What did I get myself into?
Throughout my four years at
Rutgers, I have asked this question many times. Fortunately, the experiences following
this question have always been auspicious. Whether it was joining the Rutgers McNair
program for intensive summer research or deciding to lead the IEEE Electronics
Division with bare minimum knowledge of microcontrollers, treading the unknown
has come with a fair share of benefits. Now, having graduated from the Rutgers
Electrical and Computer Engineering program, I have found myself again wandering
into foreign territory (literally) with the Rutgers - Berlin: Theater and
Contemporary Innovation study abroad program.
One of the first topics we
discussed as a group in Berlin was why we decided to join the program. In our
small group of 10 students, I was probably the one least connected to the world
of theater. As I took in my surroundings, sitting outside a restaurant eagerly
awaiting my first meal in Berlin, I realized how out of place I was. It was
exactly what I wanted. I explained to the group how engineers often tend to
ignore anything not related to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
(STEM). I did not want to limit myself in that manner. While many have the
misconception that STEM is all engineers need to concern themselves with, the
role of Art in this profession cannot be ignored. So for those who view STEM
and Art as mutually exclusive categories, Why not both? It is this belief that
has led me to the crossroads of these apparently disjoint categories, and,
quite frankly, unconventionality seems to be my cup of tea.
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