Matt McGann '00 | June 06, 2006
"Senior Week: Janet Yoo"
Name: Janet Yoo
Hometown: Springfield, Virginia
Degree: created my own major - half course 15/half course 9 [layman's terms: half Management/half Brain & Cognitive Sciences]
What's next: E*TRADE Financial - Marketing Program Manager, Active Trader division
Favorite class you took at MIT: 15.301 Managerial Psychology Laboratory - the topics were awesome and the professor was great!
Favorite professor at MIT: Dan Ariely
Favorite MIT event: Senior Ball (because I was the committee chairman)
Favorite/random MIT memory: Singing "Like a Virgin" with my sorority sisters at Crossroads whenever it was any of our birthdays
UROPs: With Professors Robert Weinberg, Dan Ariely
Living groups: Baker House, McCormick Hall & Alpha Phi
Activities: Senior Class Council, the Science and Engineering Business Club (SEBC), & random jobs (Abercrombie & Fitch, freshman application filing, Admissions office)
What I'll miss most about Cambridge/Boston: All the great shopping & eating on Newbury Street
What you'll miss most about MIT: My sorority sisters and my friends - the culture of the school.
Final thoughts: MIT is hard, no doubt about it. But it's also a time to challenge yourself socially and academically and not be afraid to take risks and leave your comfort zone. Study hard, but also have fun - finding that balance will make any college experience more enjoyable and memorable.
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