Happy Holidays everyone! I am currently sitting around blasting Christmas music. This blog will be a little shorter due to the fact it is the holiday season and I am taking a break. This was the last week of school in 2018. I finished revising my conclusion and the rest of my paper. I have to combine my results, discussion, and conclusion with the rest of my paper, but that will not take long. Other than that, I didn't accomplish much else. I updated the blogs on the website and published them. I am planning on updating the rest of my website over the break. When I get back, I have to finish my presentation and my poster. I don't think those will take me that long, probably one week altogether. I then have to practice my presentation.
I've been reflecting on this past year and I have to say, it was really good. There were some moments that I would have preferred it gone the other way, some moments I wish I could go back and change. But overall, nothing bad happened. Surprisingly, my mental health has improved. While I am still extremely stressed and anxious at times, I feel like I have learned to handle it better this year. I am definitely less pessimistic and more optimistic. I have been pacing myself better and making my health a priority again. I accomplished so many things this year that I didn't know I could achieve and have overshot my expectations for myself. I am more confident in myself and my abilities. I feel confident going into the new year. Next year, I want to take better care of myself. I want to stop putting myself down and talking about myself negatively. I want to take up stretching and maybe meditation to continue to improve my mental health. I want to continue and finish the year strong. While this year was great, I can't wait to see what next year brings. Good or bad, I am ready to face what comes. Happy Holidays!!!! Tags: Reflection, Productivity, Presentation, Time Management, Planning
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Honestly, this week has been amazing. Everything went my way this week. I was extremely productive in Capstone. I finished writing my first draft of my conclusion. I edited my discussion and my methods. I updated my bibliography. I even found some time to relax today. I passed my ECE Calculus test, which I thought would be very hard. I actually did very well. I was only stuck on one question. These past two weeks, I feel like I practiced productivity the most, because I had a lot of things to complete, and somehow I managed to do so. In order to submit my paper on time, I just have to finish editing everything and put everything into one document. I want to also edit my website and update it a little. I feel like I can definitely get a better grade than I did on my last website draft. I also want to start thinking of my presentation and my poster. For my presentation, I plan on using slides from my previous presentations. Many of them are in different formats, so I will make everything one format. After, if I need to add anything, I can. I will also need to look at the time. I need it to be under 20 minutes (I think-this needs to be confirmed by Ms. Crudale). I hope that I will be able to relax over Christmas break because God knows I deserve it. I want to finish my work so I don't have to do anything over winter break.
Now that my project is coming to an end, I feel optimistic. I feel like I'm in a good position to pass the classand to get my work done. While I would have wanted to actually finish and complete my project, I did really well considering the circumstances. I did plenty of high-end research. I read a bunch of scholarly articles and was ale to articulate my research in my paper. I was able to do so much with what I had and to be honest, I am actually proud of myself. It wasn't easy, but I did it. This is something I can build on in college. Which brings me to the best thing that happened this week: I GOT INTO JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY! Yes, that's right, you are looking at Johns Hopkins University Class of 2023 member. I am so happy. I think that mentioning my experience in research and laboratory skills, with previous science fairs and this capstone project, really made me stand out. Although I didn't get into the program I wanted (biomedical engineering), I can still pursue my second option, Chemical and Bio-molecular engineering. I can also do a pre-health track and participate in research in the city. I am so happy and proud of myself. I was so nervous, because this has been my dream school for as long as I can remember. But the joy I felt when I learned I got in is indescribable. I have gone farther than I ever thought possible. I am so proud of how far I have come and I genuinely believe in myself for the future. I am so excited for what's to come! This week was very productive. I managed to complete my discussion and sent it to Ms. Crudale to revise and grade it. Doing the discussion was a lot of work. I found sources to support the claim I was making about the data that I had and then I found sources to support the hypothetical results I would have expected had the experiment gone through. It ended up being close to five pages, which isn't bad considering I tend to draw everything out. I ended up using about 7 additional sources in my discussion, which is good. I added those to my bibliography. I presented my results presentation. I did well, except I apparently had a negative tone while presenting. I was going for a neutral tone, but I guess I didn't pull it off right. I was surprised at how well I did. I was very nervous and I felt like I was stuttering and tripping over my own words. Surprisingly, the only points taken off my presentation was for my tone. I will try to work on it in my next presentation. With only two more weeks until the end of 2018, I am in a good place. I just need to finish my conclusion and update my website. That's it. Next week, I plan on finishing my conclusion, editing my bibliography, and editing my results. If I have time, I might also edit my discussion.
My mentors have been very involved in the process. They were the ones who supplied me with data. They have also helped me revise my Capstone paper, including the literature review and the methods. In the next two weeks, they can help me edit my discussion and conclusion as needed. With all this said, I just need to finish the year strong. There is not much left to do and I know I can do it. Next week, I hope to be as productive. Wish me luck! Tags: Discussion, Results, Forward, Presentation, Productivity, Time Management |
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