Hello How are you If pigs could fly I would win a lot of bets
pretty good, and you?
Im doing well! Its good to meet up again!
lol, I love that its just like a couple of us.
Hahaha Yeah I keep running into the same people
guess its a good way to get to know people really well. lol I should tell my single friend about this maybe he'll get a date outta it.
Hahaha Maybe! Even at the meet up night he could meet some of the people in person
lol, true that. Do you think anyone has gotten really close because of this game?
I have met a few people I would probably want to be friends with But will probably never meet them
you should try to make that happen you never know maybe theyll become your next best friend
Maybe at the end Ill be able to catch up with some of them How about you?
lol you can do it. i believe in you MDcrew
Hahaha thanks Ill try my best
What are you majoring in?
Industrial design
really what year?
I start this coming fall
really? my girlfriend is a junior in the program
That is way awesome! How does she like it?
loves it. very pasionate. dedicates a lot of time to it
That is so cool I am so excited to start My friend is in his first year
What got you interested in industrial design? whos your friend? I might know him
and he shows me his work and it makes me want to do it more His name is Scott
what work has he done so far?
He has just finished the pre program
did he get in?
I helped him photograph his portfolio Im not sure
shoot, I dont remember a scott. I hope he got in. Its tough. Its less than great odds.
Yeah... He just submitted his portfolio Would he know already
He should have heard back yesterday
OH I should ask him if he got in
You should, my girlfriend is with me, she wants to know, she is trying to put together a group chat of the people who made it in so they can get to know eachother it helps the two semesters get to know eachother sooner
Ill message him I dont know how soon he will answer though Ill let you know if he does while we are talking
sounds good. So have you tried doing any industrial design like projects before?
I took an engineering class in high school and did digital rendered designs But I just like making things in general Ill do wood carving and a lot of sketches
thats cool, what have you made?
In the program I made car bodies and things like that
You made entire cars? that sounds complicated
Just like the outer shell To get the looks of it
do you enjoy automotive design? is that what you would want to accomplish through the industrial design program?
I think that would be a fun application, Im not sure if that is where I would want to end up But maybe, it would be cool to work for tesla on designs
cool, what year are you in college?
I just have one semester under my belt
we actually know a guy at tesla who graduated last year from the program good for you you have time
Yeah That is way cool! I am so excited about the program
dude, I kinda wish i did indes. but im already so far into my major it doesnt make sense to switch
What is your major again?
Im doing IT
Oh yeah
Yeah im deciding between going the cyber security route or UX design route.
What exactly is UX
I thing cyber security would ruin my life though
Hahaha Someone else mentioned UX and I didnt get a chance to ask about it
You can also go into UX from the industrial design major lol
Oh really? I just heard back from my friend, he didnt make it in
shoot thats a bummer
Yeah... It is a super competitive program though
its way competitive. it doesnt stop after freshman year either
Really? Do they make more cuts later?
no but for jobs
Oh yeah
and grades
That makes sense
yeah, its not so bad if you put in the work thogu though
Thats true with just about anything
amen I think a lot of people get into it and dont realize that, I actually saw something really interesting about the average college student earlier today
What did it say
just that the average college student only spend 2 and a half hours doing school work including classes
A day?
yes a day isnt that crazy? i spend probably 12-14
Exactly! I feel like I do so much more than 2 hours I pay to go to college so I spend like every minute awake on that
youll do better in the program then the teachers generally like to see that you do other things beside indes
Haha thats good to hear Like what kind of stuff?
work, friends. they like balanced people
Oh okay that is good to know
I was just talking to her about how much the professors actually take into account when they pick people
Thats interesting that they care about those other things
well i mean they have to deal with those students for four years
Oh That makes more sense
four years of a person with a negative attitude doesnt sound too fun
Very true
also theyve taught for decades so they have seen successes and failures and probably base their decisions off of that
I really appreciate when the teachers and professors really apply their experience to the benefit and success of their students my physics professor was fantastic at that
they are cool professors and all really really talented one worked at fron frog one taught at risd they are all super qualified its awesome
This really just makes me so much more excited
yeah you get four mentors for the rest of your life
Thats a really good deal
its something worth working for
Definitely
so how many more generals do you have to take?
Probably like three fourths of them left
wow thats a lot what have you taken so far?
I mean I am only a semester into college, I took Physics, writing, american heritage and religion Then my highschool credits covered math, arts, and a couple other things
I still have to take american heritage sounds awful im prolonging it
Its really interesting But hard I tried really hard and ended up with an 89 I still have hope that there is a curve by tomorrow
yeah i dont really care about my grade in that class just going to try to pass i have better things to devote my energy to
Hahaha good plan
what was the hardest part about the class?
The tests were so long. I knew the information but burned out. Each question is like a page with answers that are a paragraph And the difference of one word could make an answer right Its frustrating that there were good answers but there are also better answers
how does that even work? like are they essays?
Not really He might quote something from the article in a question but the answers have all these detailed parts and explanations you need to analyze what is the best one
I hate that stuff what else do you need to do for the class? what professor did you take?
I had dr madsen There were weekly paragraphs you had to write, and a ton of readings you werent required to do but it helped
what did it help with the tests?
Not really, except like 3  questions on the final The rest of the semester you get what you need from the lecture The lecture is so important
okay good to know. any other advice?
They have a review room that the TA's go over material and that was really helpful I went everyday
everyday? really for how long?
They had a different subject every day its for 15 minutes
oh thats bearable way bearable better than econ lol
Yeah it was worth it I didnt have to study past that except for an occasional study group with other people
yeah me either Econ was rough though bout as bad as the indes classes
I thought that econ could replace american heritage?
its half of it yeah
Why not just take that route and skip it all
but you have to take us hist .... some class or political science and i hear its not worth it that american heritage is easier
Really?! I wouldnt have guessed that
yeah, i hear american heritage isnt as bad as everyone makes it out to be but who knows
I can see both sides
man what other classes have you already taken again?
Physics 105, Writing 150, CS 142, Social Dance, Latin Dance, And Religion
how did you like physics?
It was pretty easy for me, so it went well
nice who did you take it from?
I had Scott Bergesen I think that is how you spell his name
oh i took it from someone else i loved physics too
Did you take it this last semester?
science is so interesting to me no i took it awhile ago
Oh okay It really is awesome
yeah, so whats your favorite class been so far?
Programming was the most challenging, and I like a challenge But it was a love hate relationship
like computer programing? lol i feel you
Yeah hahaha The CS 142
how did you like it?
It was fun but very frustrating, the style guide killed me I like problem solving but it was hard when you are required to do it a certain way I totally bombed the final with a solid 51 But I ended the class with a 90 So its fine
ooooh that is better than me I think I got a B+
That is still really good
Thanks haha i had to repeat a class 3 times before too is was CS 236
Really?! What made it so hard
I just sucked at coding oh and I had a lot going on in life....
No worries I completely understand Coding is seriously another language
yeah man, do you speak any other languages ?
I dont think you could call it fluent But I have a good understanding of spanish I cant quite talk but I can listen And Hmong
did you serve somewhere spanish speaking>
Half my family is hispanic
no way! thats cool
Yeah Im proud of my heritage
nice as you should be thats awesome use it
Definitely
did you live there before you moved here?
I never did, we have visited though
where is it?
Puerto Rico
ahhhhh lovely i would like to go there someday
Its really pretty It was hard to have the hurricane hit
oh no i didnt even think of tthat well pick this back up tomorrow