MAJORS
LEARN BY DOING
- Cater Society for Junior Fellows
- Peer Tutor
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
- Computer Club
- WACapella, Business Vice President
SUPPORT FROM DONOR PROGRAM
Trying it All
Tegan McBride
Class of 2022鈥 Waterbury, ConnecticutMAJORS
LEARN BY DOING
- Cater Society for Junior Fellows
- Peer Tutor
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
- Computer Club
- WACapella, Business Vice President
SUPPORT FROM DONOR PROGRAM
Tegan swapped her oars for a computer, becoming an Anthropology and Computer Science double major鈥 realizing she鈥檚 ready to focus on her career.
鈥淚鈥檓 still testing the waters, so I鈥檓 applying to a bunch of different internships to see where I want to go. Google, national security, maybe game design.鈥
鈥淒efinitely try everything. I didn鈥檛 know what anthropology was when started at WC; I took it for distribution and now I love it,鈥 Tegan advises those unsure of their major.
While anthropology was a happy surprise for Teagan, she always had a knack for computer science; she previously volunteered with Random Acts of Kindness Junior, a program that teaches young girls how to code. After her first computer science course CSI 202 (her AP credits allowed her to skip 201) she knew it was what she wanted to major in.
鈥淚 loved everything about it. I love challenging myself and I was like, I can definitely see myself doing this.鈥
Now Tegan is a peer tutor in all three computer science courses, while taking computer science III herself, an opportunity awarded to very few students. Tegan says one of the best things about the Computer Science department is the faculty support she receives.
鈥淚 love the professors. Austin Lobo is my advisor and Shaun Ramsey is also incredible. In my game design class right now everyone loves Ramsey so much that when he walks in we all stand up and clap. It just shows how amazing he is. Both of them believe in me so much. They鈥檙e great people.鈥
Tegan is applying to study abroad next fall in Morocco at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (AUI), where she鈥檒l continue to focus on computer science.
鈥淢y professors say that everyone who comes back from AUI excels in every single class in the computer science program, so hopefully that will help my studies.鈥
What will Tegan will try next?
鈥淣ext semester I might take ballet,鈥 she says. 鈥淚鈥檝e never taken ballet but I was like, why not, if I have the time and I have the resources?鈥