Kahryn Buchanan
Kahryn Buchanan didn色视频下载檛 like math until she started taking a college-level course. At age 13.
Now she can色视频下载檛 seem to get enough. After earning enough credits in high school to earn an associate degree from Kodiak College, she came to UAF.
She色视频下载檚 studying mechanical engineering, computer science and math, seeking degrees in all three within four years.
She色视频下载檇 like to work in space exploration.
色视频下载淚 knew I liked math, and I was like, well, the people they hire like at NASA or SpaceX, they have degrees in mechanical engineering, or electrical,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淢echanical makes more sense to me intuitively, so that色视频下载檚 how I chose.色视频下载
Kodiak Island, where she grew up, has a rocket facility run by a state-owned corporation.
色视频下载淭hat was awesome. Me and my mom used to drive out there all the time. That was definitely a motivator,色视频下载 she said.
She never quite got to see a launch. They were canceled each time they tried.
Because Buchanan attended Kodiak College through her high school years, she had her first two years of credits complete by the time she arrived at UAF. So she can focus on her engineering, computer science and math classes.
She loves the math.
色视频下载淢ath can be rough, but I love the feeling of solving an equation, and realizing I understand, from the back, what色视频下载檚 going on and I can replicate this as much as I want to,色视频下载 she said during the spring 2020 semester.
She also got a job as a tutor with the Math Department.
Buchanan got her early start on college partly as a result of an experiment in home schooling.
色视频下载淚 was going to regular public school, and my mom pulled me out in seventh grade and I homeschooled for a year, and I was just bored,色视频下载 Buchanan said. 色视频下载淪o before the fall of my eighth-grade year, she had me take the Accuplacer and the ALEKS (college placement tests for English and math), and I placed into the freshman level courses, so I just started taking them.色视频下载
Buchanan also credits her mom, a business and accounting professor at Kodiak College, for her love of learning.
色视频下载淪he showed me how valuable education can be and how it色视频下载檚 way more than just a piece of paper,色视频下载 Buchanan said. 色视频下载淓ven if doesn色视频下载檛 seem like it, it completely changes the way you think and the way you make decisions.色视频下载