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Gavin went to a high school in the rural south where the focus was greater on athletics & sports. Gavin was more academically inclined.

He was fascinated by Extreme Weather - tornadoes, damaging winds, snow storms etc. He was known as the weather guy in school!

Gavin joins our podcast to share his undergraduate college journey at Dartmouth, Being a Storm Spotter, Volunteering at National Weather Service, UG Research, Winning the Goldwater Scholarship, Majoring in Earth Sciences, and Advice for High Schoolers.

In particular, we discuss the following with him: 

• Dartmouth Experience
• UG Research - Extreme Weather
• The Goldwater Scholarship
• Advice to High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introduction to Gavin Fry, Dartmouth College []
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
• Overall Dartmouth Experience []
• Why Dartmouth? []
• High School Interests []
• The BME Interest []
• Transition to College []
• Academics []
• Starting UG Research []
• Why Research []
• Goldwater Scholarship []
• The GW Application []
• The Goldwater Difference []
• Why the Weather? []
• Blog - College Access for All []
• What Next? []
• Advice for High Schoolers []
• Memories []

Our Guests: Gavin Fry is a Goldwater Scholar studying Earth Sciences with Physics and minoring in Public Policy at Dartmouth College.

Memorable Quote: “And, you know, I've been interested in the physical aspects of weather for a very long time, since I was a toddler. And those interests, you know, stuck with me throughout my middle school years. And in my high school years, if there were any kind of notable weather events that would be upcoming in my area, the students and, and some of my teachers would say, hi, you need to go to Gavin, he's the weather guy! ” Gavin Fry.

Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript.

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