It all starts with a SEED.
Opportunities to seek discomfort and grow. New best friends for life. A year you’ll never forget. Sound interesting? Keep scrolling to learn more!
About Us
We live by two cardinal truths. First, life’s greatest moments and opportunities for growth lie outside of your comfort zone. Second, developing as a leader is much easier and more fun when empowered by a supportive community. SEE(k) D(iscomfort) First-Year Leadership Organization, or SEED, was created with these beliefs in mind.
Our FLO serves to develop first-years into leaders by pushing them to intentionally seek discomfort while being surrounded and supported by their fellow members. Through weekly meetings, activities, and events, we target topics that contain real opportunities for leadership development and growth in a way that encourages members to dream bigger, push past their perceived limits and unlock their full potential.
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Many incoming first-years describe college as a time in which they want to make an impact on campus, do things they’ve never done before, and find what they’re truly passionate about. SEED structures its learning outcomes around these aspects so that members are getting what they want out of the first-year experiences and setting themselves up to be successful throughout the rest of college, and their lives.
Keep scrolling to meet our advisors and learn about how to apply!
Our Advisors
Reagan Hicks
Reagan believes that seeking discomfort is a lifelong journey of finding what you truly love. Through Seek Discomfort, she has discovered a passion for meeting new people, exploring new activities, and having her expectations challenged - and she is excited to encourage others to discover their own passions!
Shalini Mehra
Shalini loves to live by three ideals: trying new things, staying open minded, and being positive. This led her to finding SEED and loving the activities that pushed her outside of her comfort zone with the support of a really wonderful community. She hopes to continue to be inspired by the SEED community and is excited to meet the new SEEDlings and encourage them to redefine their limits!
Taylor Witte
Taylor embraces seeking discomfort as an exciting and necessary catalyst to spark change within ourselves and those around us. By learning from the inspiring community of SEEDlings committed to this cause, she hopes to encourage others to root themselves as members of SEED and allow themselves to grow with others.
Ateendra Subramanian
Ateendra believes that seeking discomfort isn't just about taking big, bold steps. Instead, it's about switching up your routine and trying small, new things to introduce a bit of unpredictability into your life. This, he believes, is the way to discover new experiences, and find out who you truly are. He hopes to continue this journey and share the joy and discomfort of uncertainty with the wonderful SEED community.
Madhav Gulati
Madhav believes that seeking discomfort is just like a muscle – you get better at it as you keep exercising it. After entering GT, he discovered SEED, and loved the community of like-minded individuals pushing themselves out of their comfort zones. He aims to keep trying new things every day with the overarching mantra “work hard, play harder”. Madhav encourages everyone to embrace the “failures” in life, and is excited to continue his journey with SEED.
Apply Today!
All first-year students at Georgia Tech are encouraged to apply to SEED! Applications are now open on the FLO Common Application on Engage. Make sure to select SEED and be prepared to answer our additional supplemental questions:
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1. Talk about a time where you got out of your comfort zone and what it did for your growth.
2. Describe a time you personally witnessed or carried out an act of greatness. What was it? What impact did it have?
Applications close September 1st, 2024 at 11:59 am (noon).
