Today I updated my resume, compiled a final list of colleges, and started the common app. I also worked on a continuing list of scholarships.

Yesterday I did not work on my thesis, but I did set up my cappex account to help with my college process and compiled a list of scholarship opportunities.

The Beginning

My name is Alia Eckardt, and I am currently a senior at TAG Magnet. This blog is dedicated to my senior thesis class, as well as to the progress of my college application process. Right now, my thesis project involves civil and/or structural engineering, my hopeful college major. I would like to look at the design and construction process of one particular structure in Dallas, possibly the Hunt Hill Bridge, as it would have significant coverage and documentation. I have met and talked with a possible mentor, a young civil engineer who works at a firm in Dallas, who has connections to a foundation that promotes women in science and technology. I was accepted into the Women in Engineering program at  Cornell in the Fall, and hope to make more connections there.