This semester, I am taking Partial Differential Equations, Transport Phenomena, Dynamics, Computational Probability and Statistics, and Vector Calculus. PDEs and Transport and arguably two of the most difficult classes offered on campus, both of which have the prerequisite of having taken Vector Calculus, which I am taking the second half of this semester. Comp ProbStat has the prerequisite of having taken Software Design (which I have not), and thus assumes a more than competent knowledge of Python. This is the first time that I have coded in Python. On top of this, I am diving into a Passionate Pursuit in hovercraft design, I have created and am now president of the Olin Radio Control Club, and I am researching eight hours a week with Professor Drew Bennett in a variety of robotic endeavors.
The problem is not the work; the problem is that I love everything that I am doing, and I am not yet sure that I can handle it. Everything single class I am in, I want to soak up everything the professor can offer, and I want to put everything I can into the subject. It’s finally striking a chord in my mind that the material in these classes is not just for the academic purposes, it’s not just for next class. These are tools that will allow me to understand concepts and phenomena to a depth greater than what pure intuition can. These are the tools that will allow me to make something completely new and original. Right now, I want to give a hundred percent in a hundred different directions.
I’m going to give it a try.
The problem is not the work; the problem is that I love everything that I am doing, and I am not yet sure that I can handle it. Everything single class I am in, I want to soak up everything the professor can offer, and I want to put everything I can into the subject. It’s finally striking a chord in my mind that the material in these classes is not just for the academic purposes, it’s not just for next class. These are tools that will allow me to understand concepts and phenomena to a depth greater than what pure intuition can. These are the tools that will allow me to make something completely new and original. Right now, I want to give a hundred percent in a hundred different directions.
I’m going to give it a try.