College: Semester One
First semester ended as quickly as it started. From a sweltering August to frigid December, the college experience has been mostly enjoyable.
Some highlights of first semester:
- Getting awarded the Fifty for the Future award by the Illinois Technology Foundation, and becoming the IIT representative for the Student Technology Club
- Becoming webmaster for the Illinois Inst. of Tech. student branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Launching Weekend Hackers Chicago, a meetup group for students interested in tech careers
- Some interesting employment that I cannot disclose
As far as academics goes, I ended first semester with a 3.4 GPA, which is not bad, but obviously it is <4.0 so it could be improved. Next semester I am taking the following classes:
- BUS 221 - Analytics for Informed Decision Making
- EG 225 - Engineering Graphics for Non-Engineers
- ITM 100 - Introduction to IT as a Profession
- ITMD 411 - Intermediate Software Development
- ITMD 421 - Data Modeling and Applications
Once the semester starts I will have a better idea of what they are. However, over break I am keeping a full schedule. From further developing YSFlight Headquarters and rebuilding YSUpload to building new websites (IEEE@IIT and [classified]) as well as creating a quadcopter, days are rich with activity.
You can check up on YSFHQ/YSU by visiting the links above. Check out the quadcopter progress by visiting our engineering notebook here. Otherwise, I would be honored if you would follow me on Twitter. I hope I can earn your follow.
Happy Holidays everyone! Look for another post next week.