Scott Loh

To LASV’s Alumni and Friends:

I am currently a freshman undergraduate at Stanford University, and I plan to study mechanical engineering. While I will not work in the engineering department until next year, my experiences in LAAE have nonetheless given me many advantages. I often need to give oral reports in my classes, and because I gave presentations while in LAAE, I am much more confident in public speaking than I would otherwise be. Also, my calculus class involves a large amount of computer programming using MATLAB mathematics software. While other students struggled to grasp programming syntax and structure for the first time, I had already done a good amount of Java programming in LAAE, and learning MATLAB programming came easily. In general, the skills I learned in LAAE that I consider most valuable are solving problems efficiently and managing an intense workload. As I begin to work in Stanford's engineering program, I expect that my experience in LAAE working with machining, electrical wiring and design will prove very valuable as well.

Scott Loh
Stanford University