STAR provides high school and college students the opportunity to pursue their passion while engaging in meaningful data science-related projects.
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I accepted an offer to attend The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I ended up receiving an academic achievement scholarship from UIUC. I couldn't have done it without RENCI's internship experience.
Before my internship, I did not know/understand the effort that went into project proposals and creating a DEI team. I have thoroughly enjoyed all that I have been able to learn while interning this semester.
I had a great experience as the RENCI Communications Team intern! I feel like I learned a lot in terms of public relations tasks and written materials.
The experience at RENCI is really great. I learned how to code and manage projects professionally. My supervisor Yufeng is a knowledgeable person and all my teammates are very helpful. The weekly meeting really helped me to understand the whole project and gave me a clear view of my current work.
I learned more about the [Computer Science] and Data Science field, especially how [Computer Science] can be related to many other aspects of academia. Additionally, I learned that I don't have to have a technical background to be in [Computer Science] and how project management is a great way to contribute to the team.