Personal Profile

Hello! IMG_20160722_213846My name is Shiqi Yang. I am a transfer student from China. Shiqi Yang is my Chinese name, the name on my passport. You can call me Aaron. It’s my English name.

There is an interesting story about why I have an English name. People here in the US always mispronounce my name… I remembered the last time when I went to CHASE to set up my bank account, I heard the clerk said “Xi – Gee, Yan”. I thought she was calling another guy, and I didn’t give her a response. Seeing nobody come to her, the clerk naturally moved on to the next one. After waiting for 2 hours, I began to feel something wrong. I came to the clerk and asked whether I was called or not. Not until that did I realized that I was already called but the clerk just mispronounced my name. My friend gave me a suggestion that I should have an English name to avoid the embarrassing moment. So I accepted his idea and chose Aaron as my English name. Now, my friends, you can call me Aaron Young (the correct pronunciation in Chinese of “Yang”).

I am in the department of ECE in OSU. Why did I choose to study in this department in OSU? I can proudly say that it’s because of my dream. To be an out-standing engineer has always been my dream from my childhood to now. I spent my first two years studying in China, in Shenzhen University, majoring in integrated circuits design (a branch of electrical engineering). During the process of studying, I had a more clear understanding to the field and I found a specific direction for my dream — to be an engineer and to design a chip or micro-controller, which is recognizable to the industrial circles. This is the reason why I came to OSU. I hope I can master necessary professional skills for circuit design with the help of my diligence as well as make friends with a group of people sharing the same dream as me.

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(A picture made by myself)

As for my study plan in the future, I think the first thing I should do is to try my best to deal with the academic assignment now. This is of great significance to me because it enables me to master the necessary professional skills in the future. I want to get a nice GPA and get involved in the major of electrical engineering. In the mean time, I am going to join in some association relevant to my major in orderto finda groupof friends with the same dream as me. What’s more, I want meet some professor in ECE department. I want to join in his/her team and do some practical project with the professor and his students. For a student majoring in engineering, practical experience brings not only the sense of achievement to us, but also the competitiveness in the real world. In the future, I will pursue my master’s degree in California and get a job in Silicon Valley. After all, I have always wanted to work with a group of smart people and do something to change the world with them. Maybe, the idea sounds a little bit crazy, but it probably brings me a lot of unforgettable experience in my life.

I am a man with a lot of hobbies. I have my passion in sports. I like going to the gym, I like playing tennis and I like running. I am also interested in art, architecture, science and literature. A variety of hobbies allow me to meet different people all over the world. I enjoy sharing my own stories with them, as well as listening fascinating stories from others. By communicating with different people, my horizon is expended, which enables me to view the issues in my life from more than one perspective, in order to make a good choice for myself.

I feel excited to study in OSU. People in OSU are crazy, friendly and enthusiastic about everything. Recently, I met a lot of interesting people on campus and I also took part in several kinds of activities I never knew before. I am sure that my life will be colorful in the next few years at OSU.

2 thoughts on “Personal Profile

  1. Hello, I am karl. I am thinking of changing engineeing because i love it. your dream to become a engineer will must be true

  2. Hi Shiqi Yang! I am Shiqi Lin, and you can call me Nadia as well. It is funny that one of my best friends also called Aaron, but he is in Canada right now.

    So interesting about your experience in Chase. I think maybe you felt angry but still wanted to laugh at yourself at that time right? How cute! It is true that find an English name for yourself may make your life more easier. How smart of your friend!

    Surprisingly, my new friends Tian and Yang are also learning ECE in OSU, however, they are graduate students and they studied in Shanghai Jiaotong University in China. So many coincidences!

    It seems that you have already set your long-term and short-term goals. I need to learn from you at this point because I think it is necessary for people to set goals and motivate themselves to finish their schedules. Keep on going and continue trying Aaron! I believe you could achieve your dream after you put all of your effort on it! Believe me, your dream not sounds crazy, and it is achievable.

    I am major in Communication, so it is my pleasure to hear that you like communicating with different people. What’s more, I like sports too, so maybe we can go to gym together one day.

    Finally, people in OSU are really nice and friendly, just as you said! And I think my life in OSU will be splendid either.

    Again, glad to meet you here Aaron!

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