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In High School Hanh wasn’t very focused on academics. While STEM came naturally to her, she was more interested in relationships with people.

After high school, she joined Nursing School, but soon dropped out because of personal and financial hardships.

After working a number of years and saving up some money, Hanh decided to enroll in a local Community College for a Trigonometry course.

Hanh joins our podcast to share her road to undergraduate college, Dropping out of Nursing School, Going back to a Community College, Winning the Goldwater Scholarship, UG Research on Diseases, Transferring to NCSU for a 4-year degree program, and Advice for High Schoolers.

In particular, we discuss the following with her: 

• Overall Experience
• Gap Years
• Going Back College
• The Goldwater Scholarship
• Advice to High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introduction to Hanh Tran, NCSU []
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
• Overall UG Experience []
• High School Interests []
• Dropping Out of Nursing School []
• Back in School - bioMed []
• Starting at a Community College []
• More Classes at Community College []
• Getting into Research []
• Goldwater Scholarship []
• Goldwater Research Proposal []
• Why This Proposal? []
• Winning The Goldwater Scholarship []
• The GW Difference []
• Transition to a 4-Year College []
• Majoring in BioMedical and Health Sciences []
• Impact of UG Research []
• Research at NCSU []
• Advice for High Schoolers []
• Memories []

Our Guests: Hanh Tran, a Goldwater Scholar is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at North Carolina State University. 

Memorable Quote: “ So it wasn't until being out of school that I realized that the things I want to do in life, like what I found to be my purpose in life. Unfortunately, I could not get far unless I got an education. So the last few years, I have worked really hard to put myself in this position to be back in school.” Hanh Tran.

Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript.

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