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| − | My name is Niels P. Zussblatt, though most people call me "Z" since I have the honor of being the only Academy student with that letter starting my last name. I get annoyed whenever anything is done alphabetically as a result.
| + | ==About Me== |
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| − | | + | * '''Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics, and Computing''' - [[Navigators|Navigator]] (Class of 2008). |
| − | | + | * '''[http://web.mit.edu/ Massachusetts Institute of Technology]''' (MIT), Dept. of Chemical Engineering - Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering (Class of 2012) |
| − | ==Pre-Academy==
| + | * '''[http://www.ucsb.edu/ University of California - Santa Barbara]''' (UCSB) - Dept. of Chemical Engineering - Ph.D. student |
| − | I was born in New York in 1990, and moved to Missouri in 1993.
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| − | Before the Academy I went to Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield, MO. There were about 300 people in my class. At PCHS I was on the Student Council, and a member of both the Academic Team as well as Science Olympiad.
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| − | I felt bored most of the time while there, so I decided to come here. I was really looking forward to coming here until I got my acceptance letter and actually realized I would be leaving the few friends I had at my school. If you are someone who is a prospective student of the Academy, let me tell you that you can keep your friends at home and meet the wonderful people here.
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| − | ==Interests==
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| − | *Books
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| − | **Harry Turtledove
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| − | *Music
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| − | **Black Sabbath
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| − | **Blue Oyster Cult
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| − | **The Eagles
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| − | **Electric Light Orchestra
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| − | **Foreigner
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| − | **Johnny Cash
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| − | **Journey
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| − | **Linkin Park
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| − | **Meat Loaf
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| − | **Nirvana
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| − | **Pink Floyd
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| − | **REO Speedwagon
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| − | **U2
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| − | **Weird Al
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| − | *Subjects
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| − | **Chemistry
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| − | **History
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| − | *Games
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| − | **Civilization III
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| − | **Age of Empires II
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| − | **Railroad Tycoon II
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| − | **Pinball
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| − | **RISK
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| − | **Monopoly
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| − | *TV/Movies
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| − | **Star Trek
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| − | **Star Wars
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| − | ***Episodes 3,4,5
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| − | **The Great Escape
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| − | **Borat
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| − | **Simpsons
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| − | **Futurama
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| − | **The History Channel
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| − | **House
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| − | ==Dislikes==
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| − | *The Unintelligent
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| − | *Boring classes
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| − | *People who don't try their best
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| − | *Excess Heat and Humidity
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| − | =="Methyl Ethyl Ketones"==
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| − | Methyl-ethyl ketones: little chemical compounds made of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen.
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| − | *Oh, I wish I was a methyl-ethyl-ketone, | |
| − | *That is what I truly want to be,
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| − | *For if I was a methyl-ethyl-ketone,
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| − | *Everyone would want to bond with me,
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| − | *But I know I'm not a methyl-ethyl-ketone,
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| − | *That is something I could never be,
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| − | *But if I was a methyl-ethyl-ketone,
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| − | *I'd be really, really tiny.
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| − | ==Other Thoughts==
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| − | *The Academy can get boring on weekends
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| − | *The rooms aren't as small as they seem; there is plenty of space for 2 people
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| − | *Classes and work aren't too bad, just don't fall behind
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| − | *Pay attention in classes and studying is easy, don't pay attention at your own risk!
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| − | *Get out of your room or off your computer; go talk to people!
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| − | *Everyone hates the University laptops ("crap-tops"), but if you aren't too computer savvy, they work just fine most of the time.
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| − | *Join Organizations and Clubs; I'm in: | |
| − | **Model United Nations
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| − | **MASMAbots (Robotics)
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| − | **Astronomy Club
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| − | **Chess/Go Club
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| − | **Adventure Club
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| | ==Contact Info== | | ==Contact Info== |
| − | *To people who think they like to come here, go ahead, e-mail me any questions you have. | + | * niels.p.zussblatt@gmail.com |
| − | *To current Academites, keep in touch.
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| − | *niels@z6.com
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| − | Niels P. Zussblatt
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