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Megan was working full time while she was in High School. She found it challenging to balance school and full time work. Megan didn’t go directly to College after High School. 

She had a lot of fear and also lacked the confidence then, about going to college. After working in Health care for almost a decade, Megan joined the Gaston Community College in North Carolina to get a 2-year degree in Nursing.

Little did Megan know where college would take her.

Megan joins our podcast to share journey to college, Working after High School, Going back to a Gaston Community College, Discovering Science, Winning the Goldwater Scholarship, UG Research, Transferring to UNCC for a 4-year degree program, and Advice for High Schoolers.

In particular, we discuss the following with her: 

• Overall Experience
• Challenges and Jobs
• Going Back to Community College
• The Goldwater Scholarship
• Advice to High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introduction to Megan Mitchem, UNCC []
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
• Overall Experience []
• High School Interests []
• Challenges and Jobs []
• Transition to Community College []
• Moving into Science []
• Starting UG Research []
• Applying for Goldwater Scholarship []
• Winning The Goldwater Scholarship []
• The GW Difference []
• Transition to UNCC []
• Research at UNCC []
• Why Biology? []
• Role of Research in Education []
• Awards & Scholarships []
• Advice for High Schoolers []
• Being Thankful []

Our Guest: Megan Mitchem, a Goldwater Scholar graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Megan is currently pursuing a PhD in Biological Sciences at UNCC.

Memorable Quote: “ Once I got this [Goldwater] scholarship, I was like, Okay, well, I should probably keep going. I should, I should probably at least get a bachelor's degree.” Megan Mitchem.

Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript.

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