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    My Freshman Dorm: PARDEE
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    / April 9, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Coincidentally enough, I was on the same floor as Lauren my freshman year in Pardee, and since I put that I liked outdoor activities on my application, I got into the Great Outdoors Floor – the Pardee Penthouse! Honestly, I didn’t really care where I was put, but I really loved the big huge desk in front of the huge window that had a great view of LA. I went...

  2. My Freshman Dorm Experience: Birnkrant Residence Hall
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    / April 8, 2012 / Leave a comment
    As a senior, it seems like so long ago that I moved into USC as a freshman. However, the memories that I made living in Birnkrant Residence Hall freshman year will always stay with me. I consider Birnkrant, especially the “triple” rooms, THE place to live on campus. The triples have two rooms – with the desks and couch/tv/etc. in one room and beds and closets in the other –...

  3. Coolest class: EE202 Woodshop day
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    Every year, students in EE202 (linear analog circuits) design and build an electric guitar as a final project. The idea is to use your knowledge of analog circuits and filter design to create and implement different filters for the sound of your instrument. Steve and I partnered up, and grabbed our materials – a long block of wood and an old cigar box. Inspired by our limitless gamer nerdiness as...

  4. My Freshman Dorm Experience: Pardee Tower
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    / April 7, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Coming to USC, it was really hard to decide in which dorm I wanted to live. I knew that I wanted balance in my life: somewhere that I could socialize with others but at the same time get work done whenever I needed to. Luckily, I got to live on the first floor of Pardee Tower. Within Pardee, the floors alternate between all boy floors and girl floors where 40...

  5. Women in Engineering
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    / April 6, 2012 / Leave a comment
    When I first decided to study Electrical Engineering, a lot of people asked me if I was worried about going into a “male-dominated field”.  I wouldn’t say that I was ever “worried” about it, but I did expect it to be a huge adjustment after being a Theatre major, where I was lucky if even 25% of the class was male. Going from classes with mostly girls to classes with...

  6. Women in Engineering
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    When I first started considering engineering, I remember a few different people being surprised at my choice, remarking that there weren’t too many female engineers. Although this seemed like a big deal to those people while they were telling me, I didn’t think much about it. To me it seemed like just another stereotype — probably based on past truths, but not the rule and definitely not reflective of me....

  7. Women in Engineering
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    Hi everyone! Hopefully if you are reading this series of blogs on women in engineering, you have already watched the video Emily and I made, where we got a chance to discuss with other women in Viterbi what it means to be a woman engineer. We all have had different expectations and experiences as women in engineering, and I’d like to share mine with you as well.   Like most...

  8. Being a Woman in Engineering
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    One of the questions I frequently get asked from prospective students and their families during Meet USC sessions is, “What’s the ratio of male to females in engineering?” It’s only then do I remember that I am, indeed, considered a minority in the engineering field. Although the Viterbi School of Engineering is about 30% women (beating out the national average of ~18%!), it definitely doesn’t seem like such a divide....

  9. Women in Engineering
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    / April 5, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Growing up and as far back as I can remember, I LOVED math. Before going to bed every night I never wanted to read a book, but wanted to do math problems—I wanted to solve complex problems, be the fastest (I was the queen of Around the World flashcards in the second grade!), and thought math was the coolest thing ever.   And Math stuck with me all those years, even...

  10. Women in Engineering
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    When I first toyed with the idea of studying engineering, I definitely got the occasional comment from friends and family about being outnumbered by guys in class. Somehow I was never fazed by the fact that I’d be in a male-dominated field and in fact took it as a challenge… It made the thought of pursuing engineering even more valuable and inspiring for me as a woman. Upon entering my...

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