First Week Update
My First Week Recently, I have joined Rice University's Young Scholar PATHS-UP Program. Though I was excited to be apart of the program, I was not prepared for what I was about to learn and experience. I was mainly introduced to the more natural world of science. Thus, I had no prior knowledge of computer science. Despite that, I still had fun and learned a lot considering it was only my first week Though t he first week was mainly an orientation into the course as well as an introduction into circuit boards, we have been working on different projects like the following: making pulse oximeters and accelerometers for a smart watch, making virtual PCB boards, and building many different functions on Spark Fun's Arduino boards (photos of the different projects are shown below). The process while working on the projects were definitely a struggle for me especially since I had no prior exposure to any computer science course. I experience...