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Developing Professional Skills as a First-Year Student (Part 2)

Posted on March 24, 2015September 21, 2022 by Teofanny Saragi

The Pomona chapter of the Quest Scholars Network! QuestBridge is a national organization that services low income and first generation students.

When I originally planned to write Part 2 of this series (you can find Part 1 here), I wanted to discuss more Career Development Office programs: the Pomona College Internship Program (PCIP) and the Summer Experience Funding Program. However, since I’m still in the application process for some of these programs, I thought it’d be more fitting to share how the experiences and...

What Are College Summers Like?

Posted on March 13, 2015September 21, 2022 by Madeleine Colvin

It's that time of year -- everyone seems to be anxiously applying to programs/internships/jobs/research positions/funding etc. Over Family Weekend, standing in front of my CDO Summer Experience Funding poster, I fielded tons of questions from eager parents of first-year students. I've been asked the vague questions "Where do you want to be this summer?" and "What are your s...

Developing Professional Skills as a First-Year Student (Part 1)

Posted on March 6, 2015September 21, 2022 by Teofanny Saragi

The water basin was unexpectedly breathtaking. There were many ducks swimming around!

One of the things that scared me the most as I entered college was the prospect of reality. Words like “decisions,” “long-term plans,” and “responsibilities” loomed over me, but I soon encountered multiple valuable resources for developing professional skills. Over winter break, I participated in the Career Development Office’s (CDO) Shadow a Sagehen program. Through thi...

Internships, Interviews, and Interludes – Oh My!

Posted on January 7, 2015September 21, 2022 by Kyra Sanborn

It seems like in order to get ahead in the real world, every college student is expected to have several jobs, some incredibly valuable internship experience, leadership positions in at least 5 different clubs or activities, a Nobel Prize in two of the six categories, over a million followers on Twitter/over a million subscribers on YouTube, and bonus points for a letter of rec...

If You Give a Mouse a Lysolecithin Injection…

Posted on July 16, 2014September 21, 2022 by Muhammad Jalal

She may lead you to a cure for multiple sclerosis (I work with female mice). The world of scientific research captivated me the summer prior to my first year at Pomona College. I found a summer research internship through the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center to gain first-hand perspective with a research setting. I worked my mentors to investigate drug combinations for T-cell leu...

District of Humidity (Round Two)

Posted on June 20, 2014September 21, 2022 by Leyth Swidan

Hello Sagehens! If you're reading this and are a current or recent grad student, congrats; you survived your freshmen/sophomore/junior/senior year! If you're an alum, thank you for hosting me in San Francisco during spring break for Pomona's Alternabreak, single-handedly making college affordable for me, and reading yet another summer intern's blog. Sophomore year is finally...

Forward Thinking!

Posted on January 21, 2014September 21, 2022 by Justin Gutzwa

So the New Year happened and I suddenly realized that the number I was writing on papers and calendars and events was the same number that would appear on my diploma: 2014. (more…)

Brief reflections on a transformative summer

Posted on August 17, 2013September 21, 2022 by Eliza L

I completed my final day at my summer internship last Friday, and by this time Monday I’ll be back in Claremont for two weeks of training with the student Advocates for Survivors of Sexual Assault. I’m sad to say goodbye to Oakland and San Francisco. I’m happy to say hello to Claremont, although as a city it doesn’t quite stack up to what’s going on here (which isn’t to say tha...