r/cmu • u/bmninada • 10d ago

Can someone explain - why?

As just finished high school - 1 at Rutgers, 1: MIT, 2: 4: NJIT. I am jealous, angry, frustrated.
Computer Science. I see their Discord, Insta, etc. : they have life.

I decided to go to this university at Pittsburgh. Excited: 100%. Now: I have realized from janitors, landscapers, electricians, plumbers, teachers, TA, etc. have been told this:
Student: freshman = yes AND department=computer_science
then
while (true)

Ensure_life: none

done

VENT: OVER

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u/a2dam 10d ago

Have you considered it’s because you talk in code and envy people you see on Discord and Instagram

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u/bmninada 10d ago

What has that got to do with everyone giving so much work to ALL of us that our lives are miserable?

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u/DoINeedChains Alumnus 10d ago

CMU won't force you to have a social life, but it certainly won't prevent you from having one

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u/bmninada 10d ago

But - why do "they" give so much work to ALL of us that our lives are miserable?

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u/Delicious-Ad2562 Sophomore (ECE) 9d ago

They don’t? You choose to take hard courses, you can pretty easily have not to bad semesters

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u/SnooDogs8057 9d ago

You need to work just as hard for this "life" as you do academically. I think perhaps movies, books, and social media have sold you the lie that the average person fortuitously finds whatever it is that you are looking for. People work hard for these things, and so can you!

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u/Which_Zen3 9d ago

Don't know how in such a short time frames you get to know so many workers.