{"id":598,"date":"2021-06-15T14:28:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T14:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/?page_id=598"},"modified":"2022-06-23T19:40:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T19:40:08","slug":"for-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"For Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"598\" class=\"elementor elementor-598\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4667c055 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4667c055\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b3b42ca\" data-id=\"2b3b42ca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e549b96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e549b96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">For Students<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79a1d41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79a1d41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>Engineering students have a lot going on, and it can sometimes feel overwhelming. We believe this page can help you learn how other engineering students have navigated their time in college, so you can learn what worked well for them (and what didn\u2019t). This page has some condensed takeaways that can give you a starting point to dive into the stories. We also provide some tags that we think would be especially useful to students.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93e7766 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-cool_tag_cloud\" data-id=\"93e7766\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-cool_tag_cloud.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5><\/h5><div class=\"cool-tag-cloud\"><div class=\"ctcsilver\"><div class=\"ctcleft\"><div class=\"arial\" style=\"text-transform:none!important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/tag\/encountering-difficulty\/\" class=\"tag-cloud-link tag-link-34 tag-link-position-1\" style=\"font-size: 17px;\" aria-label=\"encountering &amp; overcoming difficulty (54 items)\">encountering &amp; overcoming difficulty<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/tag\/group-projects\/\" class=\"tag-cloud-link tag-link-36 tag-link-position-2\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\" aria-label=\"group projects (17 items)\">group projects<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/tag\/mental-health\/\" class=\"tag-cloud-link tag-link-35 tag-link-position-3\" style=\"font-size: 14.125px;\" aria-label=\"mental health (18 items)\">mental health<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/tag\/summer-jobs\/\" class=\"tag-cloud-link tag-link-41 tag-link-position-4\" style=\"font-size: 14.625px;\" aria-label=\"summer jobs (22 items)\">summer jobs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/tag\/why-engineering\/\" class=\"tag-cloud-link tag-link-32 tag-link-position-5\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\" aria-label=\"why engineering? (17 items)\">why engineering?<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c519ea3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-image-accordion\" data-id=\"c519ea3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-image-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"eael-img-accordion accordion-direction-horizontal eael-img-accordion-horizontal-align-center eael-img-accordion-vertical-align-center\" id=\"eael-img-accordion-c519ea3\" data-img-accordion-id=\"c519ea3\" data-img-accordion-type=\"on-hover\">\n                    \n            <a class=\"eael-image-accordion-hover\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Artboard-2.png);\" href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/stories\/\"  tabindex=\"0\">\n            <div class=\"overlay\">\n                <div class=\"overlay-inner\">\n                    <div class=\"overlay-inner \">\n                        <h2>Story Collection<\/h2>                        <p><p>We\u2019ve included some quick summaries of students\u2019 stories that speak to common experiences and provide links to the full stories from students.<\/p><\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n                    \n            <a class=\"eael-image-accordion-hover\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Artboard-3-1.png);\" href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/for-faculty\/#conanddef\"  tabindex=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"overlay\">\n                <div class=\"overlay-inner\">\n                    <div class=\"overlay-inner \">\n                        <h2>Concepts and Definitions<\/h2>                        <p><p>If you want to learn more about the project, then these concepts and definitions may be useful.<\/p><\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n                    \n            <a class=\"eael-image-accordion-hover\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/share2.png);\" href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/share-your-story\/\"  tabindex=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"overlay\">\n                <div class=\"overlay-inner\">\n                    <div class=\"overlay-inner \">\n                        <h2>Share Your Story<\/h2>                        <p><p>Your story can help other students and help represent other experiences.<\/p><\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n        <style typr=\"text\/css\">\n                    #eael-img-accordion-c519ea3 .eael-image-accordion-hover:hover {\n                        flex: 3 1 0% !important;\n                    }\n                    #eael-img-accordion-c519ea3 .eael-image-accordion-hover:hover:hover .overlay-inner * {\n                        opacity: 1;\n                        visibility: visible;\n                        transform: none;\n                        transition: all .3s .3s;\n                    }\n                <\/style>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43ca5d1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43ca5d1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tip #1: Friends and study partners can come from anywhere\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25ce04fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25ce04fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>College may be the first time you\u2019ve been on your own without your old friend groups, and it can be hard to make new friends. Study groups are one of the common ways in which people meet each other. Some of our participants share their stories about their groups and how they\u2019ve been helpful for studying and support.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c5d6023 elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-adv-tabs\" data-id=\"1c5d6023\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-adv-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t        <div id=\"eael-advance-tabs-1c5d6023\" class=\"eael-advance-tabs eael-tabs-horizontal\" data-tabid=\"1c5d6023\">\n            <div class=\"eael-tabs-nav\">\n                <ul class=\"eael-tab-inline-icon\">\n                                            <li class=\"inactive\">\n                                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bitmoji_Tchuck_thumb.png\" alt=\"\">\n                                                             <span class=\"eael-tab-title\">Tchuck & Study Groups<\/span>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"inactive\">\n                                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Bitmoji_Anna-e1615882732903.png\" alt=\"\">\n                                                             <span class=\"eael-tab-title\">Anna & Support<\/span>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"eael-tabs-content\">\n                \n                    <div class=\"clearfix inactive\">\n                                                    <p>Study groups are important for keeping up with classes and for meeting new people. When Tchuck had to leave campus because of the pandemic, he realized how much time he spent with his fellow engineering students and how they helped him keep up with his classes:<\/p><blockquote><p>\u201cOverall, the study groups really helped me in terms of the couple of hot points that were my exam grades. So, that was good. I mean, yeah. I will say that, not even group, just friends in general definitely helps with the hot points I would say. Just, find people and talk to people.<\/p><p>\u201cI think not being on campus is definitely going to hinder me because I do think that being on campus, especially with my roommate that was an engineer, as well as being around other engineers all the time, definitely helped me navigate engineering\u2026.\u00a0 I think that just the biggest thing is probably the, not the social, but I guess the, study groups thing. I do think that genuinely helped a lot. And also one of the things that we\u2019d figured out for orgo would be we all take the quiz together\u2026 I think other people are also trying to set up that type of stuff again too. So, I do think a lot of it\u2019s just going to be trying to still, consistently do what we were doing, just obviously, adapting to the new situation that we\u2019re in now.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>                                            <\/div>\n                \n                    <div class=\"clearfix inactive\">\n                                                    <p>Anna had a rough time during her third year, but she was able to stay social by meeting with her classmates to study. Her new friends helped her stay focused in her classes, but also helped her deal emotionally with the fallout from an incident that had happened earlier in the year:<\/p><blockquote><p>\u201cI met Oliver because we both spent an obscene amount of time at the library. So, I would always see him around and he would always see me around\u2026. So, we hung out in the library a couple times and then I was like, \u201cHey, I\u2019m going to actually the Free Library. You want to come?\u201d So, we went on a decently long walk over there. We checked it out. I got really excited about all the books. And we just had really good conversation and then we were friends.<\/p><p>\u201cThe incident kind of really messed with me. The things that did help were talking to my best friend who has gone through similar experiences, and reaching out to people who I know care about me. But the pivotal moment that turned me from just really super messed up to starting to be okay again was Oliver encouraged me to tell my parents what happened. And I feel like sharing that with them made me feel less like it was my burden and more like it was okay to talk about. And, I don\u2019t know. I think the only reason I didn\u2019t completely fail my classes is because I have friends in them and they would always be like, \u201d Anna, did you do the homework?\u201d And I\u2019d be like, \u201cOh, I guess I got to do the homework.\u201d That sort of thing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>                                            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-712452d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"712452d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tip #2: Failure doesn\u2019t mean you should give up.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36631fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36631fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>There are lots of reasons why you might get a bad grade in a class, but you can always improve the next time around. Encountering failure and overcoming it is an important part of being an engineer \u2013 there\u2019s a reason why it\u2019s one of <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/tag\/encountering-difficulty\/\">our most popular tags<\/a>! Here are a few quotes from students talking about failure and how they pushed past it.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-629352cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-adv-tabs\" data-id=\"629352cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-adv-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t        <div id=\"eael-advance-tabs-629352cf\" class=\"eael-advance-tabs eael-tabs-horizontal\" data-tabid=\"629352cf\">\n            <div class=\"eael-tabs-nav\">\n                <ul class=\"eael-tab-inline-icon\">\n                                            <li class=\"inactive\">\n                                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bitmoji_John_thumb.png\" alt=\"\">\n                                                             <span class=\"eael-tab-title\">John & Mental Health<\/span>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"inactive\">\n                                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/josh_thumb.png\" alt=\"\">\n                                                             <span class=\"eael-tab-title\">Josh & Helpful Faculty<\/span>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"inactive\">\n                                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Joy_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                                             <span class=\"eael-tab-title\">Joy, Josh, & Hard Classes<\/span>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"eael-tabs-content\">\n                \n                    <div class=\"clearfix inactive\">\n                                                    <p>John had a tough semester and failed two of his classes in a semester. But he worked to understand why he was failing and talked with other people who helped him realize that he could still succeed. By talking about his mental health with his therapist, family, and friends, John was able to get the support he needed to move forward:<\/p><blockquote><p>\u201cAfter Thanksgiving, I realized that I was going to fail a class. I had to choose between engineering and physics. The engineering was just statics, and it was a very first engineering class and the very first one that involved math and physics to a more practical degree. I decided to stop going to that class so I could focus on physics\u2026 I ended up talking to an electrical engineer who has actually helped through failing classes for the past few years. He\u2019s someone that I look up to highly. Hearing that I was going to be okay, it really helped. I feel less bad about failing classes now.<\/p><p>\u201cI went back home after finals. On the ride home, I talked to my mom about my mental health and about how I failed the classes because she has access to my grades. I let her know that it was a combination of both the difficulty of the classes and my mental health\u2026. My mom, she doesn\u2019t quite understand mental illness quite as much as my sisters and I would like. My younger sister is going through mental illness. She is diagnosed with depression, anxiety and ADHD. Last week, I was just diagnosed with major depressive disorder. My mom is having a hard time understanding why can\u2019t you get over this and just focus? I went to therapy without telling my mom. I didn\u2019t want to seem weak or low. I relied on a lot of my friends and my therapist.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>                                            <\/div>\n                \n                    <div class=\"clearfix inactive\">\n                                                    <p>Supportive faculty and TAs are important resources for overcoming failure. Josh had some encounters with faculty that were less-than supportive, but others were more helpful:<\/p><blockquote><p>I\u2019ve only ever had a few bad experiences with faculty members. The professor I have for my math methods class is very rude and short at times, when you ask questions, and it almost seems like she doesn\u2019t want to help or that she feels that the questions I\u2019m asking, I shouldn\u2019t be asking. It\u2019s frustrating when faculty members treat you like a child and act like you\u2019re dumb for asking questions on things they think you should know, when they\u2019re the one with a doctorate and you\u2019re the one going to school. But I\u2019d say those experiences are very far and few between.<br \/>During an event orientation, a professor I had last semester pat my shoulder to say hello, so later I walked to his office. Even though we are both busy, we still talked for 20 minutes about my co-op and how I\u2019m doing in school. The machine design professor sat down with me before this exam because I feel like I\u2019m going to fail. He made me answer the questions to prove that I knew enough to what I was talking about to do decent on the exam. It\u2019s also finding the time to relax in situations where it feels like I have none. I feel like it\u2019s evident that I talked to my professors. I am very open about things going on in my life.<\/p><\/blockquote>                                            <\/div>\n                \n                    <div class=\"clearfix inactive\">\n                                                    <p>Some courses are difficult to get through. Joy and Josh talk about some of their harder classes, but also how to develop a mentality that lets you see past the difficulty right in front of you to the larger picture:<\/p><blockquote><p>Joy: Because it was so difficult a year ago. Then, I was just so tired from trying that two semesters ago. This last semester, I was just really discouraged in my abilities to work through my classes and the homework. I was just talking with a friend about this, that it\u2019s gotten to the point where the last time I can remember feeling like I\u2019m actually good at something was high school\u2026. Whereas, heat transfer is something, you fail a quiz, and then you do fine on the homework and that\u2019s because you spent hours and hours and hours on it. Then, you fail a quiz, and then you fail a test, and it just keeps going.<\/p><p>Josh: So, I realized a high grade isn\u2019t the only grade you can get. I also realized it\u2019s a culmination of concepts, but as long as I get the ones that I\u2019m there to master, that\u2019s what the program was focused on teaching me at that time\u2026. I just took that to heart and I just committed myself to say okay, well now I know. You know, I\u2019ve got to make sure I\u2019m on top. It\u2019s kind of just a mental commitment more so than anything. It is more studying, I think a little bit more. But I think it\u2019s more so asking questions and making sure I understand the concepts in a deeper sense.<\/p><\/blockquote>                                            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b9103a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b9103a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tip #3: Internships and co-ops are opportunities to learn more about the real experiences of engineers<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c79938e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c79938e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>Many engineering programs require students to complete internships and co-ops. Finding a position can be intimidating, but students report learning a lot from the experience. Sometimes the material they work on helps them in their classes, but more often it helps them understand what their classes are for.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35c60bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-adv-tabs\" data-id=\"35c60bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-adv-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t        <div id=\"eael-advance-tabs-35c60bb\" class=\"eael-advance-tabs eael-tabs-horizontal\" data-tabid=\"35c60bb\">\n            <div class=\"eael-tabs-nav\">\n                <ul class=\"eael-tab-inline-icon\">\n                                            <li class=\"inactive\">\n                                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Joy_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                                             <span class=\"eael-tab-title\">Joy's Confidence<\/span>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"inactive\">\n                                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/josh_thumb.png\" alt=\"\">\n                                                             <span class=\"eael-tab-title\">Josh's Independence<\/span>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li class=\"inactive\">\n                                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/STORIES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/lauren_thumb2.png\" alt=\"\">\n                                                             <span class=\"eael-tab-title\">Lauren's Opportunity<\/span>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"eael-tabs-content\">\n                \n                    <div class=\"clearfix inactive\">\n                                                    <p>Joy\u2019s internship experiences helped her build confidence and focus less on her grades:<\/p><blockquote><p>\"The engineers were very kind, and I learned a lot from them. And I\u2019m more confident in my ability to go through the engineering process of, \u201cWe have a need. How do we solve that need,\u201d and how to get from Step A to B to C and finally putting it on the machine. Because it was a small company, I was able to actually see the very start all the way to actually shipping it out on the unit that the customer was going to use.<\/p><p>\"Overall, this year has been really great in my journey to becoming an engineer. I guess, just not being bothered by grades, and putting more of my identity in, I don\u2019t know, just being confident in myself, and not putting my identity in my grades. That was the big thing. I\u2019m like, \u201cI am done putting my identity in my grades and I\u2019m focusing more on myself and the relationships I have with people in my life who\u2019ve influenced me to be better.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>                                            <\/div>\n                \n                    <div class=\"clearfix inactive\">\n                                                    <p>Josh found that working in industry required a different amount of independence and creativity that made him feel like an engineer in ways his classes hadn\u2019t:<\/p><blockquote><p>\"I started working at my internship. It\u2019s two credits for the internship. I was very excited. It was a very fulfilling experience. The company was very good. I was able to achieve a lot of personal goals and spend time with friends on the weekends. I went dinner with my team\u2026. I think the internship prepared me to manage time and figure out what\u2019s the best solution. I was not prepared for independence but adapting it. In school, I\u2019m given assignments and was told what to do. Here, I was given problems to figure out how to test by myself.<\/p><p>\"I gained a lot of experience from the real world. I\u2019ve had 12 jobs since 14, but none of them were engineering jobs. Having an engineering job allowed me to be used to being a professional. That taught me even if the concepts don\u2019t apply, there is a baser reasoning to what I\u2019m doing. I can look at a problem now and solve it without any help.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>                                            <\/div>\n                \n                    <div class=\"clearfix inactive\">\n                                                    <p>Lauren turned an undergraduate research experience into an internship at a national lab:<\/p><blockquote><p>\"In addition to coursework, I am an undergraduate researcher working with a professor who studies Nano-materials. The Professor is like my boss, I guess. He\u2019s a dude who runs the whole lab, and he tells us like, hey, we\u2019re going to work on this project, or we\u2019re going to work on that project. But he was one of the people who went up to the national lab to do the measurements. In general, he\u2019s the one that knows most of what he\u2019s doing at the lab, because he\u2019s actually a doctor. He\u2019s actually got a doctorate. So yeah, he knows a bunch of stuff about magnetism and Nano-materials.<\/p><p>\"This research opportunity led to me receiving an internship offer to work at the national lab. The professor I work with in the lab mentioned how there was an internship at the national lab we collaborate with, the place he did the measurements, for experiments. He encouraged me to apply for the internship. I said, okay, I\u2019ll do that. And so, I applied for it. 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