Hello everyone! Here are my two USC short answer questions. I appreciate your comments, questions, or concerns. Thank you very much, in return I will critique yours! Thank you!
1) Engineering leaders do more than just solve technical problems. What kinds of experiences, inside and outside of the classroom, would you want to explore to enhance your studies?
In the field of science, we live in an age where collaboration is the key. I have always been a firm believer that collaboration can bring about a sudden change in this world. Scientists today, must collaborate with one another, be creative, and take risks together in a non-competitive and supportive way in order to achieve the greater good. This same ideal also applies to students as well. As a result of my passion for computers, I would like to further my education as a computer science major at USC. Inside of the classroom, my fellow students and my teachers are my greatest assets, for they are the ones that can help shape my future into a successful life. In order for a student to succeed, they must be able to work in conjunction, the same way as scientists do. Since USC is dedicated to nurturing its students to become a success, I would like to start things off in a classroom or in a computer lab, where I want to keep myself busy and to take in all of the intellect that my fellow peers offer to me. I will implement this idea to areas outside of the classroom, where I want to be involved in computer science related clubs, the Korean-American organization at USC, and to study abroad in Seoul, Korea, where they are considered to be very well-known in the computer industry. No matter where I am or what organizations that I belong to, I know that by teamwork and collaboration, we can achieve many.
2) Engineers have sometimes been stereotyped as "nerds" or "geeks." Do you embrace or reject that stereotype? Why?
Going beyond the appearance of a "geek", I view them as a simple individual that uses their gifted intelligence, passion, and determination in order to help achieve the good in this world. Though geeks wear big, thick glasses, I wish I could see beyond the world just as well as they have. If knowledge is power, then I truly believe that scientists, or in this case engineers, can use their "power" to help people in this world. Take for instance, Thomas Edison and his invention of the light bulb. After a thousand experiments, Edison managed to succeed and brought light into this world while we have lived in darkness. If not for him, further experiments with electricity and other engineering applications would not have been possible. His level of determination and passion has made him well known in the scientific community, and the fact that he has helped people, I would call him a "geek". Calling men like Thomas Edison "geeks" is considered to be a compliment. I believe that geeks are considered to be our lifeline, and future generations will look up to us and motivate others to continue down this path of humanitarian and scientific endeavors. Applying to the Viterbi School of Engineering, I hope that I can achieve something just as successful that Thomas Edison had done for us in the past. If being labeled as a geek or a nerd helps achieve my goals in the future, then I embrace those terms with open arms as I walk proudly into USC.
1) Engineering leaders do more than just solve technical problems. What kinds of experiences, inside and outside of the classroom, would you want to explore to enhance your studies?
In the field of science, we live in an age where collaboration is the key. I have always been a firm believer that collaboration can bring about a sudden change in this world. Scientists today, must collaborate with one another, be creative, and take risks together in a non-competitive and supportive way in order to achieve the greater good. This same ideal also applies to students as well. As a result of my passion for computers, I would like to further my education as a computer science major at USC. Inside of the classroom, my fellow students and my teachers are my greatest assets, for they are the ones that can help shape my future into a successful life. In order for a student to succeed, they must be able to work in conjunction, the same way as scientists do. Since USC is dedicated to nurturing its students to become a success, I would like to start things off in a classroom or in a computer lab, where I want to keep myself busy and to take in all of the intellect that my fellow peers offer to me. I will implement this idea to areas outside of the classroom, where I want to be involved in computer science related clubs, the Korean-American organization at USC, and to study abroad in Seoul, Korea, where they are considered to be very well-known in the computer industry. No matter where I am or what organizations that I belong to, I know that by teamwork and collaboration, we can achieve many.
2) Engineers have sometimes been stereotyped as "nerds" or "geeks." Do you embrace or reject that stereotype? Why?
Going beyond the appearance of a "geek", I view them as a simple individual that uses their gifted intelligence, passion, and determination in order to help achieve the good in this world. Though geeks wear big, thick glasses, I wish I could see beyond the world just as well as they have. If knowledge is power, then I truly believe that scientists, or in this case engineers, can use their "power" to help people in this world. Take for instance, Thomas Edison and his invention of the light bulb. After a thousand experiments, Edison managed to succeed and brought light into this world while we have lived in darkness. If not for him, further experiments with electricity and other engineering applications would not have been possible. His level of determination and passion has made him well known in the scientific community, and the fact that he has helped people, I would call him a "geek". Calling men like Thomas Edison "geeks" is considered to be a compliment. I believe that geeks are considered to be our lifeline, and future generations will look up to us and motivate others to continue down this path of humanitarian and scientific endeavors. Applying to the Viterbi School of Engineering, I hope that I can achieve something just as successful that Thomas Edison had done for us in the past. If being labeled as a geek or a nerd helps achieve my goals in the future, then I embrace those terms with open arms as I walk proudly into USC.