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Year in Review
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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
This beautiful mess was the flagship project of my engineering class. A team of three students were selected to design and program a “claw-bot” and I had the privilege to be one of the three in my class. This project would be presented in a competition among the different schools in our area in which we were to define and implement the design process in front of a panel of judges who were professional engineers. This “claw-bot” took roughly one month of careful engineering in which my team constructed, programmed, tested, and redesigned the mechanism. It required us to apply everything that we have learned in the past three years of our high school engineering program into one final “masterpiece.”
The end product of the “claw-bot” was a remote controlled, wireless vehicle with a live stream camera feed attached to it. Our team considered this to be our greatest achievement at the time, for we had never done anything to this magnitude. I was unequivocally challenged at every hour I spent working on this, for every solution to a problem would provide more problems. The end result was still faulty, but we were under a time constraint, and we were presenting the design process more so than we were presenting the “claw-bot.” We never got to go back and perfect the “claw-bot,” but we left it for future classes to work on and stress out over. It would be our legacy in our high school engineering program.
Throughout the entire process of creating the “claw-bot,” I learned many valuable lessons. For one, I learned what it actually meant to work in a team. There was no way that I would have been able to construct this alone. My knowledge in programming is quite lacking, and my ideas would only fulfill portions of the design. My teammates had their own flaws as well, but we all balanced each other out as a whole. Before this project, I was always an independent worker. I learned that I can not be a lone wolf if I intend on succeeding in the field of engineering.
My laptop has carried me throughout my first semester of college. I would typically spend about five hours each day in front of the computer doing classwork or entertaining myself. This was purchased one week before I moved in to the Ohio State University to start my college career. My parents bought this for me as one last send-off gift and I could not be thankful enough. I quickly began to realize that this laptop would become the center of my education. How well I would do in class partially depended on how well I used my laptop. Every homework assignment that I have done so far involves the use of my laptop. If I did not have this device, I would be forced to spend most of my time at a computer lab. This would most likely cause a lot of unnecessary stress and a plummet in my work ethic. I will shamelessly admit that my world currently revolves around my HP Pavilion laptop.
About Me
My name is Jeremy Jiang. I am a first generation college student at The Ohio State University with plans to major in aerospace engineering. Moving to Columbus from my hometown of over eleven years was definitely a strange transition. I come from New Philadelphia, Ohio, which is a small town where almost everyone knows each other in some way. I was somewhat involved with my high school, as I played sports and joined certain clubs such as the chess club, Spanish club, and mock trial. My sports experience included five years of tennis and eight years of soccer despite being a poor athlete. There was one instance where I left my comfort zone and came out for the high school play. Despite all of these activities, my academics remained strong. I never had to work too hard to maintain my grades in school, but I expect that to change now that I am at The Ohio State University.
Top 5 Strengths Insight Report
- Idealation-I was not surprised by this trait being my top strength. I enjoy having to critically think in order to come up with multiple solutions to a certain problem or project. I generally input more ideas and proposals than my team members in a project that requires personal input and these types of assignments typically energize me.
- Relator-This trait is also quite prevalent in me. I am often brutally honest and humble about my abilities with my teammates and I feel that this allows them to see and understand me for who I truly am. I also enjoy helping others when they struggle with certain tasks even if I have a hard time doing that task. I believe that this is the best way to change a colleague into a friend, and I want to work with people who are my friends.
- Command-I have been told that I often like to take control of situations and be a leader. I do not see this as me trying to assume command, but simply trying to get whatever task done to the best of the group’s potential. This trait must be prevalent directly because of my strength in Idealation.
- Adaptability-This trait was quite strange for me to have especially with Idealation and Command in my top five strengths. However, I guess this means that I am quite well rounded in working with the ideas of others. Despite wanting to be in control, I have learned that sometimes it is best to let loose and put my faith in the abilities of others.
- Arranger-I would always try and bring out the best in my teammates when we work together. I believe that the best way to succeed as a group is to merge all of the individual talents, skills, etc. into one driving force. This trait is definitely visible in me, for I firmly believe that if each person in a group capitalizes on his/her own talent to contribute in a project, then the group will most definitely succeed.