Artifacts

Questions I choose to ask:

• Academics:
  • How did you decide on the major you have chosen?
• Involvement:
  • What type of volunteer hours, internships, etc. have you done since you have been a student at OSU? How did you first get involved with them?
• ENR Scholars:
  • What ENR Scholars opportunities are you glad you participated in?
• Careers:
  • What is your dream job and why?
• Miscellaneous
  • What advice do you wish someone gave you your freshman year?

I had my mentor meeting with Amanda Colon who is a second year who is majoring in chemical engineering. I learned a lot about my mentor Amanda from our meeting. I also learned about how to make my first year at Ohio State successful. Amanda chose her major as a result of having an inspirational chemistry teacher. This teacher guided her to choose a major that she enjoyed and could use to positively impact lives. Amanda joined a couple clubs last year such as Phi Sigma Ro, the sorority for engineers, and Pups, a group that volunteers at the shelter in Columbus. She recommended that picking a few clubs to work in. That way you can use a lot of your energy effectively and still have time to do school work and function. Picking too many clubs causes one to not have enough time to do everything and take care of yourself. Amanda said that her favorite part of being in ENR is simply the little things that the group does. I learned that doing the little group things in ENR can turn out to be the most fun things. I have already participated in a few small events such as painting like Bob Ross. Amanda’s dream job is to work for an environmental group or the government and make real life positive impacts. She plans on going straight into the workforce after she graduates from college. Amanda offered a lot of good advice for the first year. She said that college is a lot different than high school. In college, you really have to work for your grades. Every grade is important in college and can impact your grade in either a positive way or negative way. In high school, you might have been the top of your class but now there are gonna be a lot of smart people that know the material more than you. You have to work hard in order to do good in school and good grades will not come easily but they are worth it. Also, that getting a bad grade on a test it is not the end of the word and you can work to improve your overall grade. Now in college, if you do bad on a midterm you have to work very hard to bring up your grade. It is possible to bring your grade up after doing bad on a midterm but it takes a lot of hard work and dedication. It is easier if you just try your best and study hard from the beginning instead of having to dig yourself out of a hole. She also recommended to go every class, read the book, study the notes, and go to the free services offered by the departments. These practices will help make you a successful and healthy student.

I plan on taking Amanda’s advice to heart. I am currently attempting to find one more club to add to my list of clubs. I am currently involved with intramural soccer and buckeye’s baking club. The pups club that Amanda talked about sounds like something I might want to look into. I also want to try and do a lot of the small events that ENR holds in order to get the full experience of the program. Amanda’s determination to become a chemical engineer and do well in her classes is extremely inspirational to me and inspires me to do the same. I plan on studying hard, reading my textbooks, and going to class in order to stay on top of my work in order to not have to dig myself out of a hole. I hope with the advice from Amanda and my own personal experiences I can have an amazing first year and prosper in the future.