CMU IO Comps - Fun Stuff

Fun Stuff

Believe it or not, your life doesn't (or at least shouldn't) revolve around comps, so come here to destress every now and again.

Misc. Things to Lift Your Spirits or Have Fun With

A website to give you an inspirational quote once a day.
A guide to meditation.
Help teach an AI how to recognize things by playing pictionary with it.
Listen to radio stations around the world by using a digital globe.
Try to guess where you are in the world based solely on google map's street view.
A map to help you decide where you'd like to move in the US.

Music to Help You Study/Relax

A bit predictable, but lofi hip hop works for a lot of folks.

Some classical to remind you how smart you are?

Maybe jazz is more your thing? Let your soul unwind for a bit.

Here's a nice game soundtrack for you. Pro tip: video game music in general can be surprisingly effective for studying given that it's meant to be non-distracting white noise that is still easy on the ears.

One Last Thing...

It's easy to forget, but by just getting into a doctorate program, you've entered the top ~2-3% of academic ability in the world. Naturally you're going to come up against some challenges here and there, you wouldn't be at the top if you didn't. You were hand picked to be in our program—you deserve to be here, and you're gonna knock this test out of the park!