Cluster 1: Machine Learning: Can we teach a computer to think?
Prerequisites: Algebra II or Integrated Math II. This cluster is for students who have limited prior programming experience (i.e., have taken no programming classes or at most a single one; experience with Python is not required). Please list courses taken that you feel meet the prerequisites for this cluster.
My comments: took the following classes in High School and UC Scouts program: AP Computer Science Principles AP Computer Science A Algebra 2 Honors Precalculus Honors AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC I have taken the following programming classes and have some experience with them. a. Python b. Scratch c. Java d. HTML I have conceptual knowledge in Big Data, App Inventor, Algorithms, etc., I have received an Engineering, Programming, and Architecture merit badge from the Boy Scouts of America program. I am also the President of the ‘Bros that Code’ club at my high school.
Cluster 2: Engineering Design and Control of Kinetic Structures Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Algebra I and 8th-grade general science or equivalent. (Algebra II or Integrated Math II, Trigonometry, Physics recommended) Please list courses taken that you feel meet the prerequisites for this cluster.
* My comments I took the following classes in High School and UC Scouts program: Physics 1 Geometry Honors Algebra 2 Honors Precalculus Honors AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC Architectural Design – elective Principles of Engineering – elective I have received an Engineering, Programming, and Architecture merit badge from the Boy Scouts of America program. I am also very much involved in the Robotics club at school in the Build team. Essay prompts 1. Why did you select cluster 1? (200 words)
Essay prompts1. Why did you select cluster 1? (200 words)
2. Why did you select cluster 2?(200 words)
3. Statement of Interest 300 words
Beyond what has already been shared in your application, what do you believe makes you stand out as a strong candidate for admissions to this program? If there’s anything you want us to know about you, but didn’t find a question or place in the application to tell us, now’s your chance. What have you not shared with us that will highlight a skill, talent, challenge or opportunity that you think will help us know you better?
