Anonymous, who describes herself as open-minded and hard-working, is a third-year student studying Industrial Engineering at Georgia Tech. She is a Georgia native, having grown up in Atlanta all of her life and attended Atlanta schools prior to her time at Georgia Tech. Howe ver, as an American, she finds herself in a unique intersection […]
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Conversations on Campus
Anonymous is a fourth-year, African-American student studying Industrial Engineering at Georgia Tech. She is a Georgia native who, for the past few years, has become very acquainted with and fond of the Atlanta area. While her experience on campus has not been negative, during our conversation, Anonymous shared several observations and trends that appear to […]
I’m just me
Paraphrasing taken from an interview with ‘Marie’. Pseudonym is used to respect the speaker’s privacy. I’m from Bogota Colombia, born and raised until I was 12. There was a lot of urban violence; my sister got mugged about three times. My parents wanted me and my sisters to have a better education so we […]
“Are you a real engineer?”
Anonymous is a fourth-year, African-American student studying Industrial Engineering at Georgia Tech. She is a Georgia native who, for the past few years, has become very acquainted with and fond of the Atlanta area. While her experience on campus has not been negative, during our conversation, Anonymous shared several observations and trends that appear to […]
A Welcome Experience
” I’m biracial: half white and half Indian. I come from an all-white county — a really, really conservative county. I’m queer, and I’m not out at home. When I got here, Georgia Tech was very welcoming. It’s nice to see people who are not white, you know? There are biracial people here, too. I’ve […]
Old Tradition is Not Always Good Tradition
Annalise is a Jamaican American from Fayetteville, GA. She was a business administration major with a concentration human capital. Annalise entered the Georgia Institute of Technology as a first generation college student without a clear vision of what she wanted to do with her time at college, but was open to trying to new things. Annalise […]
Find The People Who Are Different
“I remember the guys saying that my skirt would get in the way of my programming ability,” Marie, a second-year Computer Science student, recalls her middle school and high school experiences. “They said that often. None of them felt comfortable with the only girl in the room leading the Robotics Team. They’d ask me if […]