About Me

Hello! My name is Abby Nichter and I’m a First-Year student at Ohio State from Worthington, Ohio. Currently, my intended major is Electrical Engineering with a minor in either Computer Science or Humanitarian Engineering. One major goal during my college experience is to study abroad. Since I’m from the Columbus area, I would love to be able to explore different parts of the world and different cultures. I also plan to get involved in clubs like SWE and be able to build a network of clubs and organizations that will help to support my future career plans and help me grow as a person!

 

VIA Character Strengths:

As an assignment for HES seminar, we were to take the VIA Character Strengths Assessment, which generated a profile of our strongest character traits in descending order. My personal top character trait is humor, which VIA describes as “seeing the light side.” I agree that this trait is a strength for me, because although I am able to recognize serious implications of different situations, I am often able to make jokes to improve outlook and increase optimism for myself and others. My second strongest trait was love of learning, which I also feel was very accurate and a good balance for my humor trait, and I think a good example is my addiction to Netflix documentaries and docuseries (“Explained” is highly recommended!). This trait is closely related to my fifth strongest trait, curiosity. VIA defines curiosity as “finding subjects and topics fascinating”, whereas love of learning is “mastering new skills.” I find myself implementing both of these traits daily, while taking occasional “breaks” with humor. My third and fourth strongest traits were perspective and leadership, respectively. I often find myself applying these during group project, where I am generally inclined to take leadership roles, which I believe is complemented by having perspective, or “having ways of looking at the world that make sense to oneself/others.”