Tips on Starting the Semester off Strong

Students get back to studies as classes resume.
By Mira Bhimani, SCS Advising Leader Starting a new semester is always great because it gives you a chance to start fresh. Maybe you didn’t do so well last semester and want to redeem yourself, or you did well but now want to challenge yourself by starting a new job or research position. Maybe you are taking hard classes and are scared of your ability to manage them, or you struggle with balancing your academics and other responsibilities. From my own experience, here are some tips that I find useful whenever I start a new semester: Planning and organising...

Preparing for Career Fairs and Interviews: Leveraging your Experiences

Engineering Career Fair at the Activities and Recreation Center.
By: Katie Southon SCS Advising Leader With the first career fair of the semester starts, it can feel like the pressure is on to secure an internship or a job for the summer. To prepare effectively for future career fairs and interviews, it’s important to focus on leveraging your experiences to effectively communicate how you fit the role; even if your experiences don’t align exactly with the job description. If you have previous internship experience, great! You already have experience with the interview process and with industry. Brush up on what you...

Space Travel as a Chemical Engineer

Image of Mars Rover on the planet Mars. Image by WikiImages from Pixabay
By Milena Nutrobkina, 2020-2021 SCS Student Advising Leader When I was in elementary school, I became fascinated with space travel. I participated in an astrophysics camp where I learned how to use software that models distant solar systems on the weekends, and I joined a robotics club in school designing and building remote-controlled cars. You can see I have been interested in engineering from the beginning. Later on, I fell in love with chemistry. So, when I was applying to school, I was determined to find an engineering major that utilized chemistry, thus chemical engineering. However, I...
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