Year One (2017-2018)

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BCHEM 143: General Chemistry I
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BCHEM 144: Chemistry Lab
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BWRIT 135: Research Writing
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MUSEN 303: Marching Band
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BCHEM 153: General Chemistry II
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BCHEM 154: Chemistry Lab
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BBIO 180: Introductory Biology I
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BMATH 123: Precalculus II
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MUSEN 309: Concert Band
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BCHEM 163: General Chemistry III
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BCHEM 164: Chemistry Lab
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BBIO 200: Introductory Biology II
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BCUSP 203: Peer Instructor
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STMATH 124: Calculus I
Autumn Quarter 2017




Husky Marching Band!
Continuing on into college band has been a dream of mine since I first watched Michigan State University's marching band march in the 2014 Rose Parade. As soon as I knew I'd be attending the University of Washington, I signed up to audition for the Husky Marching Band and got in! The transition from classical band to marching band was difficult at first (I had never marched before) but I caught on quickly and loved my first season in HMB. Our first trip was to the Fiesta Bowl in Arizona to play against Penn State!

BWRIT 135: Research Writing (UWB)

Being one of my first three classes in college, I was so excited to take UW Bothell's Research Writing class! Starting with reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and applying the story to the writing process, we began learning practical research skills that would help us write out final research paper. When I first began the research process, I felt extremely lost. I began utilizing Boolean search operators taught class; for example, the first search I conducted included the search terms “united states presidential OR election.” Needless to say, my search returned a large amount results. I knew that I would need to create more specific searches, else I would not be able to find sources that directly correlated to my topic. I began searching for terms such as “social media AND fake news,” “youth voting,” and “political partisanship” to narrow my search results and help write my paper.
Winter Quarter 2018
BBIO 180: Introductory Biology I
While challenging, BIO 180 became one of my favorite classes in college! Initially, I felt thrown off by the exam style presented in the course. Made up of almost entirely free-response sections, the exams required you to both know biological concepts in addition to being able to apply them to different situations. Through BIO 180, I learned how to be more concise in my use of language, especially in scientific writing, got a great first start in biology coursework, and formed my first-ever college study group!





UW Healthcare Alternative Spring Break: Omak, WA
Early in my first year of college, I received an email from our pre-medical advisor about UW's Healthcare Alternative Spring Break program. Healthcare Alternative Spring Break’s mission centers around a commitment to exposing pre-health students to rural health disparities and inspiring the next generation of healthcare professionals to serve these populations. For our trip, my group and I went to Omak, Washington (population 5,000) and spent the week shadowing doctors, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, and more.
Kappa Kappa Psi: Gamma Chapter
Loving college band in my first year, I began looking for a way to develop my involvement in music and give back to the amazing music programs at the University of Washington. Soon after, I joined Kappa Kappa Psi: a national honorary band fraternity that provides service to university and community band programs. Throughout my time as an Active member, I have had the opportunity to participate in service projects ranging from helping teach new musicians in middle school to fundraising. My favorite service project my chapter has done is when we visited a local retirement community and performed live music. Later, through my role as Director of Post-Memborship Education, I worked to create interactive lessons for my fraternity. Overall, the purpose of these lessons was to keep all members up to date with fraternity values, ideals, and goals. Lessons, often spanning about half an hour in length, included formal presentations in addition to more relaxed small-group discussions. Each quarter, I guided my fraternity to learn more about strengthening brotherhood among members, brainstorming service projects, music, learning about leadership in and out of official positions, and learning how to engage in productive, but kind, dialogue about difficult topics such as sexual harassment policies.


Spring Quarter 2018
BCUSP 203: Peer Instructor Practicum & being an Orientation Leader!
Beginning in March, I was selected to be an Orientation Leader for the upcoming 2018-2019 school year! In addition to weekly training meetings as an Orientation Leader team, all of us also enrolled in a class with New Student Network Leaders and Peer Instructors for the on-campus Living Learning Communities. Throughout BCUSP 203, we learned about first-year and transfer students' transitions into college, and what that process might look like for students coming from all sorts of backgrounds and identities. One of the most challenging, but rewarding aspects of BCUSP 203 was how it helped me find my voice, and learn how to lead and communicate effectively!
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BCHEM 163: General Chemistry I (lab)
Instead of taking a lab pracical exam like we normally would at the end of each General Chemistry lab course, each lab partner team was tasked with creating a posterboard presentation showcasing how we conducted a previous lab from the quarter. Working with my awesome partner and friend, we chose to create our poster on the "Designing a Galvanic Cell" ;ab, which covered electrochemical cells, how to build them, and how to measure and maniuplate electrical voltage among battery cell units. Through the project, we got to learn how to create a traditional research posterboard, which will definitely come in handy later, in addition to learning what it might be like to present one's work at an event such as a research symposium in the future.
