Reflecting back on my first blog post, it is really awesome to see how much I have grown since May. When I wrote that first blog post, I remember thinking that every laboratory task felt incredibly complicated. Even simple things, like knowing where different solutions were stored, were unknown to me. Tissue extraction and microscopy…
Category: #10: Summer Reflection
Please reflect back on your first blog post. This means you’ll be reflecting both on the letter you wrote to yourself as well as your overall experience this summer. You may choose to discuss things that you have learned, reflect back on the challenges you shared in blog #8, tell us about what you were empowered by, and/or how you will bring your WAGSFP experience with you as you continue your journey toward your vision and dreams?
THIS IS IT!
Dear Me from 10 weeks prior, Look at you! As per usual, this fellowship felt way too short, like with most good things in life. Moreover, you set off to accomplish quite a bit this summer, and while you were able to get quite a bit done in terms of your research and medical school…
Summer Reflection
I truly can say that this summer I had a wonderful experience participating in the Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program. Despite my previous experience working in research, I gained a lot more knowledge about different aspects of Research that I didn’t know much about. In addition, I made a lot of friendships with amazing…
All good things must come to an end…
Wow. I cannot believe I’m sitting here, writing my final blog post. As I reflect on my first blog post, “A Letter to My Future Self,” I feel a great sense of accomplishment, and a little bit bittersweet. All of my expectations for what I wanted to learn and experience this summer were met, but…
Letter to Myself: The Sequel
Dear Madeline (or whoever else is reading), I can’t believe this fellowship is already over. You’ve come a long way since 10 weeks ago, and done a lot of work. Looking back on the first letter, I can’t help but laugh a little at your excitement to start the second part of your project –…
Dear Past Self
Dear Past Self, In your first blog post, you reflected on the situations that had brought you to WAGSFP. I’ll let you know what you’ll have come to learn by the very first days of August 2018, due to the efforts that you will make in the time that you spend here. I’ve had some…
Letter Respsonse
Hey Riley, WAGSFP is officially over! You survived your first summer in Ann Arbor and loved it, and getting to present your research at symposium was ~amazing~. As expected, this research has been a great time for your research skills to grow, and your mentor has been an invaluable resource for questions about grad school…
Category is: Summer Reflection
This blog post is a response to my first blog found here Dear Past Kalei, You made it through the program. Proud of you bud. No time to slack off, there is still so much to do. STUDY FOR THE GRE (also register for it). FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU WANT TO APPLY TO GRAD SCHOOL.…
Blog #10: Response to Original Letter
Hey Present Sam, Future Sam here. It’s nice to hear from you. You’re not looking half bad yourself. I myself am currently wrapping up my last week in the WAGSFP summer fellowship. Time sure does fly when you’re working 50 hours a week. Well, like you predicted, this fellowship has given you amazing exposure to…
Final Thoughts
Well, as I predicted in my original letter, I certainly grew this summer. I know infinitely more about the psychological research process. As I have always been, I’m very grateful for the opportunity to conduct my own research, because I learned way more than I think I would have by just working in a new…