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0marTheZealot

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Originally posted by: Aimster
Originally posted by: 0marTheZealot
Name: 0mar Jawaid
Age: 23 on April 26
Location: Born Winfield, Illinois (suburb of Chicago) Currently: Davis, California
Education: B.S. Biology, Chemistry, Psychology from Loyola University in Chicago. Currently pursuing a Ph.D degree in Bioengineering, emphasis on energy, alternative fuels and energy systems
Occupation: Student/Research Assistant?
Religion: Muslim - Sunni/Wahabi depending on who you ask. Sunnis say I'm wahabi, Wahabis say I'm sunni.
Nationality: West African/Pakistani - American
Picture: Don't got one sorry!
Hobbies: Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 2 (probably best FPS to date), Neverwinter Nights. Reading up on the latest advances in bio/chem engineering, reading (at a cursory level) about the latest in computer hardware, reading about oil/nat gas/coal/alternative energy supplies throughout the world. I also like computers a lot (i built this one).

Nice education. Did you want to be a doctor and then change your mind? How old were you when you started college?

Edit: N/M I didn't read carefully. "bio"engineering.


Hehe, no problem. My parents pressured me into being a doctor like many foreign born parents, but I saw most people I knew didn't really want to help people out, they really wanted the prestige of being a doctor. That just feels like a sham to me. I also got involved with an undergraduate research project and the research bug bit me. I really like it my field of study and would never change it.

I started college when I was 17 because my parents knowingly or unknowling enrolled me in Kindergarten a year eariler than I should have been. I didn't skip any grades or anything. I simply spent an extra year getting another degree. I double majored in Bio/Psych during my first 4 years, and decided to spend the next year going part-time and get a chem degree. I only needed something like 5 classes for it anyways. That way I'd sync with everyone else in graduate school (boy was I wrong there :) ) and I wouldn't really lose any time because I was ahead by accident.
 

biostud

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Name: Kristoffer
Age: 25
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Education: Doing my thesis in biology
Occupation: Student, working in a law firm
Religion: Atheist
Nationality: Danish
Picture: Me
Hobbies: Computers, politics, Volley-Ball
 

Rainsford

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Apr 25, 2001
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Name: Brian
Age: 21
Location: Born in Chicago, raised in the Twin Cities (MN) and I have the accent to prove it, currently living in Ames, Iowa. Sometimes resident of Santa Rosa, CA (think wine country).
Education: BS in Computer Engineering, Iowa State University (graduating this May)
Occupation: Student...with a job lined up :D
Religion: Mostly agnostic, but with strong Buddhist leanings, my parents were both raised Catholic and attended Catholic schools (just like me!) but no longer really practice.
Nationality: American of mainly recent Irish, Polish and Swedish decent.
Picture: Don't have one on my computer at the moment.
Hobbies: Video games, building computers, biking, weight lifting, Karate (getting into Judo), hitting the bars ;), politics and psychology.
 

Michael

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Name: Michael
Age: 38
Location: Singapore
Education: B. Comm. - Maj in accounting
Occupation: CFO
Religion: Catholic
Nationality: Canadian
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Hobbies: reading, MtG, SCA

Michael
 

Whitecloak

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Name: Kartik
Age: 27
Location: Chennai, India (But I keep travelling around the world)
Education: MBA from IIM Calcutta, B.Tech from IIT Madras
Occupation: Project Manager
Religion: Hindu
Nationality: India
Picture: nope
Hobbies: usual geek thrills
 

bamacre

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Jul 1, 2004
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Name: Ben Macre
Age: 28
Location: Memphis
Education: Univ of Mempis/Accounting
Occupation: Market Research - Programmer/Database/Project Manager
Religion: Catholic
Nationality: 50% Italian, 50% Poor white farmer
Picture: I need a new camera
Hobbies: Gaming, Toking, Drinking, AT addiction, fishing.
 

Stunt

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Name: Jon Whitelaw
Age: 21
Location: Kingston/Ottawa Ontario
Education: 4th year Mechanical Engineering
Occupation: Currently interviewing :p (sucks a$$)
Religion: Agnostic -> family = presbyterian
Nationality: 25% Scottish, 25% English, 50% Menonite (liberal amish)
Picture: see sig
Hobbies: clubbing, electronica, uni women:), P&N, skiing, seadooing, golf, badminton.
 

jlmadyson

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Name: Jason
Age: 26
Location: Nashville
Education: B.S. Political Science, Masters of Public Administration (M.P.A.), Currently pursuing Ph.D. in Political Science, Fields: Public Administration, American Politics, Political Theory
Occupation: Graduate Student
Religion: Lutheran
Nationality: Norwegian
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Hobbies: Family, tech, movies, geo-political novels/books