One of the aspects that attracted me to RIT is the fact that it seemed very practically-oriented. I dislike learning theory for the sake of theory, and it seemed to me that RIT would teach me practical skills that I would be able to directly apply in my later career. I do not think I was mistaken in that assessment. RIT has great technology resources, and especially in the past couple of years, I've seen the administration trying to make RIT even better. With the opening of the Laboratory for Applied Computing, so many fascinating research projects were started, that at times I even had to rethink my decision to go into medicine and consider whether it wouldn't be more fun to stay and contribute to some of the research being done here. Of course, RIT has its downsides as well. The overwhelming amount of red bricks, the discouraging girl-to-guy ratio, the 6 AM registration sessions, and probably some other things too. But overall, I do not for a second regret my decision to go here. I had fun, met some good people, and will have many fond memories of my time here, after I graduate.

Currently I am trying to juggle working on my Master's Thesis (due by the beginning of May or so), working as the Webmaster of the CS Department (my graduate assistantship position), contributing to the research on the VENUS novel event detection system, learning American Sign Language, and at the same time trying to find enough time to spend time with my family, hang out with my friends, work out, play table tennis, and read up on the many subjects that I am interested in.