Over the course of this four week internship I have not only been able to learn about new subjects but, I was able to learn more about myself. There were aspects of this internship that I believe I thrived with and other things that I realized weren't the best for me. This internship has made me realize that I will thrive better in a more collaborative space. Even though I believe that a collaborative environment is better for me, this internship gave me an opportunity to develop my self-advocacy skills and become more independent as it wasn't as collaborative. This was important for me to do because not everything will be collaborative and you need to be able to be independent. This internship allowed me to realize that I do not want to pursue a research focused career in my future. If I choose to pursue medicine, I now know that I can cross research based careers off of the list. While this internship narrowed down my choices within the medical field, it broadened all of my other options. This is because through this internship I realized that I won't truly know if I enjoy a certain career field unless I experience it. Since I was working with graduate students during this internship, it influenced me to be even more sure that I want to attend graduate school.
I was academically and professionally performing at my best throughout the internship. I believe that I was as prepared for this internship as I could have been. Of course looking back I would have done some things differently. For example, I would have filled out all of the paperwork a few weeks prior, however I couldn't have done that during this internship as I was not aware of the paperwork or the process. But, I can apply this knowledge to any future internships. Over the course of the internship I got more comfortable talking to my coworkers and working in the office. In any future internships I will be able to use this one as an example of what to do and what to improve on. I will be commenting on Jeremy and Nia's blogposts.
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Cheyenne
6/5/2019 09:55:32 pm
Hi Sasha,
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Gracie Hensley
6/6/2019 06:23:37 pm
I am glad you were able to look back at your internship and feel that you were able to get something valuable out of it. Do you feel you will be able to apply the skills you learned from this internship in the future?
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Sheyla M
6/6/2019 11:18:15 pm
I am curious to know if your view on UCSD has changed. I know that before internship you were interested in the school but it was not really your first choice. I wonder if you now think of UCSD differently. Do you see yourself being there?
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Devon Gibson
6/6/2019 11:37:54 pm
You seemed pretty prepared for this whole experience other than the paperwork. Has anything else come up that was completely unexpected? How did you handle it?
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