Listen "A trip from courses to real life: Pioneer alum Gayatri shares her insights from high school and college life"
Episode Synopsis
This episode of Uncharted features Wendy, who conducted research at Pioneer in 2022 in economics, interviewing Gayatri, who conducted research at Pioneer in 2019 in history.
Gayatri studies psychology, history, and economics at Barnard College. Gayatri likes applying theoretical knowledge in real life. She highlights how having close conversations with professors has helped her in college life. Gayatri sheds light on freshman college activities and the types of clubs to join and the timing and advantages of undergraduate research. She also mentions her summer internship as a venture capital analyst, and how that helped her with her technical skills and financial decisions later on. Gayatri gives some practical tips on how to choose an internship and better use your undergrad time.
To hear more from Gayatri and her advice on applying to internships and doing research that is closely related to real life, listen to the short episode here.
Gayatri studies psychology, history, and economics at Barnard College. Gayatri likes applying theoretical knowledge in real life. She highlights how having close conversations with professors has helped her in college life. Gayatri sheds light on freshman college activities and the types of clubs to join and the timing and advantages of undergraduate research. She also mentions her summer internship as a venture capital analyst, and how that helped her with her technical skills and financial decisions later on. Gayatri gives some practical tips on how to choose an internship and better use your undergrad time.
To hear more from Gayatri and her advice on applying to internships and doing research that is closely related to real life, listen to the short episode here.
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