College of Marin is my local community college that high school students can take classes at.
In 9th grade, schedule constraints made it so I could not take both Spanish and Jazz Band at my high school. In order to continue my passion for playing the trumpet, I challenged myself by taking Spanish 101 (Fall) and Spanish 102 (Spring) at College of Marin. It was a great experience to be in a class with older people who I learned a lot from. Spanish at College of Marin also proved to be much harder than the curriculum at my high school, which was a great challenge for me during freshman year. This challenge gave me something to improve on and motivated to do my best throughout high school.
In 10th grade, I took Introduction to Engineering at College of Marin to further my STEM interest and get more exposure to Engineering. I explored all sorts of engineering fields and it was great to learn from the engineering professor's career stories. Additionally, one assignment required us to email a professional engineer. I wanted to learn more about NASA, so I emailed an aeronautical engineer at NASA Ames Research Center, who ended up inviting me to his lab! I got to go out to his lab and see wind tunnels and water channels, and I even conducted some tests myself!
In 9th grade, schedule constraints made it so I could not take both Spanish and Jazz Band at my high school. In order to continue my passion for playing the trumpet, I challenged myself by taking Spanish 101 (Fall) and Spanish 102 (Spring) at College of Marin. It was a great experience to be in a class with older people who I learned a lot from. Spanish at College of Marin also proved to be much harder than the curriculum at my high school, which was a great challenge for me during freshman year. This challenge gave me something to improve on and motivated to do my best throughout high school.
In 10th grade, I took Introduction to Engineering at College of Marin to further my STEM interest and get more exposure to Engineering. I explored all sorts of engineering fields and it was great to learn from the engineering professor's career stories. Additionally, one assignment required us to email a professional engineer. I wanted to learn more about NASA, so I emailed an aeronautical engineer at NASA Ames Research Center, who ended up inviting me to his lab! I got to go out to his lab and see wind tunnels and water channels, and I even conducted some tests myself!