Adriana Cuibus of Skidmore College: Biochemistry, Goldwater Scholar, and The Computational World.
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Adriana came to the US when she was 10 years old from Romania. While she had a lot of catching up to do, her determination and competitive spirit helped her.
She was a science nerd in high school. She loved Earth Science, Geology & Biology. She was into Languages, Music, Photography. She was also on the Varsity Tennis team.
Adriana cut her teeth in research at a 2-year research program in her High School.
Above all, she really wanted to be a doctor!
Adriana joins our podcast to share her undergraduate experience at Skidmore, UG Research in Computational Biophysics, Winning the Goldwater Scholarship, Majoring in Chemistry, and Advice for High Schoolers.
In particular, we discuss the following with her:
- Overall Skidmore College Experience
- Interest in Research
- The Goldwater Scholarship
- Advice to High Schoolers
Topics discussed in this episode:
- Introduction to Adriana Cuibus, Skidmore []
- Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
- Overall Skidmore Experience []
- Why Skidmore? []
- High School Interests []
- Dealing with Challenges []
- Transition to College []
- Peers & Profs []
- Starting Research []
- Research Topics []
- Impact of Research []
- Why Computational Clicked? []
- Why Goldwater Scholarship? []
- Applying for Goldwater Scholarship []
- Winning The Goldwater Scholarship []
- The Goldwater Difference []
- Campus Activities []
- Majoring in Biochemistry []
- What’s Next? []
- Advice for High Schoolers []
- Memories []
Our Guests:Adriana Cuibus, a Goldwater Scholar is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry with a Biochemistry concentration at Skidmore College.
Memorable Quote: “But then there's this other side, to me, that always gets so intrigued by things that I don't understand. So I think it was, you know, that also part of me that's like, oh, my gosh, I don't understand it [Chemistry]. So I have to understand it.” Adriana Cuibus.
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