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The Viterbi Summer Institute is a program put on through the Center for Engineering Diversity that gives minority students the opportunity to get acclimated to the school and the unfamiliar area prior to the start of classes. You basically get to experience college before starting your freshman year, making the transition a lot simpler. A total of 50 students are …
If you’ve been on campus, you might have seen me walking backwards in front of a group of families, talking loudly with large hand gestures, including the occasional “Fight On!”. As a tour guide, I have plenty of opportunities to talk about why I chose USC, but not how I knew majoring in mechanical engineering was the right choice for …
Sometimes you encounter people who’ve seemingly known what they’ve wanted to do since birth. Those are also the only people who seem to reply to the “Why did you choose to study computer science?” thread on Quora when you’re desperately looking for clarity about your major at 2am and stress eating hot cheetos. If you can’t already tell, I didn’t …
My first year and a half of college, I attended the University of Washington Seattle. I met some of the best friends of my life, and had some really awesome adventures. I’m from Seattle, so it was nice being close to home and seeing my family often, but something was missing. I always had a life-long dream of living in …
Admitted student season is in full swing for graduating seniors and universities across the country! I know that for many of the people potentially reading this, the decision of where to go to college is on the forefront of many minds. It isn’t a decision to be made a lightly; a choice you make as a high schooler will define …
The question most prospective students have for me: why did I choose USC? What it really boils down to is three concepts. Number 1: There are multiple aspects of opportunity that I will dive into. First, a huge part of my college search involved planning for my future beyond my education. I wanted to know that when I graduated, I …
My sister is about to start her descent into the college application process as a rising high school senior, so now, most of my phone calls home are about picking schools, majors, essay topics, and everything else college related. It got me thinking about my own experience with picking schools and how on earth I ended up at USC, a …
I remember when I was curating my list of colleges to apply to early in my senior year of high school, I had put down the typical schools that people from my high school usually applied to. Schools like the UC’s, Cal Poly, Stanford, and some East coast schools sprinkled here and there. I put a lot of thought and …
It’s official: National Decision Day is in less than one month. May 1st marks a day when most high school seniors finally commit to a college. I remember being over the moon when I received college acceptance letters. Then, I realized I had to narrow it down to just one college that I would spend the next four years at. …
Last Monday, the Viterbi Voices podcast released our newest series: Engineering Impact, which focuses on groups and people in Viterbi applying engineering for social good. In the first episode, I spoke with several students from CAIS++, USC’s Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society’s Student Branch, which is an undergraduate group on campus developing AI applications for social good. Lucas and …
Why USC? You might be a senior choosing colleges or a junior starting to check out colleges or just curious to see what the hype is all about at USC. The reason I learned about USC was through my sister. I have always followed my sister around ever since high school as I copied her extracurricular activities and strived to …
When I look back at my four years here at USC, I think of my experiences as a series of very lucky decisions — decisions that I sometimes made without really knowing what I was getting myself into ¯_(ツ)_/¯ But I can say that one of the most pivotal decisions I’ve made so far has been choosing to come to …
It’s that time of year for high school seniors. Welcome to the heart of college application season! I can remember the mounting sense of anxiety and excitement that characterized my life when I was a senior (in the fall of 2016). With each deadline that approached, each essay draft I scrapped in favor of a new idea, and each new …
One of the reasons I was so attracted to USC during the college admissions process was Dean Yortsos’ concept of Engineering Plus . This concept aims to show that Viterbi engineers are not just engineers who do boring engineer things; we have so much more to offer in other talents like art, design, theater, and writing. In addition, Engineering Plus …
For this blog, I went through all my materials and notes that I took back in my senior year of high school, and put it all on this blog for you readers to use as a guide for your busy times ahead. Enjoy! MY PROCESS: First, I had all my essays and spreadsheets all on google drive in a folder …
Hey everyone! Well, it’s Week 13, and the semester is coming to an end. Before I know it, I’ll be back home, enjoying the time off with family, and getting excited for the new year. This semester sure was a crazy one; at times it felt like the days flew by, and other times, the weeks just wouldn’t end. Even …
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I remember right around this time four years ago I was also applying to colleges and thinking “What in the world am I going to study?” As a high school senior, making decisions about the future was daunting! Here are my thoughts on choosing your major that can hopefully help you out! A little bit of background: In high school, …
I remember when I was applying to colleges as a senior in high school. I knew that I wanted to study engineering, but I had no idea what type and what the differences between majors were. I was overwhelmed by the various choices: mechanical, aerospace, civil, biomedical, chemical, and so many more! To make it more confusing, different schools had …
On my last blog post, I talked about the build up of me applying and getting into USC. In this installment, I want to talk about my experience visiting USC and why I ultimately choose USC. After getting my white package in the mail, the next step was visiting USC of course. I booked a flight and soon enough I …