I’m in the second week of classes at Carleton. It’s mostly been a flurry of introductions, explanations and setting up accounts but here are my first impressions:
- Class size is about 20 with ~4 women per class
- Almost everyone is from an engineering background
- I’m one of the youngest, keeping company with people who have already built and sold companies
- Professors gauge that an A+ requires 6-10 hours/week of work outside of class.
- There are some strong personalities. I’ll have to speak up!
- I have the overwhelming impression that I made a really good choice with this program.
One of my first group projects will be on web 2.0 and social media - my current favourite topics. I think a lot of my classmates will focus on more hardware or systems-oriented topics. We certainly have a diverse group - I’m hoping to seek out the web-oriented people for the projects. All in all a positive start 
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Jill Wirth 09.20.08 at 9:27 pm
Hey Amanda -
This is a cool website - seems like you are really enjoying school - I have learned (mostly recently) that is it best to do what you enjoy - then the PASSION is there! Anyways, it was great seeing you at the cottage - good luck with school - seems success will follow you where ever you go!
Hope to see you again soon!
Jill