{"id":1719,"date":"2017-06-15T15:40:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T15:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=1719"},"modified":"2017-06-15T20:25:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T20:25:16","slug":"tstc-student-qa-with-amariya-taylor-of-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=1719","title":{"rendered":"TSTC Student Q&#038;A with Amariya Taylor of Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(RED OAK) \u2013 Amariya Taylor, 20, of Dallas is a Computer Aided Drafting and Design Technology major at Texas State Technical College in North Texas scheduled to graduate with an associate degree in spring 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is a 2015 graduate of Skyline High School in Dallas, where she was in the National Honor Society and played volleyball.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How did you learn about Texas State Technical College?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cI was originally going to school for prelaw, but one of my teachers said I was good at mathematics and said I should go somewhere else for college. My godfather heard about the technical college from a friend. I visited the campus first and then applied.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How did you become interested in Computer Aided Drafting and Design Technology?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cI like designing and I\u2019m very creative. This is a program where you can design and create, and I have the software programs to do it. It was great once I got adjusted to the work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What is your plan for after graduation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? \u201cI want to go to work, but I also want to get a bachelor\u2019s degree in engineering or architecture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What advice would you give to high school students thinking about attending college?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cIf you declare a major and then change it, you are starting all over. You have to stay on top of the financial information and not turn your work in at the last minute. You have to talk to your success coach.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What do you like to do away from classes and studying?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cI like to work out at the gym. I go to church and like to take part in church activities. I enjoy going to museums and amusement parks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the careers that students who study Computer Aided Drafting and Design Technology can pursue include architectural drafting, civil drafting, electrical drafting, architecture and computer engineering, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TSTC in North Texas will host summer Registration Rally events from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on June 20, July 13 and Aug. 8 for prospective students to enroll for the fall semester.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on Texas State Technical College, go to tstc.edu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSC0590-north-texas-q-and-a-photo-june-15-2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1720\" src=\"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSC0590-north-texas-q-and-a-photo-june-15-2017-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0590 north texas q and a photo june 15, 2017\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSC0590-north-texas-q-and-a-photo-june-15-2017-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSC0590-north-texas-q-and-a-photo-june-15-2017-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSC0590-north-texas-q-and-a-photo-june-15-2017-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSC0590-north-texas-q-and-a-photo-june-15-2017-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DSC0590-north-texas-q-and-a-photo-june-15-2017.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(RED OAK) \u2013 Amariya Taylor, 20, of Dallas is a Computer Aided Drafting and Design Technology major at Texas State Technical College in North Texas scheduled to graduate with an associate degree in spring 2018. She is a 2015 graduate of Skyline High School in Dallas, where she was in the National Honor Society and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-northtexas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1721,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719\/revisions\/1721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}