Over my first year in college I have changed and grew as a person and member of society. I have begun to look at the world as something that I can change for the better, and not just look at from afar. The classes that I am taking and material I am learning will be vital to my future success. The people that I have met and relationships I have created have really shown me how I have changed into a different and better person. The Ohio State University has changed me into not the person I thought I wanted to be, but the person that I truly want to be and I realize that now. Before this year I thought that all I wanted to do was to use my time to learn, If someone were to pay me to learn anything scientific or technological I would have taken that job, I truly enjoy learning all of the Ins and Outs of everything. I have realized now that I still want to learn but I also want to share my knowledge and passion with others. I want to discuss and share with other intellectuals, not remained holed up reading. In this present day it takes more than one person to make the big discoveries, and I want to be one of those people in a lab somewhere with twenty colleagues all cheering because we got our breakthrough.
I was always considered mature for my age but I was stubborn. If I believed that I was right and had some form of proof it was very difficult to sway my opinion. Now I can think critically about ideas and change my mindset dynamically, using my mind and ideas more effectively than ever before.
Before I entered the STEM EE scholars program I was lost deep in my own world. I escaped and realized that more people have interesting things to share, and I can use what they share and apply it to my own life. I can work effectively in a group and collaborate to get the best out of everyone’s time and mind. The friends that I have made here will be important to my future success and I am sure that I will need their help as they will need mine. It is vital to use knowledge from other people in order to assess a situation in a different way and create new solutions to these problems. The STEM EE scholars program at Ohio State has taught me the importance of sharing ideas and knowledge, having ideas flow and bounce from one person to another. Two heads is always better than one when creating solutions.
The STEM EE program at Ohio state has helped me grow, evolve and become a better person, student and learner. I have used my first year at Ohio State to learn the basics of college and life and will continue to learn more as a progress throughout college and the rest of my life.