Senior Weeks and Post-Graduation

My roommates and I did a lot of outings in the weeks after a cyberattack ended RPI finals prematurely. Among the places we visited were Kaaterskill Falls in the Catskills, June Farms, Washington Park in Albany, and Shelving Rock near Lake George. With other friends, I went to the Snow Hole on the Taconic Crest Trail (when there was still snow on the ground, in April), Indian Head and Mt. Marcy in the Adirondacks.

On the 22nd of May I graduated summa cum laude from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering with a minor in General Psychology and a concentration in Power Systems. I received the Henry J. Nolte Memorial Prize for an outstanding engineering research or design project, and the Grainger Scholar Award for academic performance and future promise in the area of power systems, both from the Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering. It has been an incredible experience which felt like much more than four years. Like any epic journey, this one had its guides and supporters, including my family, the friends who kept in touch from high school, the friends I made along the way, the faculty of The Sharon Academy who awarded me a crucial scholarship, and all the outstanding professors who showed personal interest in every student’s success.

In the weeks after graduation, I reconnected with a couple roommates in Massachusetts, did some local hiking, stayed at Highland Lodge with my parents, and visited a friend’s cabin on Loon Lake.