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John calls himself an “average nerd” while in High School. He enjoyed learning and Chemistry was his favorite class. In addition to classes, he was into debate, was in the school orchestra, concertmaster for the local youth symphony.

Since he loved science and liked helping people, he decided to be Pre Med in college.

John joins our podcast to share his undergraduate college journey at WashU, UG Research, Winning the Goldwater Scholarship, Moving away from Pre Med, Majoring in Biochemistry, and Advice for High Schoolers.

In particular, we discuss the following with him: 

• The WashU Experience
• UG Research
• The Goldwater Scholarship
• Advice to High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introduction to John Georgiades, WashU []
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
• Overall WashU Experience []
• Why WashU? []
• High School Interests []
• Transition to College []
• Peers []
• Starting UG Research []
• Impact of Research []
• Why Goldwater Scholarship? []
• Winning the GW Scholarship []
• The Goldwater Difference []
• Majoring in Biochemistry []
• Advice for High Schoolers []
• Memories []

Our Guests: John Georgiades is a Goldwater Scholar studying Biochemistry at Washington University at St. Louis.

Memorable Quote: “And, and so I, legitimately you know, did want to be Pre Med, and I thought it was the right decision. But it wasn't really until I kind of, you know, saw the other angle and saw the other opportunities that were out there, that I really came to understand that research is more something that I'm interested in. You know medicine is really interesting. But I think science itself has enough merit for me to, you know, launch myself fully into that area.” John Georgiades.

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