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Maymester 2018 Stop 2: Monte Verita
Jun. 12, 2018—Hello again! Before beginning, if you have not yet read my post on our Maymester’s first stop, Geneva, Switzerland, be sure to check that out for more information on what a Maymester is and what brought me to Switzerland. So, to pick up where we left off, I travelled to Monte Verita with my class...
Vanderbilt’s Neuroscience Major
Mar. 30, 2018—Before coming to college, I had known that I wanted to study the brain. As a result, I chose to pursue the neuroscience major at Vanderbilt, despite not having much experience taking similar classes in high school. Neuroscience seems to be a college-specific line of coursework in many cases, so I wanted to provide some...
Spring Semester Check In
Feb. 19, 2018—It’s hard to believe that the semester is already almost halfway done, and I’m quickly on my way to being a senior. With midterms and Spring Break quickly approaching, here are some tips that I’ve found helpful to make sure that I’m on track for the rest of the semester: Go to office hours. Make...
Something(s) Good (The 3rd Thing I learned Sophomore Year)
Dec. 31, 2017—Research, Academics, Leadership, Friends, Family - five areas of my life where so much good has come!
How to Study (The 4th Thing I Learned Junior Year)
Dec. 17, 2017—Wow, this post is so important. Although I came to Vanderbilt as the valedictorian of my high school class, National Merit Scholar, AP Scholar, all the rest, I didn’t fully know how to study. I was doing parts of it: talking to myself outloud, creating quizlet sets, making connections between the material, but I didn’t...
The Complete Guide to Being Premed (The 2nd Thing I learned Junior Year)
Dec. 17, 2017—LITERALLY everything about being premed, from grades to extracurriculars to well, everything. Remember, folks. It's all psychological.
Just Take Time (The 1st Thing I learned Junior Year)
Dec. 17, 2017—Your brain is going to be quite non-alive after 2 AM, that extra 30 minutes actually means something, study fast and comprehensively
7 Days of Blogging: Fall 2017 Class Recap
Nov. 18, 2017—Happy (almost) Thanksgiving everyone! Partially as an exercise in gratitude and partially because I have an abundant amount of free time being home this week, I’m going to write one blog post a day for the next week in honor of my favorite place: Vandy! Before I start looking forward, I thought I’d take a...
How to take 2 labs at the same time
Oct. 14, 2017—Step 1: don’t do it! I’m just kidding. If your plans for the future require you to take a challenging course load, accept the challenge. Your friends will think you’re crazy, but once your figure out a good time management strategy, I promise it will not be crazy hard all the time. As a pre-med,...
How I Learned to Stop Worrying about STEM and Love Liberal Arts and AXLE
Sep. 5, 2017—Freshmen moving through the motions of the annual Commons Orientation ceremonies may notice that many of their peers have chosen to pursue some STEM major, perhaps even under a pre-med track. At many universities across the country, especially those specifically catered to STEM fields, students are capable of focusing their entire undergraduate curriculum on these...