Facebook popped up a hilarious memory a couple of days ago. It was a status from my freshman year of college, right before my final. It read "Probably my hardest final of the quarter in two hours- 95% of my grade is the final and no curve. Ready to murder you calc 3B. Thanks for [...]
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My experience writing a senior thesis
I would like to preface by saying none of this is intended to come off as a brag or boast post. I am very eager to share my experience due to the number of questions I have received from friends as well as my enthusiasm for this opportunity. Sophomore year I was eager for research [...]
Havasupai Happened!
You have probably seen this campground before in a 60-second video on Facebook. If you haven't seen it there, perhaps you've seen it on a travel blog or magazine or instagram. Havasupai is hyped up, no question. Is it worth it? Yes. Me and five of my best buds headed out to Arizona for spring [...]
A very pink birthday
After a spectacular 22nd birthday, I highly encourage everyone with an awesome group of friends to think of the most obnoxious theme possible and throw a party. My theme? PINK. I think the pictures speak for themselves. My party? Landshark. It feels like ages since I have had a full birthday with a cake and [...]
Pre- Finals Positivity
Finals. They are around the corner. They are LURKING. They are merely a week away. They are NOT a definition of your self worth. They are NOT worth seriously compromising your health. They are NOT going to ruin your month if you don't let them. Now is the time I like to practice some zen [...]
College advice you haven’t heard 100 times already
I am a college fanatic. I am also somehow a senior, and it feels like I am asked amidst every day if I have some general advice. To be honest, I could talk all day, but I do have some tips that I didn't really hear as a freshman. All of these things have been [...]
ESRI Oceans Conference
Calling all oceanic science, mapping, and geography nerds! If you weren't at the ESRI Ocean Forum, you gotta get yourself there next year. Heres what I have to take away from my first real conference: Collaboration is a true strength in science. I cannot speak to how things were in the past in the scientific [...]
Eastern Sierra Shenanigans
*How has it already been half a quarter?? I have been behind on almost everything social media related (not a bad thing) including this blog. To be honest, I'm not feeling as inspired to write about myself and my 'journey' as I was this summer, so I debated not putting any more personal stories or [...]
How I’ve somehow acquired internships in college
I have to preface this post saying I am not, nor do I pretend to be, a STEM-superhero-guru type that has privileged knowledge or is trained in job searching. I am, however, a little craftier than the average bear because my GPA is not very competitive, and the baseline tips they give college students isn't [...]
Is it physically possible to enjoy mornings in college
Call it genetics, luck, or a divine gift, I, Paige Hoel, am now and always have been a morning person. I am also 21 and in a sorority, two demographics that are majority morning opposed unless brunch is involved. I get asked maybe 5 times a week how I am able to be a morning [...]
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