{"id":60144,"date":"2022-03-10T11:52:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T16:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/?p=60144"},"modified":"2022-05-05T17:17:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T21:17:35","slug":"student-story-aditya-pal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/student-story-aditya-pal\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Story: Aditya Pal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Aditya Pal<\/b><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cas\/files\/2022\/03\/Aditya-02-scaled-e1647890877827-584x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"636\" class=\"alignright wp-image-60229 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2022\/03\/Aditya-02-scaled-e1647890877827-584x636.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2022\/03\/Aditya-02-scaled-e1647890877827-940x1024.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2022\/03\/Aditya-02-scaled-e1647890877827-768x837.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2022\/03\/Aditya-02-scaled-e1647890877827-1410x1536.jpg 1410w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2022\/03\/Aditya-02-scaled-e1647890877827-1880x2048.jpg 1880w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2022\/03\/Aditya-02-scaled-e1647890877827-755x823.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2022\/03\/Aditya-02-scaled-e1647890877827-320x349.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2022\/03\/Aditya-02-scaled-e1647890877827-620x676.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2022\/03\/Aditya-02-scaled-e1647890877827.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Hometown:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> New Delhi, India<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Program: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MS in Computer Science<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Please briefly introduce yourself, what\u2019s your background, where are you from? What are you studying at BU GRS?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hi, I am Aditya. I am from New Delhi, India. After completing my undergraduate in computer science, I worked at Ford Motor Company for a little over a year. I was a software engineer at Ford\u2019s Global Technology &amp; Business Center in Chennai, India. Currently, I am pursuing my master\u2019s in computer science at Boston University GRS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why did you choose to come to BU for your graduate degree?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston University has the perfect course structure for computer science, combined with amazing faculty and research opportunities. The open city campus makes it very lively compared to a conventional campus. BU also has lawns and plenty of open areas to give it a traditional campus feel, offering you the best of both worlds. The city is great with infinite professional opportunities. To top it all off, BU has a great reputation and solid rankings. It was very clear to me why it is so competitive to get into BU and once I received admission, I made my decision to come to BU<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What are your favorite spots on the BU campus?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are so many spots that come to mind. The BU FitRec (Fitness and Recreation Center) is one place where you can find me after a long day of coursework. It has everything I need to recharge myself, from resistance training to squash courts and a swimming pool. The BU Beach is another spectacular area. Looking over at the Charles River always takes my breath away, be it any season. The BUild Lab is also a place I often go to work on group projects and study sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What is your favorite part about attending BU and studying in the USA?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My favorite part has to be how welcoming everyone at BU is- the professors, seniors, or the BU staff. Office hour is a concept that was not too familiar to me coming from India. I\u2019d recommend anyone to make the best use of it as interacting with professors has had a profound impact on my education trajectory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How is life in Boston?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston is undoubtedly one of the best cities I\u2019ve been to. Public transportation is very convenient for BU students to travel anywhere in town and there are four stops right on our urban campus. I don\u2019t think I will ever get bored of the city. Not only does it offer the energetic city experience with areas like Seaport, Downtown, and Fenway Park, but it also has parks, reservoirs, and the Charles River for peaceful runs and getaways from the city buzz. The cosmopolitan environment of Boston with students from all over the globe truly makes it the world\u2019s capital for learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What do you hope to do after you graduate?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are numerous things on my bucket list after I graduate. I want to explore more of America and its work culture. After majoring in computer science, I am truly keen to work in Silicon Valley as that has always been my dream. I am also inclined to return to India after some invaluable experience and make meaningful contributions in tech over there. I hope to keep my curiosity and drive to learn new things alive. Coming to Boston University has been nothing short of life-changing for me and I hope that someday I can give back to the university and make meaningful contributions to the community<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aditya Pal Hometown: New Delhi, India Program: MS in Computer Science Please briefly introduce yourself, what\u2019s your background, where are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20149,"featured_media":60229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,376,6],"tags":[199,454,228],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60144"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60144"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60318,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60144\/revisions\/60318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}