considering how little I talk about HCI (beyond … Continue reading