Blog 23: 2014 Interview

I interviewed 2 Juniors: Noah Nikielski and Juan Rizo, both from North House.

Noah:
M: What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?
N: I want to do electrical engineering or mechanical engineering. They are what I know the most about.

M: What do you plan to do for your ten hour mentorship experience?
N: I was planning on volunteering with my mom's friend. He is getting a PhD in mechanical engineering.

M: What do you hope to see or expect to see in watching the 2013 2-hour presentations?
N: I hope to see someone doing engineering or at least architecture.
M: There is a presenter who is sort of doing both. The presenter is Andy Guan, and I believe his senior project is architecture, but he also covers much of the engineering involved in it.

M: What questions do you have that I can answer about senior year or senior project?
N: Is it hard? Hahaha.
M: It's actually not that hard if you meet all your deadlines and work on it throughout the year. There is a lot of preparation for the 2-hour presentation, including the 10 minute presentation, the 30 minute presentation, presenting on activities, templates, research checks, etc. Finding mentorship for engineering is tough, but since you're mother's friend is going to help you with that I'd say you are good to go.

Juan:
M: What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?
J: To play sports and baseball. I really like sports.

M: What do you plan to do for your ten hour mentorship experience?
J: To go around asking all the coaches, like minor league coaches, so they can help me out with my project.

M: What do you hope to see or expect in the 2013 senior presentations?
J: To see intellectual presentations and to teach us Juniors how to run our projects when we're seniors.

M: What questions do you have that I can answer about senior year or senior project?
J: Who do you make a presentation that is 2 hours?
M: It's easy because they break it down. They don't just say, "Here, present it." They give you a template. It's really just an outline and you have to fill it out. You're supposed to put basic ideas of what you will talk about, so it helps you be organized. It's sort of like preparation for your powerpoint. You have about 2 hours for the actual presentation, but that counts for getting set up, activities, and speaking time. It's really easy, especially when you work on it throughout the year. The first one you do is a 10 minute presentation, then a 30 minute presentation, followed by a couple of activity presentations. So by the time you actually do it, you'll be ready.