High School Band

It taught me something:

Be on time, warmed up, and have a good attitude.

I found that no matter how difficult my classes get, or how challenging my research becomes. These things never fail to pull me through.

So, thanks Band.

Rock on,

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ROY G. BIV

In Biomedical Engineering we rarely get to use color; unless of course you count the jumper wires used in the circuits lab or making graphs on MatLab. As a result, my classmate, Pankti, and I were particularly thrilled that we had the opportunity to chose the color pallet for out IPRO project. Last night, we became lost in a world of colors and patterns for a the healthcare center our IPRO is remodeling. It didn't take long for both of us pre-meds to be dreaming about which colors we would chose for our personal offices someday. Unfortunately, our color adventure had to end all too soon, for the sake of other homework. It was a good escape though, and we were accomplishing things for our IPRO.

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Underestimating

To underestimate can lead to excellent results. For instance, if you underestimate your ability to solve differential equations, and therefore, study aggressively during the course, you might find yourself pleasantly surprised to receive the top score in the class.

On the other hand, the act of underestimating can also have detrimental results. For example, if you perform an enormous lab, and work all week on the report, only to realize it's true massiveness during the midnight hour the night before it's due date. Here, because the slope is always slippery, another unfortunate event might occur if you also underestimated the amount of sleep you need, and therefore, fall asleep while your playing your french horn during your lesson.

However, the negative effects of underestimating can be greatly reduced if a very kind person buys you a cup of coffee, as one of the admission councelors did for me this morning.

Electives?

Yep, the power to choose your courses. I always thought this sounded like a great idea, and I would be able to just take whatever I felt like. Truth... it's considerably more difficult than anticipated. I'd have to say this was one of my major misconceptions about college life. I'll start from the beginning. I had this magical idea that I would take some courses I need towards a major, and the rest I'd get to take crazy, random, have nothing to do with my major or requirements classes. Well, the reality is that it doesn't work that way... courses required for your major take up the majority of your schedule, and other courses are usually meeting general education requirements. A few majors offer some free electives, but engineering is pretty strict. Upon this realization, I decided that was really a relief; choosing courses is difficult. However, the trap I've found myself in now is that I have to choose engineering electives. The problem: I want to take them all. I have a desire to know... pretty much everything. It's possible I'm going to attempt to take 6 engineering courses next semester (attempt being the key word). However, I still am going to have to make decisions, and there are sooooo many choices! I know, it seems like a ridiculous predicament to have gotten myself caught up in, but here I am.

Uff Da,

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