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Kaitlyn had a lot of different interests in High School. She was a lot into sports - rowing, taekwondo. She loved math, sciences, and languages.

She didn’t really know what she wanted to study in College.

So, she was looking for a college with the opportunity to study across a number of disciplines and be able to interact with students from fields other than her own.

Kaitlyn joins our podcast to share her undergraduate experience at Northwestern, UG Research in Aging, Winning the Goldwater Scholarship, Majoring in Biological Sciences, and Advice for High Schoolers.

In particular, we discuss the following with her: 

• Overall Experience
• Interest in Research
• The Goldwater Scholarship
• Advice to High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introduction to Kaitlyn Hung, Northwestern []
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
• Overall Northwestern Experience []
• Why Northwestern? []
• High School Interests []
• Transition to College []
• Peers []
• Interest in Research []
• Kinds of Research []
• Impact of Research []
• Applying for Goldwater Scholarship []
• Goldwater Scholarship Application []
• Winning The Goldwater Scholarship []
• The Goldwater Difference []
• Taekwondo []
• Majoring in Biological Sciences []
• Skills Gained by Doing Research []
• Advice for High Schoolers []
• Memories []

Our Guests: Kaitlyn Hung, a Goldwater Scholar is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences and minor in Data Science at Northwestern University. 

Memorable Quote: “ And the way that my mentor phrased, it was that even if I don't get it [Goldwater Scholarship], I'm going to learn a lot in the process. And it might even be better if I don't get it initially, because then I will get feedback from the committee and from my mentors on how I can improve and be an even stronger applicant in the future.” Kaitlyn Hung.

Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript.

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