P.S. 18 Career Day

We were honored to be asked by the staff at P.S. 18 if some of our students would participate in their annual Career Day! We had a great crew representing McKee High School. They gave information to young students about jobs in architecture, engineering, construction, plumbing, graphic design, computer science, and automotive technology! As their Counselor, I couldn't be prouder. They represented McKee to the fullest - mature, professional, and knowledgeable. And the little kids just loved them! A big shout out to our students for stepping up and being a part of this activity: Christina Daquieno, Eduawne Collis, Joshua Lindeman, Washington Mayancela, Chris Sosa, Chris Richardson, Patrick Samaha, Dominique Jordan, Zakiya Rahman, Nick Mardikos, Nicholas Harripersad.

Check out some pictures!

 

 

-jmp

Manhattan College Summer Program

Manhattan College is hosting a 2014 Summer Program for Minority and Women High School Students in Science, Engineering, and SAT Prepartion at no cost to the students. This program is co-sponsored by the Metropolian Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers, as well as coporate sponsors. For approximately the past sixteen years, it has also been co-sponsored by the ACE Mentoring program. The Summer Program will be held:

DATES:
July 7-10
July 14-17
July 21-22
Time: 8:30am - 3pm

6-Day Program:
June 26-28
June 30-July 2
Time: 8am - 3pm

PLACE:
Leo Engineering Building - Rm 236
Manhattan College
240th Street and Corlear Avenue
(Take the 1 train to 238th St.)

PROGRAM DIRECTOR:
Dr. Walter Saukin, Professor Civil Engineering

TOPICS:
Applying to College/Financial Aid, Presentations/labs in Chemical-Civil-Electrical-Computer-Environmental-Mechanical Engineering, and Physics, Related Medical/Law/Education Career Opportunities, Robotics, Green Buildings, Geotech, Computer Aided Design, Group Projects, SAT Preparation

INFORMATION:
718.862.7171 ask for Dr. Saukin between 9:30am and 4pm, M-F

Students will receive certificates of participation and can note this summer activity when applying to college. Leisure activities are also being planned for the students.

Please see me for applications!

-Ms. Miller Pecora

Scholarships for Women in Comp Sci & Engineering

The Society of Women Engineers offers a LOT of scholarships for women attending and going into college. Look through this list and START APPLYING!! Search for "freshman"

http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/index.php/scholarships

All you have to do is fill out one application, and you are put into consideration for all scholarships that you are eligible for!

#MajorMondays

Let's get #MajorMondays started. Every Monday I'll post info on a specific college major, what jobs are available to you, and what you'll be studying. Give me feedback on what you'd like to see next week on #MajorMondays. This week's #MajorMondays is COMPUTER SCIENCE! (*play fanfare here*)

What is COMPUTER SCIENCE?
Computer science majors learn about computer systems and the way humans and computers interact from a scientific perspective. Instruction includes programming and the theory and design of software. (https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/majors/computer-information-sciences-computer-science)

Computer science is the systematic study of information and our interaction with it. What energy is to physics, information is to computer science. It is about how we represent it, how we store it, how we manipulate it and how we present it. (http://www.princeton.edu/majorchoices/departments/computer-science/)

It helps to be precise and mathematical but also able to think abstractly. In order to solve problems, you’ll need to think like a human and like a computer at the same time. This requires creativity, imagination, and the ability to think logically.

While programming is essential to studying computer science, the major can prepare you for careers that involve no programming at all.
  

As a computer science major, programming courses will be a key part of your studies. These classes cover languages such as C++ and Java, and introduce you to the precise thinking behind computer programming. You’ll learn how to solve problems by translating a question into instructions a computer can follow to come up with the answers. And you’ll explore what goes on inside a computer when it’s solving a problem.

What jobs are out there in COMPUTER SCIENCE?

• Computer and Information Systems Manager
• Computer Hardware Engineer
• Computer Programmer
• Computer Support Specialist
• Computer Systems Analyst
• Database Administrator
• Network and Computer Systems Administrator
• Software Developer
• Software Engineer
• Web Developer
• Artificial Intelligence

Computer scientists are integral to virtually every business in the modern world. That means that there's a demand for us in everything from finance to politics to bioengineering. Of course, traditional computer companies such as Google and Microsoft pay special attention to us, and a large number of CS majors end up interning and/or working for companies like those. We typically have excellent job placement rates and starting salaries—in fact, we often have the highest average starting salaries of any major at Princeton. (http://www.princeton.edu/majorchoices/departments/computer-science/#intern_experience)



Is a degree in COMPUTER SCIENCE worth it?
Yes yes a hundred times, YES!
Moving up in the field will only garner you more money as you go along (Master's degree, Doctorate degree), but Bachelor's degree holders also find lots of jobs that make a lot of money.

Just check out this graph of how much the computer-related career field is intended to grow over the next few years:

 

According to about.com, these are the cities and jobs hiring the most Computer Science majors:

Top 10 Cities Where Companies Are Hiring

1. Washington, D.C.
2. San Jose
3. NewYork
4. San Francisco
5. Boston
6. Seattle
7. Chicago
8. Atlanta
9. Los Angeles
10. Dallas

Top 10 Companies Hiring

1. CSC
2. AppLabs
3. General Dynamics
4. Microsoft
5. Deloitte
6. Amazon
7. ManTech Int'l Corp.
8. Raytheon
9. HP
10. Northrop Grumman

Schools that offer COMPUTER SCIENCE
Some of the top COMPUTER SCIENCE schools in the world include:

• University of Texas at Austin
• University of California at LA
• Cornell University
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Harvard University
• Princeton University
• UC Berkley
• Stanford

New York schools that offer COMPUTER SCIENCE:

• SUNY Stonybrook University
• SUNY University at Buffalo
• CUNY City Tech
• CUNY City College
• CUNY Hunter College
• CUNY College of Staten Island
• Wagner College
• Marist College
• Hofstra University
• Pace University

#MajorMondays!
-Ms. Miller-Pecora