Over the course of my college experience, I’ve found that science and math classes are the most difficult to study for and excel in. Maybe it’s just me, but these classes tend to forgo general textbook information and definitions and ask you for much more than information regurgitation, and that can be seriously frightening. However,…
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Chats With Kat: Vol. 1
Hello friends – I am here with a little chit-chat post, and this series has a new name: Chats with Kat! I have been writing Life Updates posts for a while now, but I thought that this collection should have a a name (plus, it rhymes, which makes everything 1000000x better). It seems as though…
Fall 2017 Semester Goals
My first day of classes is today (eek!), and as I was walking around campus last week watching all of the new freshmen arrive for the first time, the realization that I am about to start my junior year of college really hit me. Junior year means getting to really know my major, taking on…
My Experience as an Engineering Intern
While I’ve been in the process of moving back in to school this week and getting acclimated to dorm-life again, I have been doing quite a bit of reflecting on my summer internship. It’s kind of surreal to think that the last time I spoke about this experience on the blog I was just finishing…
#STEMBabes – Advice From an Incoming CS Freshman
Hi, and welcome back to the #STEMBabes series! (If you haven’t read my introductory post to this series, please click over and read it now!) While I have taken quite a long break from this series (and my blog for that matter, but we’ll get to that another time!), #STEMBabes is something I am really…
The Awkward Girl’s Guide to Networking
As a self-proclaimed awkward person and a newbie in the professional world, networking is definitely not my cup of tea. Even though I do consider myself to be a people person, talking to people in order to develop connections and “build my professional brand” can feel difficult – after all, I find talking to people…
Life Updates Pt. 2
Oh hi – did you miss me? I know I haven’t been consistent in posting on here, and I know I keep making excuses and I’m sorry about it. This blog is still important to me & something I hope to be proud of, but this summer has somehow simultaneously been everything I’ve hoped for…
May Favorites (+ Blog Update!)
I’m telling you, this year is going by way too fast for my liking. As of Thursday we will officially be halfway done with 2017, and I honestly can’t believe it. Things have changed quite a bit since my last life updates post, even though it has really been only a month. I completed my…
5 Internship Tips for Your First Day!
We all know what time it is – summer internship season! A chance for all of us budding young professionals to really experience what it’s like in the “real world” and put our skills to the test. Yesterday was my first day at my new internship, and it was nerve-wracking to say the least. There…
5 Ways to Have a Productive Summer
WE DID IT! Summer is finally here – no more exams, no more 8:30am classes, and no more staying up until the break of dawn finishing Differential Equations homework (…or was that just me?). Even though I am always thankful for the mental break that comes with the summer, I always fear that I will…
