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[quote=Anonymous]Hello, I am currently an AET sophomore and I would like to give you a breakdown of AET. I would like to talk about AET because many people are being way too arbitrary and biast towards it without actually having attended the program. AET is a school that is broken down into 3 separate pathways called IT, Engineering, and Entrepreneurship. IT is information technology and delves very deeply into computer science and I am a sophomore in IT, so I can give you the most input about that pathway. We have talked about fields such as data analytics, deep learning, artificial intelligence, computational neuroscience, bioinformatics, virtual reality, mobile, app, and web development. Our study primarily consists of learning all aspects of Java so that we can adapt our experience to any programming language for our Senior Research projects. In IT, we have also had a lot of guest speakers come to our fields to talk about what are the latest trends in technology and computer science so that students can begin formulating plans for their future research. We also have gone to a lot of computer science competition such as Martin Lockheed CodeQuest, TJ IOI, UVA, Virginia Tech, ACSL, and US Computing Olympiad. The curriculum for the 11th and 12th grade years is still in development but I will be sure to update another post about the IT classes for juniors and seniors. AS for engineering, they focus a lot on the Stanford Design Process in fields like mechanical and aeronautical engineering, CAD, microprocessors, 3D modeling, and nanotechnology. Lots of students from that pathway participate in a team for AET and AOS students called RoboLoco which is another fascinating way through which AET and AOS interact. In Entrepreneurship, students focus primarily on the marketing and entrepreneurial side of STEM learning about cost efficiency, optimization, profit, customer relations, fixed and variable costs, and papers that address the problems of their clients. They are doing several competitions like DECA and FBLA right now. Some ways through which we integrate our studies are in a competition called the Innovation Challenge for freshmen students only where students from all pathways divide into teams of 4 and 5 in order to develop a solution that will address a real-world problem. For instance, in the 1st year of AET, we worked with a global medical-device innovations company called K2M where we coordinated our efforts with them to create computer solutions or back braces that will make patients affected by scoliosis more compliant. The winning solution was an app called ScoliScan which uses a Google API called Project Tango which builds cameras into a 3D phone to analyze the angle and orientation of a spinal curve to determine normative models that fit this particular case and advise what are the best times to begin treatment to attempt to eliminate the problem entirely. We are also doing Independent Science Research projects which is new to our school but still challenges us to think in creative ways of emerging technologies and how we can integrate them to solve problems related to science. I am doing a research project in bioinformatics and deep learning. This is a good breakdown of AET and should allow you to see how our program with 300 students has rapidly developed over 2 years. If you would like to know more about AOS, MATA, or TJ, then you can read some other posts as they are equally as informative and helped me when I was deciding to apply during my 8th grade year. Thank you all for your time and I really hope you consider the Academy of Engineering and Technology for future admissions. [/quote]

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