A TLDR? The best decision of my life – personally and academically. And I am thankful to every single person who made it so. The Beginning The first question that most people asked me when I joined PreCog as a Research Assistant was how I found out about PreCog. It was a funny story. I was looking through CSRankings in September 2023, trying to shortlist universities for MS in fall 2024. I was half-minded about it- join MS immediately or get more research experience before I apply. During this process, a random thought of checking the university rankings in India occurred to me. Then I proceeded to check (read: stalk)…