Senior Capstone Experience

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My selected area of interest for my senior capstone experience is lab-based research because I wanted to try something new. During my junior year, I had the honor and opportunity to work with Summerour Middle School’s Technology Team which showed me how computer programming could applicable in a certain profession. I learned several specialized programs that were a part of my mentor’s daily work routine and the importance of creating relationships with one another at the work site. Although I was able to take away several different skills and tips, the most important one that I realized was that I wanted try something else for my SCE. I had completed my JFE during the first semester of my junior year, so I was able to contemplate on what I …show more content…

Wellnitz during junior year, and this course had a major influence on my selected area of interest. During my high school years at GSMST, I had the chance to work in a lab every single year. I learned the fundamentals on lab safety and equipment in freshman year chemistry. Little by little, I was learning how to use the lab equipment and when to use what type of lab equipment for different lab experiments and scenarios. I was able to spend most of my time in the lab during my AP Chemistry class. At least every two weeks, we had a lab were we could be very hands on and actively learning how chemistry can be applied through experiments. I would always be prepared and ready to collect data and collaborate with my fellow lab partners. For certain types of labs, we were able to design our own experiments so that we could have a chance to think on how acquire certain lab results. I soon began to realize the passion and enjoyment I felt working in a lab when I thought about my science fair project. My science fair group members and I worked long hard hours collecting data all night so that we could prove a simple engineering concept. There were times where we wanted to give up, but the feeling of accomplishment and completion trumped all of that. The thought of success and completing a project in a lab had major influence to my decision in the selected area of …show more content…

I exemplify these CARP components in several different ways in my life. I always seek to know more and learn more by asking teachers many questions when I do not understand something, and I like to look things up right away when I do not know the answer to something. I can apply these problem solving like characteristics to my selected area of interest by asking my future mentor everything and anything when I am confused about the task at hand. The second component that I mentioned was being principled. I know where I come from and why I do certain task in life, so it motivates me to preserve through any hardships that I encounter during controversial debates and certain tasks. I like to defend what I stand for and believe in, and I truly believe that my principled component drives me to be a better inquirer. When I work with my veteran research mentor in my selected area of interest, I want to be able to defend my beliefs before I am proven wrong by mentor over a certain concept we might be researching. These components will help learn as much as I possibly can from my SCE and

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