What are you most proud of in your 2-Hour Presentation and/or senior project? Why?
- The thing that I am most proud of in my senior project is that I can now say that I know how to successfully plan a wedding. This ties into both my 2-Hour Presentation and Independent Components. In my presentation, I perfectly executed the do's and don'ts of planning a wedding. I went into full detail of important qualities such as budgeting, vendors, timelines, and so on. In my independent component 1, I had to look up perfectly qualified vendors that would fit into a wedding. This took a lot of time and effort and I was really happy about the outcome especially when I saw the looks on peoples faces when they opened up my wedding planning scrapbook. Also, my independent component 2 really helped me in planning a wedding as well. In fact, I actually did. Researching qualified vendors while fitting within a theme, budget, and time frame really strengthened my ability to plan a wedding. And the fact that my uncle is even considering hiring me as a wedding planner makes it even better.
a. What assessment would you give yourself on your 2-Hour Presentation (self-assessment)?
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b. What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?
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(3) What worked for you in your senior project?
- My mentorship and research really worked for me. They were the strongest points in my senior project because they provided me with such great knowledge of wedding planning that I did not know before. My research even went over 120 articles! And experiencing how difficult wedding planning is made me realize that this occupation is more than what it seems
(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would have you done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?
- I would probably have given myself more time to prepare projects such as my indpendent component. For example, my independent component 1 required me to look up the best vendors in the LA county and then create a scrapbook of each vendor based on the category they are placed in. I figured I could finish this within a month with time to spare. Little did I know it would be so much work. I pretty much woke up at 8am each morning and then went to bed at 4am to complete my scrapbooks. If I had given myself two months to do it, I would have been less stressed and the quality of the scrapbooks would have turned out much better.
(5) Finding Value
How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors? Be specific and use examples.
- Well for one, it really opened my eyes to the wedding planning field. I really was not on planning on considering this career option because I wanted to stay withing the medical field, but after the intense researching and experiencing, I have come to realize that I really do enjoy doing this. It let me express my creativity that I will not be really expressing in the next ten years of college. I have now considered wedding planning as a possible career option if the medical field is not suited for me. I was even offered a part time job by one of my mentors and have now been promoted from intern to assistant.
