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Year in Review
So far, I have spent more than one year in the city of Columbus as well as The Ohio State University. Recall one of the greatest ancient philosopher Confucius saying that “Review the past, and you shall know the future”, it is time to consider what and how I did before and plan what I will do in the future.
Global Awareness
As an International student, pursuing a college degree in the United States is a kind of “Global Awareness.” In addition to realizing the differences in academic environment through taking courses, I put lots of time enjoying the differences between the Eastern and the Western culture, philosophy, and lifestyle. Every time when I try my best to adapt to a new cultural tradition or a new lifestyle, I find lots of common ground rather than differences between two cultures. I always believe that different cultures do not divide our world, rather it tells the global citizens the surprising common features hiding in our colorful world. Actually, I discussed this topic in my final paper of two courses: one focuses on the family value and relationships between America and China, and the other focuses on the universal human emotions in the world literature. I will keep doing so by taking courses such as ancient Greek and Roman and taking part in activities such as Global Engagement Night.
Original Inquiry
Innovation comes from accumulation and a bit of luck. Simply put, accumulation is from learning knowledge. I plan to take several graduate-level courses such as Physics 6810 (computational physics) to sharpen my skills, challenge my intelligence, and get ready for the future graduate study. Also, after one year of study, the most important thing I realized is the importance of computer programming in research. I am enhancing my programming skills out of classrooms. In the future, I will join an astrophysics research group to learn more details about the academic research, and very likely to graduate with a research thesis.
Academic Enrichment
As a physics major student, first of all, I choose the rigorous honors physics courses since I want to have a clear, accurate, and profound understanding at the beginning of my physics career. Graduate-level courses such as 6000-level courses can really help me to prepare my graduate study and research and thus they are listed in my plan. Also, I am pretty sure that if I want to do more and deeper in physics, I need to do more math, and that is the reason I pursue math as my second major.
Though I am a STEM-major student, I try my best to take several interesting and inspiring non-STEM courses for my General Education requirement: Introductory psychology which study spiritual world rather than physical world, comparative studies of literature and technology, art of ceramics (I really love arts and start to learn painting when I was 6 years old), and economics which studies social world.
Leadership Development
I have worked hard to enhance my leadership skill in the past one year. I applied for the Dean’s Advisory Committee this year in order to represent both honors student, international student, and double-major student to talk with our college leaders about what we concerned and how to make both our academic and life environment more comfortable.
Service Engagement
In the next summer, I will apply for being a supervisor of Ross Math Program in which I will work and supervise talented and enthusiastic high school students who want to pursue math as their major in the future. To be honest, I love to give students appropriate inspiration and lead them to work out the problem. The feedback from others are extremely useful for my work and service in the future as well as my own skills such as leadership. This is one of the motivations for pursuing service-oriented activities.
G.O.A.L.S.
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Global Awareness: Students cultivate and develop their appreciation for diversity and each individual’s unique differences. For example, consider course work, study abroad, involvement in cultural organizations or activities, etc .
Original Inquiry: Honors & Scholars students understand the research process by engaging in experiences ranging from in-class scholarly endeavors to creative inquiry projects to independent experiences with top researchers across campus and in the global community. For example, consider research, creative productions or performances, advanced course work, etc.
Academic Enrichment: Honors & Scholars students pursue academic excellence through rigorous curricular experiences beyond the university norm both in and out of the classroom.
Leadership Development: Honors & Scholars students develop leadership skills that can be demonstrated in the classroom, in the community, in their co-curricular activities, and in their future roles in society.
Service Engagement: Honors & Scholars students commit to service to the community.]
Career
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Artifacts
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About Me
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