Over to Los Angeles

Having completed my stint at Bangalore without too many professional hiccups, I was blessed (in hindsight, really?) with an admit to the Masters of Science program at multiple good US universities. After fighting a tough mental battle to choose between Purdue (my first admit) and Georgia Tech (my second admit) I was faced with an even more difficult choice when UCLA was added to my list of universities.

It is often said that whenever you are confronted with a difficult choice, you should learn to read the signs. As it so happened, I decided to attend Georgia Tech this fall. Then, I chatted with a soon-to-be classmate at Georgia Tech, and she was quite surprised that I was choosing Georgia Tech over UCLA. Her arguments in favor of UCLA got me thinking again, and just on the day I was going to send an email to UCLA asking them to cancel my admission, I decided to attend UCLA. I am indeed thankful to her for giving me a fresh perspective.

So now, my journey took me to UCLA, Los Angeles in California, the state known for its brilliant weather all through the year. Having settled down in a nice and cozy home, classes finally started just yesterday. The first class Advanced Operating Systems was fun, just the way I had expected it to be. However, we were burdened with tons of reading to do for next class.

Los Angeles is a very nice place and UCLA is cooler! We've now had four orientations till date and many welcome parties. It's amazing to be in a place so active, alive and diverse. I only wish that I had done my undergrad here too...

My next mission is to try stay afloat in the piles of stuff I'll have to read and assignments I'll have to solve before deadlines.

More later!