Hello How are you doing this mornign
Haha straight up ignores the prompt XD. I'm doing wonderful, how are you?
They just repeat, so it gets a bit boring I am doing well
Gotcha, I haven't had any repeats yet, but I haven't chatted much either so that's probably why. How's the weather wherever you are?
Its beautiful, It rained yesterday so the air is nice and clean How about for you?
That sounds nice. Here it is sunny, no clouds, and it's getting hot XD
Where are you at?
Not in UT XD wbu?
I am on the east coast
Cool! Is that by California or near the south?
California is the opposite side of the country But no worries
Yeah I get confused with which coast is which
Like South Carolina
You're in SC?
Yep
dude same
Nice! How long have you lived there?
yeah! XD about 5 years now
Nice! for me it has been almost 12 now Which part of the state are you in?
Wow thats crazy! I'm near Columbia. wbu?
Haha same Do you know Spring Valley high school
Yeah I went to a marching band competition there in the fall
Nice, that is where I graduated from in 2015
Cool!
So are you already in college or graduating in the next week or so?
Graduating in about a month
Oh okay Are you excited to be done?
lol yup, and yeah I am.
What are you wanting to study in college?
Nursing, how about you?
I am studying industrial design What interests you about nursing
What got you interested in Industrial Design? And I like science and I love serving people and helping them.
Nice I really like, and am pretty good with science and art So it was a nice blend of the two And it has some good career outlooks
That's cool!
Yeah I am way excited about it
I bet! Which year are you starting at BYU?
I have one semester under my belt But I think I am a sophomore by credits this next fall
What did you think of it?
Its been fun so far, I love learning and there are so many great things available for us
Like what?
There are many clubs, tutoring, TA labs, review rooms, study spaces, gear you can check out, movie rentals, programs the university provides
Wow that sounds really cool! I'm starting my first semester in the Fall.
That will be exciting! Just keep asking around and youll find out what all is free and available to you
Yeah I'm really excited! It's nice to be able to do this chat thing to learn stuff even if I don't win anything XD
Haha and you get to help out the CS department
CS Department?
Yeah so this chat is hosted by the computer science department They are collecting data to use and improve AI technology
Gotcha, that's cool!
They are part of a competition for Amazon and if they win they can get 3 million dollars
That's awesome!
Yeah, do you have any other questions?
What're the classes like?
Depends what you are taking, they can be almost like a highschool class or they can have a couple hundred students and instead of working more with the professor you work with TA's
Are the classes lecture based or more of a discussion type?
That also depends on the class and teacher, smaller classes will be more discussion based generally. But large ones are more lecture for the msot part
Gotcha, and I assume most GE classes are larger?
Haha They can be Writing is smaller But an example, american heritage is hundreds of students And you have two large lectures a week And then one small in class discussion with TA's with like 15 other studetns
So three times a week?
Yeah
How long do they last?
And some classes attendance is everything, and others not so much Um in the fall winter terms they are 50 minutes For the most part Some classes can be an hour and 45 minutes
Gotcha, that's not bad. The ones I have now are 90 min
Yeah they are shorter but probably will require a larger work load
what's your definition of a large work load?
Unlike highschool where you are required to go for the most part, they can only require so much. College you are paying to be a student. So you will be doing school work basic basically the whole time Like some classes will require hours of reading each night, and that piles onto essays, codes, or whatever kind of classes you are in
Do most of them require a lot of reading?
For the most part with my experience But you get to learn how to skim to get what you really need from it
Gotcha, do you take notes on the reading or just vocab orrr
I would write notes on subjects discussed to make sure I understood the general idea But it depends on what the teacher is going to require from the reading Like for writing we had to read about 40 pages a night And I needed to be able to analyze the papers and articles for rhetorical tools
sheesh, that's a lot. You'd think because it was called writing you would, ya know write XD
But american heritage the things we read we had to understand what the authors opinions were and how they would apply in history, also how they could be influenced by other fi OH you write I had an essay or two every week
Do they give a certain number of pages to write?
Yeah, there are usually page minimum and limits most common paper length is 3 to 5 pages
and those are the basic into, body, conclusion essays?
Haha You will learn, they want you to learn to write a different way
oh boy XD
They help you get away from essays only structured like that There are different styles of writing and it takes a bit of adjustment
Yeah I can imagine Yeah I can imagine
Have you ever been to the YSA ward out in Lexington?
Nope, I haven't even been to my YSA ward, I'm kind of not a fan of them lol. What stake are you in?
I am in columbia stake Its YSA is part of the West Columbia and Lexington one I was just curious
Oh it's the same as the West Columbia one?
Yeah
Oh then if I went then we'd be at the same one. I'm in West Columbia Stake
Yeah!
Do you know who McCade Wolf is?
Haha yeah
haha yeah he's in my ward
We hung out a bit last fall
and Ashlynn waters and Sam Woods
haha yep I know all of them
and Laken Reynolds lol that's so funny XD
Went to YSA, institute with them
crazzzyy
We would hang out a lot before I left They are a fun group
Haha yeah for sure
Well sounds like you have a lot of friends there if you end up going If you have any other questions, you could ask any of them and they could connect you to me another way
What do you mean?
Like if you have any more questions about BYU
Yeah
Since this is anonymous (sorta), you could ask them who they know at BYU and then they could let you know who I am or if you want a friend out there And if not no worries
Oh yeah XD I didn't even think of that. I'll have to ask them. I'm all for new friends
Yeah! It makes it a little easier if you know people when you go out there At least for me it did
Yeah for sure, are you staying at Heritage or Helaman?
Ill be at Heritage
Cool cool
What about you?
Helaman
Okay nice, I have a few friends down there
Cool! I'm really excited I know a few people already too
Nice! You will be able to meet so many people
yeah, what are the YSA wards like out there?
They are alright, Its a different experience But a lot of great people
How so?
Everyone is pretty much the same age except for the bishop... out here people range Everyone is doing the same thing also You will all be at the same point in life
Is that a bad thing?
Its just what you make of it
But you didn't like it?
I didnt have a good experience because of a few things But this next time should be better
Was it a experience that could happen to anyone or was it a specific thing for you?
Um, I just clashed with the bishop
ahhh gotcha that't too bad
Yeah, but that is just one thing Everything else is fine They have a bunch of fun activities
Are they actually fun or just awkward?
They can be fun Ours we had provo beach rented out once And then had a pool party another time I like the food
Haha there we go, the food is the best XD
It was One time it was catered by Costa Vida
Dang that sounds good
Have you ever had it?
I feel like I have but I don't specifically remember
Oh add that to your list of things
Sounds familiar
It is my favorite
lol ok XD
Do you know what classes you are taking?
No not yet, I pick out what I want in June How about you?
Oh, I didnt realize you had a different registration Yeah I picked out some classes and I am waiting to find out if I got into a program to take some more
Oh that's cool! Yeah because I'm a Freshman I pick out classes after most everybody else. But by Freshman standards I sign up early because I put in my application to school eariler
Nice!
Yup yup, what program are you waiting to get into?
Industrial Design It requires an application for the pre program and then another for the professional
:0 well that makes sense! XD Gotcha, yeah I think that's how the Nursing program works too
Yeah a lot have applications with them
Yeah I'm really hoping to get into the program
Just work really hard and I am sure you will Eventually do you want to be a pA?
Yeah hopefully! And I was thinking about it for a long time but I think I'm going to stick with Nurrsing just because I don't think I'm going to have enough time for the extra school that being a PA requiers