I find it pretty scary that this is going to be my very last term at UW. Five years seem to go by so fast. Now I have to think about what I want to do after graduation, both short term and long term. But most importantly, this is the last chance for me to do things in an academic setting. I’m not thinking about doing grad school, at least not immediately following undergrad.
There are so many things I wish I have done differently during my nearly five years at UW. Of course there’s the usual, “I wish I had worked harder” thing. I also wish that I had been more involved in non-school activities, such as Navs and general outtings with friends. There were some opportunities to do interesting research in some CS and Stats courses that I wish I had pursued.
This is going to be my last chance to do all those things. I’m going to make sure I participate in Navs more, not just going to large group meetings. For my AI course, there’s a Masters project that undergrads can do for bonus marks. You pick your own topic and you can either do a coding project or write a paper. I think I will talk to my prof about it after class on Thursday and see what I can do. There are interesting topics in AI, and it would be fun to explore them AND get bonus marks on the side.
