Well hi

Hi my name is David Perez and I am yet another member of EVS. I am from Des Plaines, IL (NW suburb of Chicago) and though technically I am still a General Engineering major I will be an Aerospace Engineering major at the start of the next school year and I am already taking classes for the Aerospace major. Fun fact is that I am actually a year ahead of where I should be thanks to my parents (not my decision, I was like 6) and maybe I was not quite ready for college but college doesn't wait for you to be ready so well here I am. Its sad to think I will turn 21 my Senior year., but what can you do.

At UIUC there are so many different experiences to be had and it will probably take all your time here to do just a few of them. I haven't done as much on campus as maybe some of my peers but some of the things I have done include pledging a fraternity (didn't initiate, wasn't my thing), sold churros on the quad, attended "unofficial" meetings of poker club (real money was involved), played endless hours of COD (Call of Duty) and hackysack in a dorm, study my ass off for more tests than I can count, ultimate Frisbee, paintball, parties (won't talk about those) etc you get the picture.

I am not really involved in any clubs or organizations yet though I am a member of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and I would like to get involved with Engineers Without Borders at some point.

Sometimes I remember how easy my high school classes were compared to the ones here but well, thats why engineers make the big bucks. Well thats it for now but if there are any questions at all, as we will might try to stay away from some sensitive topics in the future, feel free to email me anything at perez34@illinois.edu