What are they doing now?: Interview with William Kim (2015 Graduate)

Written by Zoe Lee

William Kim (3rd from right to left in the front row) at Johns Hopkins University

What are you currently doing?

W: 'Til last Friday, I had midterms every week so I was spending a lot of my time studying and doing my assignments. I am planning on finishing up my resume and applying for a research position during this spring break. Of course, I will be just chilling most of the spring break though.

Can you give us some information about what you're studying now?

W: I am majoring in biomedical engineering. Biomedical engineering is related to various areas of medical science, from instrumentation to imaging to cell tissue science. This is the reason our major is one of the few majors that have five concentrations you will have to choose later. For example, if your concentration is instrumentation (which I am thinking of), your classes in your junior and senior years will be focused on kinematics and mechanical engineering. If your concentration is imaging (which I do not know much about yet), I believe you will be studying computing and e&m (electricity and magnetism). There really is so many things you can do studying BME. However, we do not really delve into our field until sophomore year. So currently I am taking many intro classes, such as Introductory Expository Writing, General Physics, and Intro Computing for Biomedical Engineering (Python, MATLAB, and R).

Where do you plan to go after college?

W: I am planning on going into industry, although I am still thinking about applying for a veterinary med-school.

How's campus life? 

W: Doing assignments and taking exams stress me out sometimes, but I am balancing it out by having fun with my friends. We often go to Inner Harbor on Fridays and Saturdays and get some nice dinners.

How has graduating from/going to Oak Hill Christian School affected you? 

W: It helped me have a broader worldview. Hopkins is different from Oak Hill mainly in that Hopkins does not base its academic program on Christian ideas. Having studied with the Christian worldview helps me examine what I am learning here, not just accepting it as the only truth.

Do you have something to tell the international students who go to Oak Hill?

W: I know that many of the international students' goal is going to a well-respected university. But I would like to tell them that when you are choosing a college it is essential that you choose a college that suits you, meaning you really want to know about the university thoroughly before choosing one. Also, what you learn in Oak Hill may be different from what most of you learned in your country and probably from what you will learn in a university. However, studying in Oak Hill is a valuable experience. It will broaden your thinking and nurture your knowledge. I would like to emphasize to get most out of Oak Hill's English classes.

3/12/2015
Zoe Lee, zoel@oakhillk12.com

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