phoenix hawk, a.k.a. Pete Collins (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} nobledragoon423) wrote,@ 2008-08-21 23:05:00 |
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Goals List
So, it's been a while since I wrote up a "To Do" list like this. But it's about time that I start trying to get some perspective on the near future. There are a lot of things that I want and/or need to accomplish in the next year. Here are the highlights:
Trouble with some of that is...I need money. That means, I probably need a job. Unfortunately, I don't want to work part-time while at school. Tried that. It sucks for someone like me. Being a student is already a full-time job. But I'm also hesitant to rush my education so that I can work or to fall back on research or TA-ships. (Seriously, I have a right to be picky at UCLA.)
I guess the bottom line is that I need to figure out what to do with my life. Jeez.
So, it's been a while since I wrote up a "To Do" list like this. But it's about time that I start trying to get some perspective on the near future. There are a lot of things that I want and/or need to accomplish in the next year. Here are the highlights:
- file my application to UCLA's Mech and Aero Engineering M.S. program for next fall
- unfortunately, this includes obtaining some letters of recommendation from a couple professors. not exactly my cup of tea.
- score an industry internship - I'm running out of time to figure out if industry work is for me and, if it is, where in the industry.
- help UCLA AIAA start a pseudo-class on basic airplane design for underclassmen - perhaps my last act as one of its leading members
- assemble, test, and demonstrate my own autonomous/RC-airplane
- that is, I want to put together my own autopilot. i have something to prove
- remember what it was like to write, draw, and/or play the piano on a regular basis
Trouble with some of that is...I need money. That means, I probably need a job. Unfortunately, I don't want to work part-time while at school. Tried that. It sucks for someone like me. Being a student is already a full-time job. But I'm also hesitant to rush my education so that I can work or to fall back on research or TA-ships. (Seriously, I have a right to be picky at UCLA.)
I guess the bottom line is that I need to figure out what to do with my life. Jeez.
