Honor Society® member
James Maner
Delivery and construction assistant at Palmetto Thrift
- Computer Science
- Class of 2026
- Irmo, SC
Member since January 2023
About
I am a student who used to give very little care towards the quality of my work, I am not ashamed to admit it. I could not be more happy that my college transcript can fully reflect my current capabilities because my early years of high school were not true to what I believe myself to be worth. In the latter half of my high school years I managed to pull myself together and achieved a number of things I feel proud of. Establishing a student-led tutoring session for people struggling with mathematics, achieving state recognition for my Vex Robotics programming, and being in the top 30 students in the nation picked to present a product to the Samsung tech company. My work ethic has never been more constant than it is today and I am proud of my ability to balance high education, private practice for future careers, and a healthy social life.
Education
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clemson university
computer science
2022 – 2026
Honors and awards
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dean's list
I was awarded with a recognizable achievement after coming out of my first semester with a 4.0 GPA
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honor society
Having earned a sufficient GPA, I was invited into the honor society in order to gain some benefits from my work.
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Ever since I was a child I have wanted to do one thing and it has never changed. I want to develop video games. I know that it may not be the most noble profession but if such products can have as substantial an impact on me as a kid, then I want to be able to give that experience to as many people as possible.
- Graduate school interests
From my research, careers in the computer science field do not often require more than a bachelor's to be granted a position. However, if I graduate and I still feel as though there is much more I could be doing if I were to go to the fullest extent of my education, then I will happily return once I have saved enough money from my job at the time.
- Outside the classroom
In my rare free time I enjoy playing and programming a variety of different games. For a while I was the lead programmer on a state champion robotics team so I still keep up with my C+ practice. On a few occasions I have entered competitions to present products to companies such as Samsung, once presenting an app to them that I programmed myself.
Experience
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Delivery and construction assistant
Palmetto Thrift
May 2021 – Jul 2021
Volunteering
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Math Tutor (Alg 1,2,3 / Statistics / Calc 1&2)
Dutch Fork High School
Jan 2021 – May 2022
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Disaster aftermath rebuilding efforts
Operation Blessing
Apr 2015 – May 2015
Languages
- English (US) Fluent
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