Oscar Villatoro

The event was a great recap to remember what's important for my major, Computer Science. Coordinator went over the requirements for an associates for Computer Science and other useful resources regarding transferring was given as well. This insight will be important to me especially about pre-transferring since one of the biggest interests to me were the transfer process from PGCC to UMD.

I had a great time in this presentation in getting to know more about how important it is to study smarter and take different methods in order to get better results and of course, learn more. I really enjoyed being active in the presentation, sharing my own thoughts and as well as my own strategies I personally use when studying. Overall, I'm glad for the opportunity and hope to encounter a similar opportunity later down the road.

I attended the first workshop for the DMSI program, and I discovered and get to know the panelists that were there and how they shared their part of their story to share to us. They all each gave a powerful purpose to lead us young men and in the right direction and I'm quite grateful for these workshops and will continue to be for in the future. Looking forward to the next meeting as soon as possible.

I actually learned quite a bit of information from this event, and it was a large thanks to the presenters and their responses to our questions and concerns too. I'm familiar with both Ross and Chantal through DMSI so it was refreshing to see them here which kept me engaged. Overall, I'm glad I learned more information on how credit works in general since I only knew the basics of it but not as much as what was presented.

The refresher from the SSP really made it clear how they want this semester to progress which I always have appreciated. I learned key information of what it is expected from me but what to expect as well. After the refresher, I stayed for the Academic Recovery portion since it was required but it was a well-constructed and short note how important it is to stay on track and meeting with fellow DMSI students made it refreshing as well.

Amazing night filled with preparation for what the future holds and what I can do to progress to different stages I want to go towards. The food was great, the speeches were very sentimental and made me feel very connected to everyone there. I didn't get the chance to talk with most of my peers, but the room was very welcoming and that was enough for me.

Short intermission and send off as this will be our last meeting of the semester. I gathered nice insight about working on discipline, whether it's related to school life, personal life, and career life. This short and compact but helpful gathering shed light on where I should be headed towards this summer and should really begin to work towards my goals and dreams.

This scholarship night was enlightening as I realized that there's an easier way to transfer than I realized. The importance of the spokespeople on the call made it very authentic and possible to connect with them and put yourself in their shoes so you can have an easy way to progress through the transition from PGCC to a university.