I am doing an Industrial Design exchange to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and things are fundamentally different from Eindhoven. My class, Industrial Design, consists out of 20 persons and they have another 20 in Communication design, this total of 40 is all they allow into the School of Design a year. “You have to spend money to earn money” is regular said when discussing tuition fee ($60.000). Holding this two facts in mind gives you quite a good image of what the people around me are like and it is true, graduating from CMU gives you excellent job prospects. Coming Thursday is the annual job fair, Apple, Google, Microsoft are just three of the companies walking around.

The workload is high with a usual day lasting from 8:30 to around 01:00. Yet, if you have eventually met the right people, not all is about work. Though the fraternity parties are quite rare (and with regard to the beer, I will appreciate Schultenbrau when I get back), they are extremely fun, American and a perfect way to meet new people. The attitude toward exchange students is extremely open and everyone wants to meet you. Springbreak is in about a week I and look forward to traveling.

Cheers from CMU!