Yakun's Story

This is my second time to be in the USA, and today is the 19th day for being here. What's more, tomorrow is the 3-year anniversary for me and my boyfriend. So, what is my story for everyone to share?

My name is Yakun Li, a 20-year-old Beijing girl. I've studied in Beijing Jiaotong University for Mechanical Engineering for two years and then transfered here. What I said, say and will say a thousand times is that OSU is really an amazing university. I love everything here, especially all kinds of traditions and the squirrels.

You may wonder why I chose to transfer and why I would like to pursue my professional career in Mechanical Engineering as a girl. I would say, first of all, different experience really means a lot to me. Basically, I have passion to experience everything new. So being a transfer student makes me get both the higher education experience in a Chinese university as well as in an American university, which is pretty cool. Then, as far as my major, I love science and designing stuffs by myself when I was in high school. Actually, I ran into my boyfriend when we made robots together in the robot team of our high school. That experience really taught me a lot and led me to make the decision for majoring in ME. Although it can be kind of hard for a female, I believe I can do it, and do it well. "Yes, I can!"

There are some more things I would like to share. I didn't raise any dogs or cats but I love pets so much; I'm not good at any sports, but I love the feeling of sweating; I can't do everything well at the same time, but I'm a deadly perfectionism who try hard to handle everything perfectly. I was born and grew on a delta and my parents are both advanced engineers. Somebody said that living by sea would shape people a brave, straightforward and sensitive personality. I totally agree.

Finally, I want to say that I tried to shorten this blog but it still turned out to be a little bit long. Hopefully you will enjoy my story and, Go Bucks!