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I attended the Pennsylvania Governor's Schools of Excellence in Information, Society & Technology in the summer of 2008 at Drexel in Philadelphia.

Governor's Schools

The Governor's Schools are free summer programs paid for by the PA state government for high school students. They have them in a variety of topics at a variety of colleges in the state. Tuition as well as room and board are paid for by the state - at no cost to the student.

Why I want to attend

I've always loved technology. (I think this website can attest!) I am at the crossroads now with GridView. Over the past month I had to learn how to manage a Linux server and tune it for performance. I'm still not at 100%.

But I am also interested in the social effects of technology. I ordered an XO Laptop (with my own $$) to play with its user interface and think about the impact it will have on the developing world.

I also like meeting with people in my age group who share my passion. This program will bring together the top 50 soon-to-be-high-school-seniors for an intensive 5 week program. I can't wait for it to start!

What do you expect to get out of our program academically and socially?

   * Academically: Advanced MySQL, proper project management techniques, moderate to advanced Linux server administration, or something totally different!
   * Socially: Meeting people who share my interests and spending time with them on projects and making contacts for future work

Application

• Narrative Statement
• Extracurricular Resume
• Social Issue-Technological Solution: Wikis

Classes

from http://pgse.cis.drexel.edu/pgsit/index.html

Core

• Object-Oriented System Analysis and Design
• Information Ethics
• Database Design and Management
• Interaction Design
• Project Management
• Networking and Distributed Computing
• System Development

Electives

• Advanced Networking and Distributed Computing
• Digital Media
• Advanced Software Development
• Developing Data-Intensive Systems for the World Wide Web
• Developing Interactive Systems
• Linux System Administration
• Developing Interactive, Animated Web Graphics
• Managing Semi-structured Data: XML and Related Technologies
• Information and Society: Security, Privacy, Access and Freedom

What are some of your hobbies

   * Computers: primarily web design, PHP, MySQL, prject management
   * Walking
   * Hanging out with friends in a productive way (Tecker 911)
   * Successfully completing beautiful, intelligent design work