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Phillip liked to build things. Like growing popsicle sticks in elementary school. Technology fascinated him. At the same time he loved Humanities. He loved History.

When he started applying to Colleges, he hadn’t figured out whether he wanted to take the Liberal Arts route or pursue Engineering.

Phillip joins our podcast to share his undergraduate college journey at Olin College, Researching Government databases, Winning the Goldwater Scholarship, Internship at FCC, and Advice for High Schoolers.

In particular, we discuss the following with him: 

• Olin College Experience
• UG Research - Space Filings
• The Goldwater Scholarship
• Advice to High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introduction to Phillip Post, Olin []
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
• Overall Olin Experience []
• Why Olin? []
• High School Interests []
• Liberal Arts or Engineering? []
• Transition to Olin []
• The Classes []
• Profs []
• Starting UG Research []
• The Research - Space Filing []
• Applying for Goldwater Scholarship []
• Winning the Goldwater Scholarship []
• The Goldwater Difference []
• FCC Internship []
• Majoring in ECE []
• What Next? []
• Impact of Research []
• Advice for High Schoolers []
• Memory []

Our Guests: Phillip Post is a Goldwater Scholar studying Electrical Computer Engineering at Olin College of Engineering.

Memorable Quote: “So it's important to keep as much of an open mind as possible. And really think about what skills, even if I changed my path, what skills am I gonna take from path to path!” Phillip Post.

Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript.

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