Spring Update

Hey all!

   Sorry about the sporadic posts, though this one may be a bit long. My time has been entirely filled with labs and homework, on top of the first round of midterms which just passed/is passing this week.
    I'm having a blast, and my time management skill have improved greatly (though its easy to manage your time when there isn't any left to slack off...).
    Anyway, to get to the point of this post, I just received an email from the folks at MECOP. I have been accepted to their preliminary interviews! This is a behavioral interview with engineers/managers from the companies who participate, acting as representatives of MECOP. It is on the 16/17th of  May at the OSU campus in Corvallis. As there are other students going, im going to try and hitch a ride, otherwise I need to get a bus/train ticket (that might be a good idea anyway, as i can work on hw on the train). I will know by the first week of June if I was accepted into the program.
    For those who want a refresher or don't know about MECOP, the gist of it is they are a organization that puts students at participating colleges in the STEM fields in touch with businesses around the NW US (Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California), to get internships with those companies. They provide a buffer layer between the company and the intern for things like payment, and what work the student is involved in when they are on internship.
    If I get into the program it is a guaranteed 2 six-month internships at Two different companies, (they  -try- for one large place and one small place).
    This does effect my graduation date if you were wondering, the internships will take place, the summer of next year (2018) going through my spring term, and the summer of 2019 going through that spring term. This will push my graduation date out a year, I'm not really concerned about it because the year of in industry experience seem like a fantastic trade.

Here is the link to the MECOP site where you can read more, instead of having to google MECOP :)

https://www.mecopinc.org/

Spring

Yesterday it snowed, but today it's hot. Springtime in k-falls!

Back to school

Made it back to Klamath falls okay, just have to unpack and prep for tomorrow. Definitely excited!