I was born in Olympia, and lived mostly in Portland. My hopes are to study Aerospace Engineering and maybe minor in Astronomy, if that isn’t enough. When I first heard they would let a freshman do research for the astronomy department, I thought immediately that I couldn’t pass it up….
My name is Rebecca Chang and I am currently a freshmen at UW. I adore astronomy, although I have plans to major in aerospace engineering because society today seems to feel that astronomy can’t get you a job despite the fact that our future is in fact in the outer…
Hello, all! My name is Marrissa Harrison and I am a freshman here at UW. I grew up here in Seattle and graduated from Garfield high school. I found science classes to be much more interesting than marketing or history classes. Right now, in my spare time, I am learning…
This crazy dancer grew up in a suburban cesspool called Woodinville Washington, which despite it’s name is very developed and not all that woody. In signing up for Pre-MAP I plan to prove that the Millennium Falcon CAN make the Kessel Run in twelve parsecs. My actual interest in astronomy…
Well my name is LaRoy, and I was born and raised in Tacoma. My family is from San Antonio, Texas and we’re like big Dallas Cowboys fans. I love football and plan on walking on (try-out) for the team in January. I’m 18, I stay in Mc Mahon, and currently…
I am from Bremerton, WA and I have been interested in astronomy since I was very little. I am really excited about this opportunity to be a part of this program. Being able to do research at the University of Washington my first quarter here is awesome. I have not…
She spends her time skateboarding the streets pretending to glide through galaxies in her mind, trying to find a way to do it for real. She was born and raised on the island of Hawaii and saw a meteor shower that made her really look up for the first time….
I am a transfer student from Peninsula College. I did a couple projects there and was excited to be a part of this one. If you ask me where I’m from I can’t really tell you. I’ve lived all over the southern United States (from California to Florida), so I’m…
Hi my name is David Timmis and I’m graduated from Capital High in Olympia, WA. The University of Washington has always been my first choice school so I was really excited to kick off my freshman year. I planned on majoring in Civil Engineering but at this point, I’m not…
I grew up in Washington and just transfered to the University. I originally was going to school to become a doctor, but fell in love with astronomy and physics, so here I am. I am 25 years old and like movies, star gazing, and my favorite food is sushi. I…
I’m a Sophomore and live in Lake Forest Park. I have no idea what my major is going to be so I am currently taking as many different classes as possible to find out what I like. I decided to take Pre-MAP because I figure that any cool opportunity should…