So I’m going to this school….

Shocker, right? No, really. I’m going to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 2:1 male:female ratio. Theses are required for graduation. The whole tech school nine yards.

There’s a problem with going to such a tech-y school. Every time I tell people where I’m going, they say, “Oh, you’re a pretty girl. You’ll have fun there since you’re pretty. There aren’t pretty girls there.” Every time someone says this, it bugs me.

Saying there aren’t pretty girls at RPI is wrong. There are plenty of pretty girls there.  Sure, there are also girls who won’t ever be on the cover of Vogue, but that’s normal. We’re not really a biased sample. This statement also implies that pretty girls won’t go to a science-y school, for whatever reason. That they’re not smart, or not interested, or whatever.

But what really annoys me is the statement that I will have fun because I am a pretty girl. I don’t need to be pretty to have fun. I don’t need guys, popularity, etc. I’m going to college to learn. To make some really good friends. The kind who don’t care what I look like. My type of fun does not rely on my prettiness.

To people who are considering engineering schools: go for it. It’s fun. Don’t worry about the gender ratio, or pretty girls. Worry about your education first.

P.S. I should probably address the ‘pretty’ thing. I have a nice face. Average breasts. Big hips. If that’s your thing, then yeah, I’m pretty. I, honestly, don’t really care if people think I’m pretty.