Next Stop

Yesterday, someone asked me where I am heading to next, and so I just replied him frankly and unwarily, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, New York. Minutes later, I learned that he was having a conversation with others about me. It turned out that he made fun of my choice of university and even sneered at the university’s seemingly unconventional name, so much for the fake and sinister concern. With all due respect, have it his way. Anyway, he just reminded me that I ought to introduce the place a little bit.

Vorhees Computing Center, RPI

My next academic stop is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a private research university up north from New York City, in a mid-sized town named Troy. It is an old school and in fact, it is the oldest technological school in the English speaking world. That is probably why it has a rather unusual name of "polytechnic institute" instead of the typical “XXX Institute of Technology”. But be rest assure, it is a well recognized university offering bachelor, master and doctoral degrees. It may not be as perfect as MIT and ivies but it fits me well I guess, cause I ain’t got a prodigious mind.

It is a technical tech school and being technical probably makes it a boring school – less parties, higher male to female ratio(there goes my romance anticipation), more books, more time for computer and academic works. It is also a private school – a lot more expensive, small school size, better personal attention and smaller student body. The extreme weather of New York is making it even worse because people would rather stay at home than travelling through the freezing thick snows. Please pray that I’ll be geek enough to survive the life and at the same time, excel in computing studies.

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