Today was the final GP presentations for the 2010 Master's Candidates. As with all of the presentation times, they have to dress business formal. Guys were in slacks, jackets, and ties. Girls in skirts/pants, nice top, and most times with a jacket. So I walk to campus to see some presentations and do a little homework with a friend. I'm in capris and a Harry Potter t-shirt with my hair in a bun and I walk into the courtyard and I feel totally underdressed! There are a lot of people milling about -- friends, family, teachers, etc -- and they all were semi-dressed up. Tables with black cloths, food, drinks, etc were also out. So it felt a little weird at first.
All the GPs have to have a poster made so I was looking at those. They also have tables set up near them so the students can talk with people during the reception and all that. The presentations were well done, well rehearsed, etc. It definitely had a very formal air to it so it was kind of exciting and scary. I have definitely concluded I will enjoy fielding questions more than giving the presentation. LoL It was kind of intense because they had about 3 presentations going in different rooms. This year there were 15 projects. Our year there are 18. So it'll be interesting to see if they up to 4 presentations at a time. Presentations are about 25 minutes long with 15 minutes for Q&A.
Today basically was Capstone Festival at CSUMB, except we pile them up in 4 hours with a 1 hour reception/poster session. Exciting and scary! I snagged snacks and a drink to take with me while I did homework. :) So that was a plus. LoL I'm a poor college student! Costco Pub Mix and Peanut butter filled pretzels are a good snack! I should have nabbed the raspberry sparkling tea when I first arrived, though. There was only sparkling water and sodas left by the time I made it back to the table. Oh well...beggars can't be choosers.
Oh yeah, random note. I have one of my famous bug bites! It's on my arm and it's like the size of a silver dollar. I had a friend buy me anti-itch creams before we met to do hw today, which is helping. They still itch like crazy, though. I actually have 3 bug bites, but only 1 got big. I'm not sure where they came from. I think one is from a flea. I was sitting in the Bren courtyard yesterday, looked at my arm, and I had a flea on me. It was weird...Oh well. You can see a picture of my bite here. The red dot to the left is an unirritated bug bite.
Anyway, time for bed now.
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