October 14, 2024
Hi, my name is Humza Chaudhri and I study psychology and digital data at Binghamton University. I aspire to pursue a Master’s Degree in social work or counseling. I am also considering a postgraduate degree related to DiDa studies.
Humza in Spain in August 2024
I like anime, movies, video games, skateboarding, manga, and lifting weights. I know, very average and unimpressive hobbies, but sure beats getting absolutely wasted, caught tripping, contracting chlamydia, and losing the jackpot. College is kind of hard, but that just comes with the territory. My word of advice to all of you reading this is to fear nothing and put trust in God (or whatever you believe in).
I currently go to Binghamton University, and I have been living in the Binghamton area for 18 years. My hometown has a good college, so I decided going to Binghamton University. I originally also considered Rutgers University like my father, or Cornell University, another high-quality college. Ultimately, the most economically efficient decision was Binghamton.
As far as my major is concerned, I had a myriad of options, as I had straight A’s in the majority of my classes, sometimes B’s, and very occasionally C’s. I could choose from engineering, nutrition, physical therapy, medicine, pharmacology, education, or psychology. I considered almost all of them each at different points of my life, but I ultimately settled for psychology, as it was the most conceptually novel, and because of my interest in how study skills, behavior disorders, and brainwashing worked. I watched many film and game theory videos that psychoanalyze characters and formulate bold theories such as one that Dory from “Finding Nemo” could be faking her short term memory loss. I also had many friends and classmates who had Autism, ADHD, OCD, and wished to understand what made them struggle with what they did. This flowered into an interest in psychology in general, so I chose this as my major.
Now for my minor, I found out that I liked learning about computers after taking an introductory computing class in the spring semester of my sophomore year. After taking it, I considered claiming a CS minor, however, there were two problems. Firstly, the minor had too many prerequisites that I would have to add a whole year of classes (i.e. become a super senior) to fulfill them. I was disappointed until I found out that there was another road, the Digital Data Studies minor. I was overjoyed, so I claimed the minor in my Junior year’s fall semester, but did not take any classes until the spring semester. I found it naturally easy to grasp the classes, but my grades didn’t come out exactly how I wanted them. Even still, God knows I tried my best.
When I said I like anime, I actually only mean a few, such as Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, Naruto, and a bit of My Hero Academia. The last one has a pretty questionable fanbase at best, the others are mixed bags. I only just got into them a few years ago, but I’ve seen the characters and YouTube clips and edits around as a kid. Out of all these franchises, Dragon Ball Z captivated me the most. It was all about buff superpowered alien (sometimes human or android) martial artists flying around, throwing lightning-fast punches and kicks that hit like freight trains, and firing colorful plasma beams from their hands. There was also more to it. It was mythology, comedy, adventure, martial arts, magic, superheroes, fighting, action, androids, aliens, scifi, fantasy, space, time travel, magical dragons, and gym motivation ALL IN THE SAME FRANCHISE. What else could one want? There are different characters with different goals, backgrounds, identities, and values that a wide audience can identify with. Both hardcore “gangstas” and sheltered “nerds” find Dragon Ball equally enjoyable.