As you could have guessed from the title, I have finished my undergraduate degree. I will graduate on Saturday December 16 at 3:00 pm EST with a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Exciting right? For the most part, yes. After only four and a half short years of being in college, I will have something to show (a piece of paper) for all my hard work. Although going through college and paying way too much out-of-state tuition only gets you a diploma, it is unbelievable the massive amount of knowledge I have obtained since I have been in college. In particular, since I have been at Tech, I have tenfold the amount of knowledge than when I came here two years ago.
Ironically, at the same time I do not feel like I know anything detailed enough to be a skilled profession. I am sure most of that comes with practice and experience. To launch me in that direction, I have decided to stick around and attend graduate school. I will start grad school Spring 07 majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering. I have taken a Graduate Research Assistant position with Dr. Mary Ann Ingram and will be looking at designing a test for Adjacent Channel Interference (ACI) for the 802.11p wireless WAVE standard.
Next summer I hopefully will get an intern job at a Telecommunications company (preferable one in Atlanta so I don’t have to move). Not entirely sure of where that would place me but Cingular and Siemens have large operations near Dunwoody.
Going to college, especially away from home in a new city with no friends, is an experience I would recommend to everyone. No matter how large or small your home town, you are trapped in your little world with your way of thinking. I am not suggesting that your way of thinking is wrong or that you should change, just that it is great experience to absorb other people’s culture, food, and lifestyle. American’s living in different parts of America live amazingly different lifestyles so it is great to be able to absorb a little of diversity. Moving away and going to college forces you to grow up in a big way, but only if you choose to do so. If not I believe you are what society has tagged as a “drop out”. (Like Bill Gates)
The last thing I can say about my college years, at least the ones already behind me, is that it has truly been the best years of my life. I matured, have great stories to tell my grandchildren, and became close enough to someone to call her my wife. I now look forward to challenges of graduate school and the virtue that life brings.
You make me so happy, I want to cry! I am so proud of you!
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