The most expensive thing I every bought is probably a nintendo Wii. I bought it in a bundle, with a Wii Fit balance board controller a few summers ago. I really love Rock Band and Guitar Hero, and was tired of having to go to someone else’s place or be invited to play it. I am not really into shooting games, so I decided a Wii would probably be the best thing for me. I worked for my dad around the house, doing odd jobs to afford the game system. I was making $10-15 an hour, so it didn’t take too long to save up the money. I’m glad that I did, because I really like having a game system that I can use with my friends, in my own apartment, whenever I want.

If I could have any car, it would probably be some imaginary car that is both very big, and has great gas mileage. My family always had suburbans so we could fit all three of us kids and my parents comfortably for trips around town or to visit relatives in other states. In high school, I soon came to understand the value of a car that can seat 7 passengers, as it made going places with a lot of friends quite easy. I also like having a lot of room for packing things if I’m going on a long trip. Big cars usually don’t have very good gas mileage, and are hard to reason as worth the costs unless you have a big family and need a lot of seats. If this large car I want could get 30 miles to the gallon, and also have 4 wheel drive, it would be perfect for me.

I took a class last year called Surgery for Engineers. It is a class for biomedical engineers, and was unlike any other course I’ve taken before. The class only met once a week, on Wednesday nights, for 3 hours. During these lectures, we would usually hear from two different speakers, experts in various fields of surgery. The class also had a practicum component. We worked in small groups on a semester-long project, designing a device that would help surgeons in a particular area of surgery (my group did orthopedic surgery.) To help us with our projects, we got to observe different surgeries, from the operating room, to see what types of problems these surgeons might face and to build a mentor-like relationship with different surgeons. I am really interested in pursuing surgery as a carreer, so this was a really neat opportunity for me.