Even for a Chinese American, I’m pretty unpopular. I deleted my Facebook over a year ago. My Instagram isn’t popping. I only have 30 followers. I often don’t feel like following people back so after a while they unfollow me. My old youtube channel had 20 or so subscribers, but I lost it because it was a brand channel from my high school gmail so there was a time limit I could have it.

I have an Ebay account. I might sell a thing or two a year like books or whatnot. I don’t visit my linkedin very often, but I’m starting to connect with people more now. I should take a picture of myself in formal wear to seem professional I guess.

Questions

1. Why did you pick math major? 
2. How long were you preparing for your profession? 
3. What do you like about this profession? 
4. Do you think undergrad is helpful or just stepping stones to your future goal? 

Interviewing Classmate: Mutasim Mim

1. I decided to study Mathematics very early, beginning high school. I chose to study Mathematics because I liked solve problems, and liked the rigorous nature of pure mathematics. I would like to be a either a Mathematician working at a research university, or a Research Scientist at some tech company.
2. Throughout my middle and high school, I have had a very strong foundation in Mathematics- specially through Math Competitions. I would describe all those experiences as training for my future profession as well.
3. Both as a Mathematician and a Research Scientist, I will be working on new, original problems. Generally, Mathematical research involves combining knowledge from various fields of Mathematics along with ingenious thinking. I like this aspect of creating new knowledge and extending the frontiers of our understanding of both the physical and abstract worlds. Most importantly, I deeply respect Mathematicians and Scientists, and I would consider it a great honor to be working as one.
4. No comments. 

Interviewing Classmate: Willy Machuca

1. I decided to become a math major because I really enjoying doing mathematics. I also became a math major since it provides a good challenge every now and again.  I enjoy doing a multitude of math problems, even the tough ones, because of the feeling of accomplishment that I get when I know I got the right answer.  The profession that I would like to get into is Data Science or something to do with numerical analysis.
2. For a profession in Data Science, I’ve been preparing for about 2 years.  For a profession involving Numerical Analysis, I would say about 6 years.
3. In all honesty, I would enjoy being a data scientist because it tends to be a very lucrative occupation.  As for a profession involving numerical analysis, I just enjoy doing math and getting paid to do math is pretty much a done deal for me.
4. In my experience its a bit of both.  Undergraduate studies are helpful, especially electives from my major because it takes what I learned in my theoretical courses and applies certain mathematical characteristics onto real-world problems.  On the other hand, Undergraduate studies can be a stepping stone for the future because there are plenty of unnecessary courses that one needs to take in order to graduate.  What does a math major need to study music for?

Dear (company name)

I’m a mathematics major and English minor at St. Johns. I’ll be graduating this year. I’m interested in accounting and writing on the side. I’ve been in the math club in middle school to college. I feel passionate doing math and thinking about math concepts. I try to use math whenever there’s a practical real world application in doing so.

I don’t have much for work experience, but I look forward to opportunities to acquiring more. I’ve done community service for Newtown church and had a summer internship at Queens Fencing Club and was a temp worker at Apex Logistics. I’ve learned to use a program called Quick Books when tasked to record payments by my boss. I’ve taken courses to run a blog and have some experience with posting on social media for a business.

I think my skill set in (math or writing) is well suited for your company so I hope to hear from you soon! (email: william.zhou16@stjohns.edu)

Best Regards

William Zhou

Handshake jobs:

–Success Academy Charter Schools

-Match Corps tutor and Match Teacher Resident

–Saga Education

-ScribeAmerica

–Box Business Fellowship (past deadline)

Life Sci

Handshake Events:

Bank of America Campus Connect Winter Webcast Series

I took the selfie of the food I cooked 3 years ago to show I had some traits to live on my own as an adult should be able to do. Partially it was to impress and motivate my peers for adulthood as well.

The second picture is a lazy one. I didn’t shave and there’s a lint roller in the background. That smile is pretty emotionless I do admit.

The third picture is equally as lazy as the second and also in my room (why go outside when there’s that virus outside is my excuse). I got a haircut for $4 plus a tip of $3.20 near Costco. Short haircuts represent the time I want to save from going again.

William Zhou

347-654-1477, wzhou7953@bths.edu

Education
St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY
Bachelor of science degree in Mathematics and writing minor, May 2020 (Senior this year)
Current GPA: 3.3
Volunteer Experience
Joy Camp, Newtown Church, Elmhurst, NY
Volunteer: June-August 2016
• Led game activities including providing instructions and setting up for children ages 8-10.
• Worked effectively in a team to teach bible study and provide recreation to the children.
• Prepared games with the recreational leader, Ethan.
• Helped distribute lunch for co-workers and children on a daily basis.
• Went on a zoo trip with a class of kids and make sure everyone was together and having fun.
Work Experience:
Apex Logistics
-Labeled and moved boxes
Queens Fencing Club
-Participated in fencing with students (when instructor was busy)
-Helped out on summer BBQ
-Delivered lunch to boss
-Cleaned the mats of the club area and pulled weeds
-Actively enjoyed feeding Tuna the cat
-Always arrives early to work
Activities
Math Team, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, NYS
Member, September 2015 – June 2016
• Participated in various competitions including the American Mathematics Competitions (AMC).
• Placed in the quarter-finals during a nationwide high school competition.
Current level of math: Advanced calculus 2
SJU Track Club, 2017 and 2020
• Went to practice weekly.

Computer Skills
• Skilled in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Quickbooks software.

• CMS: WordPress

Language Skills
• Basic Conversational Chinese
• Took public speaking
Musical Skills
• Took voice 1 and piano 2.

I want to have a job that’s challenging and stimulating. Something will that make me look forward to waking up in the morning. I probably can’t get my dream job right away so I have to be open to other jobs. Career paths aren’t always straightforward for everyone especially if you want something unusual.

It’s also good to recognize if the opportunities that comes my way are rare and I should be more inclined to do something that most people don’t get to do. Spending money is fun and I’ll need to pay my bills so money is always something to consider. But I also want to be fulfilled and have a good mental health. So I guess I would have to balance rarity of the job, joy from the job and the pay. Definitely if you love your job, you would try to overcome any challenge that comes up.

Leaving a legacy would be nice and make my life feel meaningful.

I chose this class because I’m interested in having the option to make a living on my writing. Also I’ve never taken an online class and I like trying something I hear other people have done at least once. The meaning of life should be living the way you want to live. Fulfilling and not too stressful.

Personally, my family wouldn’t understand my writing, well, my parents at least because of the language barrier. I think my writing fits in more with people of my generation and fellow Americans.

The concept of good and evil varies from person to person, but there are some universals that everyone can agree on like Hitler is bad and Gandhi is good.

I don’t feel that believing in anything divine will make a difference in life, but if it brings people comfort, I have no qualms with it. If it brings societal impracticality and harm to minority groups, I definitely have a problem with it.

Conflict in life usually pushes us forward and are inevitable. We should always strive to fight for justice and bring joy for those who feel sorrow although we shouldn’t give false hope. I wish for my writing to help people live better lives or do better than what they were doing before.

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