Seniors of CPS: Reier T.

Interview conducted by Surina P.

Monday, March 26, 2026.

Surina: Hey Reier! Ready to start your Seniors of CPS interview?

Reier: Yes I am!

Surina: Okay, let’s with some rapid-fire questions. First, what is one item on your bucket list??

Reier: I want to go to Antarctica.

Surina: Cool! What’s your favorite way to spend a rainy day?

Reier: I enjoy reading or maybe playing poker with my friends…yeah.

Surina: Nice! What is your favorite pasta shape?

Reier: Probably just spaghetti. Very boring.

Surina: Next question: what was your best or favorite childhood Halloween costume?

Reier: Um, I think when I was really young I was a pumpkin. So, in kindergarten, I think that was very cute and there were a lot of pictures of that, so probably the pumpkin.

Surina: I was a pumpkin at some point as well! Definitely a classic costume. Okay, last rapid-fire question: which did you prefer, Freshman physics or Asian Worlds?

Reier: Asian worlds.

Surina: Time for some longer-response questions! What’s something not a lot of people know about you?

Reier: Maybe that I was an Eagle Scout and that I did a lot of camping. I did a lot of community service there too and I really enjoy the outdoors.

Surina: If you could say thank you to one place on campus, where would it be?

Reier: One place.. I’d probably say the library. I really enjoy it when it’s raining outside, there’s not a lot of other places to go. It’s a pretty nice temp in there usually and a lot of my friends, And it’s a good place to work.

Surina: The library is a great lock-in space. If you could give advice to your freshman self, what would it be?

Reier: I mean this is kind of boring but probably just try more things freshman year. I think I was probably a little scared, probably too focused on trying to make friends But I think there were a lot of opportunities I could have tried and I could’ve learned more about myself faster through freshman year. There are a lot of opportunities to try different things, different types of activities. Overall just try to do more.

Surina: Good advice. What is one of your favorite CPS memories?

Reier: So far, snowtrip. It was just very fun. We had a lot of freedom on snowtrip. I just got to spend a lot of time with my friends, we got to do cool hikes, we played board games together, we played poker. Yeah, it was a very fun and free trip.

Surina: Alright last question… where do you see yourself in five years?

Reier: Probably employed at Citadel or James Street doing come type of math/computer science/data science type role, as an analyst.