Month: August 2017

About Lexie Thompson

My name is Alexis Thompson. However, everyone calls me Lexie. I am from Westlake, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. I live with my mom, my dad, my older sister, Emma, my younger brother, Ian, and my 2 dogs, Leo and Mick. I went to Magnificat High School in Rocky River. In high school, I did track, STEM club, Mu Alpha Theta, and coding. I am in the school of Engineering this fall with a pre-major in Computer Science and Engineering. I chose this major because I love math and problem solving. I also love programming. I started programming three years ago at a Tech Corps camp where I learned C#. From there, I knew that this was the career I wanted to pursue. After the Tech Corps camp, I did 2 years of camps at Hyland Software, a software company based in Westlake, where I learned HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and C#. I am also in Humanitarian Engineering Scholars. I chose to be in HES because I did a lot of service in high school, and I wanted to continue that service through college while also integrating it into my interest in engineering. The service I did in high school was tutoring, volunteering for Youth Challenge, a non-profit that helps kids with disabilities be able to do sports, and I was involved in my church. By the end of my years at Ohio State, I hope to have the skills to get a job and I hope to have already had some work experience.

  1. Analytical. I connect to analytical because I tend to analyze every possible outcome from a solution when I am trying to solve a problem. I tend to follow what I think is most logical.
  2. Ideation. I am a logical person and I enjoy puzzles and figuring out solutions. That is why I enjoy math and programming.
  3. Adaptability. I usually create plans at the last minute. I can also adapt to other ideas besides my own.
  4. Individualization. I am a pretty encouraging person and I like to see other people succeed. I have always been good at encouraging others.
  5. Input. I have always enjoyed hearing stories from all sides. I like to educate myself on every point of view possible when thinking about different issues.

Year in Review

[ “Year in Review”  is where you should reflect on the past year and show how you have evolved as a person and as a student.  You may want to focus on your growth in a particular area (as a leader, scholar, researcher, etc.) or you may want to talk about your overall experience over the past year.  For more information, go to: http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/e-portfolio. Delete these instructions and add your own post.]

Career

[“Career” is where you can collect information about your experiences and skills that will apply to your future career.  Like your resume, this is information that will evolve over time and should be continually updated.   For more information, go to: http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/e-portfolio. Delete these instructions and add your own post.]

Artifact #1

The artifact I chose from high school was my dogs. The brown dog is named Leo and the white dog is named Mick. They are Australian labradoodles. I got my dogs my freshman year of high school about 3 months after my previous dog had passed away. Getting them helped me get over the pain of losing my last dog. As well, I helped train and take care of them with the rest of my family. This helped me to learn responsibility and gave me a chance to care for another living creature. My dogs also helped me through any rough times I had in high school. Without my dogs, high school would have been a lot harder.