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Post by Native » June 23rd, 2011, 6:41 pm

Wow, the time has flown by! I remember Rolvix doing something like this last year, so I figured I'd stop by and give you guys an update on what's been happening! It's been pretty hectic, to say the least.

I just got my housing assignment yesterday. I'm in Belltower, which is the newest dorm on East. Bad news first: it's kind of removed from the main quad. But that's it. It's one of three dorms with air conditioning (Hallelujah!) and is in the "Backyard" along with Blackwell, Randolph, Gilbert-Addoms, and Southgate. The rooms are also the largest of the three air-conditioned dorms.

My roommate's a really cool guy. We met on the Duke 2015 Facebook page where everyone posts roommate surveys. He's from Maryland and is a chemistry major going pre-med.

As of now, I'm pursuing a degree in Computer Science with a certificate in Arts of the Moving Image (Fancy Dukespeak for Film). I've been working all summer at ABB, an energy company with a headquarters on NC State's Centennial Campus. There's a lot of CompSci applications in their new Smart Grid project that I'm an intern on. So, that's pretty cool. I'm considering transferring into Pratt for a computer engineering double major, but I'm hoping to talk with my academic advisor and some professors before I take that leap.

I just can't wait until move-in day.

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Post by Lavabe » June 23rd, 2011, 8:55 pm

All the best wishes to you!!
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Post by OZZIE4DUKE » June 23rd, 2011, 8:59 pm

Very cool! Pratt rocks! Go for it. You can handle it. CIEMAS is an incredible facility, make the most of it!
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Post by DevilWearsPrada2.0 » June 23rd, 2011, 11:09 pm

Congratulations! You will do great at Duke! Glad you got the Belltower dorm! Enjoy your summer and your internship!. :duke:
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Post by YmoBeThere » June 24th, 2011, 4:06 am

Interesting, they didn't have a computer engineering program when I was at Pratt. Of course, it wasn't called Pratt when I went there either. Just sayin'.
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Post by Ima Facultiwyfe » June 24th, 2011, 6:42 am

:o) You rock, Michael! :ymhug:
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Post by OZZIE4DUKE » June 24th, 2011, 7:09 am

YmoBeThere wrote:Interesting, they didn't have a computer engineering program when I was at Pratt. Of course, it wasn't called Pratt when I went there either. Just sayin'.
Me neither, nor the CIEMAS buildings (named Fitzsomething and something...). Heck, they were just building the "new" library back then.
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Post by DevilWearsPrada2.0 » June 24th, 2011, 11:42 am

YmoBeThere wrote:Interesting, they didn't have a computer engineering program when I was at Pratt. Of course, it wasn't called Pratt when I went there either. Just sayin'.

What was the Engineering Program called?
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Post by Cheermom » June 24th, 2011, 2:20 pm

Let me know if you would like to talk to a current Pratt student (my daughter) or a former Pratt computer engineering, computer science dual major student (my son).
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Post by Very Duke Blue » June 24th, 2011, 3:20 pm

Sounds good. Maybe you will have our next door neighbor, Gary Ybarra, who teaches computer science at Pratt. He's a great guy. :duke: :duke: :duke:
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Post by Ima Facultiwyfe » June 24th, 2011, 7:41 pm

OK, so I've learned to Skype. That's nice, but I still don't know how to post a link here. So, I'll just tell ya to go to today's Chronicle for the article on the class of 2015. Native's pic and interview made the front page. :-o The link is also on my facebook.
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Post by OZZIE4DUKE » June 24th, 2011, 8:42 pm

DevilWearsPrada2.0 wrote:
YmoBeThere wrote:Interesting, they didn't have a computer engineering program when I was at Pratt. Of course, it wasn't called Pratt when I went there either. Just sayin'.

What was the Engineering Program called?
Duke School of Engineering
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Post by OZZIE4DUKE » June 24th, 2011, 8:47 pm

Ima Facultiwyfe wrote:OK, so I've learned to Skype. That's nice, but I still don't know how to post a link here. So, I'll just tell ya to go to today's Chronicle for the article on the class of 2015. Native's pic and interview made the front page. :-o The link is also on my facebook.
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Here you go Ima!
http://bigblog.dukechronicle.com/news/q ... -are-they/
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Post by Very Duke Blue » June 24th, 2011, 8:53 pm

Ima Facultiwyfe wrote:OK, so I've learned to Skype. That's nice, but I still don't know how to post a link here. So, I'll just tell ya to go to today's Chronicle for the article on the class of 2015. Native's pic and interview made the front page. :-o The link is also on my facebook.
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Nice article. Thanks for telling us. :duke:
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