College: Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources
Major: Environmental Science

What do you most anticipate about life at OSU?
Living on my own and taking classes that I’m interested in.

Pluto . . . Planet or Plutoid?
Planet

OSU football Coach Mike Gundy famously declared, “I’m a man! I’m 40!” When will you join the ranks of adulthood? How will you know?
When I graduate from OSU of course.

What’s your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
The Lorax

If you could have one superpower, what would you want? Why?
To fly. Flying would be nice.

What television family would you most want to be a part of? Why?
Modern Family–one of the best shows on TV!

What’s the best costume you’ve ever worn?
My mom made a dolphin costume, but everyone thought it was a shark. I looked ridiculous.

If you had to live under the sea, which animal would you be? Why?
Probably a dolphin, or one of those creepy fish with lights on their heads.

Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate or Dancing with the Stars?
Star Trek

What do you hope to accomplish in FRS?
Get a solid introduction to research to help me land a research assistantship in graduate school.

Anything else we should know?
I am a vegetarian, don’t hassle me.

College: Engineering, Architecture & Technology
Major: Undecided

What do you most anticipate about life at OSU?
Getting to know new people and new things. The prospect of getting to work on a research project and jumping into the fast pace of college is very exciting. I can’t wait for it all to start.

Pluto . . . Planet or Plutoid?
Planet

OSU football Coach Mike Gundy famously declared, “I’m a man! I’m 40!” When will you join the ranks of adulthood? How will you know?
When you find your first grey hair you’re officially an adult. I am hoping to be grey hair free for a very long time!

What’s your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
Oh The Places You’ll Go

If you could have one superpower, what would you want? Why?
My superpower would be mind-reading so that I could know what others are thinking without verbally communicating. There’s something pretty exciting about being able to know someone’s thoughts before it comes out of their mouth! By the way, I’d only use these powers for good, not evil!

Which Mythbuster is most like you: Adam, Jamie, Kari, Grant or Tory?
Jamie Hyneman

What television family would you most want to be a part of? Why?
A part of the big family on “Modern Family”. The chaos that runs rampant in the family suits me well. Life should be full of challenges, fun, love and a little craziness.

What’s your favorite midnight snack?
Ice Cream

What’s the best costume you’ve ever worn?
Cruella d’Ville

If you had to live under the sea, which animal would you be? Why?
Dolphin. I’ve had a fascination with them since I was about 12 and got to swim with a couple of them off the shore of the Florida Panhandle. They are remarkable animals.

Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate or Dancing with the Stars?
Dancing with the Stars

What do you hope to accomplish in FRS?
I am so excited about this new journey. Getting to know professors and other students on a personal level through this program is a real plus. What a great way to start this new step in my life.

Anything else we should know?
Go Pokes!

College: Arts & Sciences
Major: Biological Science

What do you most anticipate about life at OSU?
I’m looking forward to working in a studious environment and learning everything I can in my science courses.

What do you hope to accomplish in FRS?
I hope to gain hands on experience that I might not have had the opportunity to have if I wasn’t in a freshman research program. I’m glad I have the opportunity to be in a program that will help be a well rounded student.

College: Engineering, Architecture & Technology
Major: Architecture

What do you most anticipate about life at OSU?
I anticipate an enriching and fulfilling experience where fun and work are co-mingled, but it is a challenge to find a balance. Doubtless, OSU will equip me with skill sets to attack “real life,” but will also set me up with friends who will support me, and I will support as well.

Pluto . . . Planet or Plutoid?
Planet

OSU football Coach Mike Gundy famously declared, “I’m a man! I’m 40!” When will you join the ranks of adulthood? How will you know?
The line between childhood and adulthood is very blurred, but an adult is someone who is willing to make his or her own decisions and accept responsibly for them regardless of the outcome. It is not an age, and it is not a length of time, adulthood is a moment, when a person realizes they just took charge of their own life. The feeling of ownership and command overflows into joy that can be witnessed on someone’s face. I will know when I am confronted with such a challenge and receive such an emotion.

What’s your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
Green Eggs and Ham

If you could have one superpower, what would you want? Why?
Telekinesis… come on, how cool would it be to be able to move objects with your mind?

Which Mythbuster is most like you: Adam, Jamie, Kari, Grant or Tory?
Jamie Hyneman

What television family would you most want to be a part of? Why?
I would want to be a member of the Ozzie and Harriet family. They embody the American family, each member has their own distinct personality, and sometimes they clash, but they always work to keep the family together and a unit.

What’s your favorite midnight snack?
Ice Cream

What’s the best costume you’ve ever worn?
Johnny Cash

If you had to live under the sea, which animal would you be? Why?
I would be a dolphin, one of the most intelligent and friendly animals marine life has to offer. In fact, dolphins are so intelligent that within a week of being captured, they can train a human to stand on the side of a pool and throw them fish.

Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate or Dancing with the Stars?
Star Wars

What do you hope to accomplish in FRS?
I hope to increase my research skills and make life long friends.

College: Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources
Major: Animal Science/Agricultural Communications

What do you most anticipate about life at OSU?
I am really looking forward to getting involved and meeting new people. I am looking forward to the challenge of the academic side of things and making friendships that will last a lifetime.

Pluto . . . Planet or Plutoid?
Planet

OSU football Coach Mike Gundy famously declared, “I’m a man! I’m 40!” When will you join the ranks of adulthood? How will you know?
Whenever I am mature enough to make my own decisions without the help of others and be mature enough to realize and accept the consequences of those decisions.

What’s your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
Green Eggs and Ham

If you could have one superpower, what would you want? Why?
Mind Reading so I could know what the people around me truly think and not have to worry if they are being fake.

Which Mythbuster is most like you: Adam, Jamie, Kari, Grant or Tory?
Kari Byron

What television family would you most want to be a part of? Why?
The Hecks from The Middle because they are just the normal American family.

What’s your favorite midnight snack?
Ice Cream

Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate or Dancing with the Stars?
Dancing with the Stars

What do you hope to accomplish in FRS?
I want to learn research skills and how to work on a project that has the potentional to make an impact in the world. I want to take the lessons I learn through this program and apply them to my life and learn as much as I possible can in all aspects.

College: Spears School of Business
Major: Entrepreneurship

What do you most anticipate about life at OSU?
I am so excited to make some new friends and be a part of all the great things available at OSU like my classes as well as activities on campus!

Pluto . . . Planet or Plutoid?
Planet

OSU football Coach Mike Gundy famously declared, “I’m a man! I’m 40!” When will you join the ranks of adulthood? How will you know?
I guess I will be joining the ranks of adulthood when I finish college and get a real job.

What’s your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

If you could have one superpower, what would you want? Why?
I want the power of teleportation so I could get anywhere that I wanted to go immediately.

What’s your favorite midnight snack?
Ice cream

What’s the best costume you’ve ever worn?
Tommy Pickles (from Rugrats)

If you had to live under the sea, which animal would you be? Why?
A mermaid (it counts). Then I would still kinda be human but I could swim around and be friends with all of the other sea creatures.

What do you hope to accomplish in FRS?
I want to learn about various business strategies especially involving marketing techniques. I want to discover and learn things that I wouldn’t learn just being in a classroom.

College: Engineering, Architecture & Technology
Major: Mechanical Engineering

What do you most anticipate about life at OSU?
I most anticipate meeting new people and surviving the first wave of culture shock!

Pluto . . . Planet or Plutoid?
Planet

OSU football Coach Mike Gundy famously declared, “I’m a man! I’m 40!” When will you join the ranks of adulthood? How will you know?
I do not know if there is a certain age when I will know I have reached adulthood, but I think I will know I have “joined the ranks” when I find myself making decisions I find awfully mature as of now. And maybe also when I see a few gray hairs glaring back at me in the mirror.

What’s your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
One Fish Two Fish

If you could have one superpower, what would you want? Why?
I would want to be able to breath underwater because I have never been able to breath with a snorkeling mask. My entire life I have loved the water and swimming and to be able to swim without having to come up for air would be just plain wonderful.

Which Mythbuster is most like you: Adam, Jamie, Kari, Grant or Tory?
Jamie Hyneman

What television family would you most want to be a part of? Why?
The Tanners from Full House of course! One, I would love to have sisters. Two, who wouldn’t want to be in a family with Joey? I mean seriously.

What’s your favorite midnight snack?
Chocolate Milk

What’s the best costume you’ve ever worn?
Pirate

If you had to live under the sea, which animal would you be? Why?
I would be a dolphin because they communicate similarly to humans but yet live underwater. That would be amazing.

Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate or Dancing with the Stars?
Star Wars

What do you hope to accomplish in FRS?
Blessed with the opportunity that the Freshman Research Scholars program allows me, I hope to take full advantage of the opportunity and be able to apply my research to the real world. How that will be accomplished, I have yet to find out, but I hope that this opportunity will allow that to happen. I hope I will be able to impact not only those student in my college, but also our class and the university in its entirety.

Anything else we should know?
I am so incredibly honored and excited to be a part of this program!! T minus 3 months!

College: Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources
Major: Biochemistry

What do you most anticipate about life at OSU?
I am looking forward to the whole idea of life at OSU–meeting new friends, my classes, and all of the other activities that OSU offers.

Pluto . . . Planet or Plutoid?
Planet

OSU football Coach Mike Gundy famously declared, “I’m a man! I’m 40!” When will you join the ranks of adulthood? How will you know?
Ya know… I am not really sure when I will join the ranks of adulthood, but I would say that whenever I feel like I can fully support myself, then I’ll be considered an adult.

What’s your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

If you could have one superpower, what would you want? Why?
I would want to be able to fly. The reasons being that one, I could go anywhere I want at anytime–unless it’s storming–and two, I wouldn’t ever have to worry about gas prices!

Which Mythbuster is most like you: Adam, Jamie, Kari, Grant or Tory?
Kari Byron

What television family would you most want to be a part of? Why?
I would love to be in the show One Tree Hill. I wouldn’t really care which family I was a part of on that show, but I think that it would be really cool. I would want to be on this show because it is my favorite show, it has basketball, and it is kind of like my hometown.

What’s your favorite midnight snack?
Cereal

What’s the best costume you’ve ever worn?
Statue of Liberty

If you had to live under the sea, which animal would you be? Why?
I would be a shark because they somewhat control the sea. They are in charge, a predator, and all the other animals are afraid of them. Even humans are afraid of them.

Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate or Dancing with the Stars?
Star Wars

What do you hope to accomplish in FRS?
I hope to accomplish a new look on what I can do. I want to be a pediatrician, so any new ways to learn how to research properly will help me.

Anything else we should know?
I have lived in six towns in my lifetime because my dad is a coach and my mom is a teacher. I have really liked moving around the state of Oklahoma because I have got to meet tons of new people and go to new places. I am also a Christian, and I am very active in my youth group right now. I love little kids, and I am learning to play the guitar.

College: Arts & Sciences
Major: Microbiology

What do you most anticipate about life at OSU?
I am most looking forward to meeting new people and making new friends.

Pluto . . . Planet or Plutoid?
Plutoid

OSU football Coach Mike Gundy famously declared, “I’m a man! I’m 40!” When will you join the ranks of adulthood? How will you know?
I will join the ranks of adulthood when I can support myself and am completely independent. I dont think age determines when one becomes an adult or not, it’s how mature they are at that time.

What’s your favorite Dr. Seuss book?
Green Eggs and Ham

If you could have one superpower, what would you want? Why?
I would want the power to fly because I always want to see what life looks like from above instead of on the ground.

Which Mythbuster is most like you: Adam, Jamie, Kari, Grant or Tory?
Adam Savage

What television family would you most want to be a part of? Why?
I would want to be a part of the “Modern Family” because something crazy is always happening, but its always something we can relate to.

What’s your favorite midnight snack?
Flamin’ Hot Cheetos

Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate or Dancing with the Stars?
Star Wars

What do you hope to accomplish in FRS?
I just hope to have a great learning experience and meet new people through FRS. Even if I gain a little knowledge from this experience, I would call it a success because that is still a step ahead of where I was before. I do not believe that is going to be the case though!

Anything else we should know?
I am really excited for OSU next year! Go POKES!