During my second year, I have grown immensely in many different aspects. Academically, I have become a stronger student by using what I have learned from my classes during the first year and applying that to my second year. By doing so, I created a solid foundation to get the most from future classes and to expand my breadth of knowledge beyond the classroom. The honors contract is a perfect example of how I hope to grow as a student. With the honors contract, I have more control over my classes such that I can achieve my future goal of being a data scientist. Using the contract, I plan to take classes related to machine learning and math alongside my data analytics course load. Regarding global awareness, I got the chance to take classes that opened my world relating to diversity inside and outside the US. I learned about many issues and cultures that I did not know before. In the end, I plan to take more classes to diversify my view of the world. Professionally, I learned a lot of skills applicable to my field of work such as R and SQL. Through my classes and experiences in my second year, I gained insight and practical experience into what it takes to become and be a professional in the world of data and analytics. Through my psychology and stats classes, I was also able to see in-depth how the research was conducted, and the big role data and analytics played in it. To grow in the research world, I plan to look for research opportunities where I can apply my data and analytics expertise. Relating to the leadership aspect, I helped found a new OSU organization called RobotWars at OSU which we plan to expand to have many different categories of robots such as AI robots that will compete against each other. Personally, I have grown a lot. I have matured and learned many good skills and habits for my life in the future. Furthermore, I volunteer tutored other students in a game called League of Legends for the Buckeye Gaming Collective. Not only did the students I tutored gain a lot of knowledge, the tutoring experience also allowed me to see new depths to the game that I did not see before. This experience was so much fun that I do plan to become more involved in the gaming community by volunteering to help new players. Overall, my second year was very fruitful because of all the diverse and rich experiences I had in and outside of the academic world. My plans for the summer were to simply explore the world of data and analytics more through learning new techniques and languages, then applying it to real-life problems and projects that I wanted to solve.

During my second year, I have grown immensely in many different aspects. Academically, I’ve become a stronger student by using what I’ve learned from my classes during the first year and applying that to my second year. By doing so, I created a solid foundation to get the most from future classes and to expand my breadth of knowledge beyond the classroom. Professionally, I learned a lot of skills applicable to my field of work such as R and SQL. Through my classes and experiences in my second year, I gained insight and practical experience into what it takes to become and be a professional in the world of data and analytics. Personally, I have grown a lot. I have matured and learned many good skills and habits for my life in the future. Overall, my second year was very fruitful because of all the diverse and rich experiences I had in and outside of the academic world. My plans for the summer were to simply explore the world of data and analytics more through learning new techniques and languages, then applying it to real-life problems and projects that I wanted to solve.