Foothill College

When I first came to Foothill College, I was afraid I can’t adapt to the surrounding and the school. I also feel anxious as in order to get an A, we have to get grades above 90 where in my home country 75 are already considered an A work. This makes me work extremely hard during my first quarter in Foothill and manage to get straight A’s in all my classes. I found out that college is different from high school. The instructors do not really care whether you do your homework. They only encouraged you to do it and it is your own decision whether to do it or not. We are treated as an adult in college and this have made me more mature in my thinking as well as my action. I also found out that the classes in college are much deeper than in high school. Even though I have learned Math 1A in my high school, I still find it hard when I took Math 1A in Foothill. Even though, the classes have become tougher I still managed to maintain high GPA. I hope I still can maintain my GPA and get accepted to a good university.

I join the Honors Program. The main reason I join the Honors Program is that it increases the chances of being accepted to a good university. When I start to take Honors class, I found out that it really offers an interesting class, just like this class. It’s worth it to join this program. I also become a tutor in the Pass The Torch program. I became a tutor for 2 quarters and it has been a wonderful experience. I realize how hard it is to be a teacher and help your student to understand the materials.

I also join Engineering Club. We organize some events; such as calculator workshop and some talks regarding physics. We also have hiking together in San Antonio Ranch.(pic on the left) In this club I learn more things about engineering by listening to the talks and by participating on certain events such as Physics Olympic. Recently, there is a physics Olympic in Foothill College and I together with my friends participate on that events. We compete for block stacking and laser maze. We tie 1st for the laser maze and 3rd for the block stacking. This is a fun experience and moreover teaches us to practice the theory we have learn in class in real situation. (pic on the right: Lazer Maze)


I’m majoring in Engineering therefore most of the subject o took are math and sciences. There is only one project so far. It is to build a bridge with straw. It’s a tiring and troublesome work. But we have done a good job. (Our Bridge)

Closing Word

Soon I am going to transfer to a 4 year-University. I hope which ever University I get in will be another step for me to achieve my goal. I will continue my hard work and be a better man in the future and repay my parents for all the good deeds they had done to me to make me a person I am now.