I was a part of the Life Science Scholars program my first year at University of Vermont. The Life Science Scholars is designed to pull together a bunch of students who are all very passionate about the life sciences, and who are definitely willing to strive for academic improvement and have them all live within the same suites together and within doors from each other. This program gave me an amazing ability to have support from my friends and the folks that I live with my very aggressive academic schedule. There are two courses that go along with this program as well, for each semester (for this program specifically), other than the rest of the first-year life science classes that we will be all taking together. The first semester is a class on Nobel prize research, showcasing Nobel prizes in the life sciences, and it helps us learn how to write scientifically. In the second semester there is a CURE lab course, which is a research course that works with audio recordings of marine animals. This semester I worked with audio recordings of different areas in the Gulf of Papagayo, Costa Rica and studied whether tourism affects the diversity and health of marine communities, which it does.
I had a very good experience in LSS, and it helped me find the friends that I will be friends with for life. The dorm that the LSS students get to live in is excellent and is by far one of the best dorms on campus, if you need to live on campus, L/L is the place. I believe that this program set me up for greatness in the rest of my college career and helped me adjust to college and find my path. I will say I had an extremely hard transition to college and having the support of this scholar’s program helped me through it and get adjusted. This program also put me in the same place as my newfound best-friends, who were in another LASP program. I would recommend this opportunity to anyone who wants to come to UVM, pursue academic excellence, and be willing to work hard for your academic goals in the life sciences. I want to give a lot of praise to the curator of the LSS program, which is Professor Laura May-Collado, who has been an amazing professor and mentor to me and helped me transition into very hard college classes. As well, I would like to sing praises about Professor Brian Ballif, who taught the Nobel prize class, and who has been an amazing professor and academic advisor for me and helped me set myself up for greatness in the coming years of my college career.
I had a very good experience in LSS, and it helped me find the friends that I will be friends with for life. The dorm that the LSS students get to live in is excellent and is by far one of the best dorms on campus, if you need to live on campus, L/L is the place. I believe that this program set me up for greatness in the rest of my college career and helped me adjust to college and find my path. I will say I had an extremely hard transition to college and having the support of this scholar’s program helped me through it and get adjusted. This program also put me in the same place as my newfound best-friends, who were in another LASP program. I would recommend this opportunity to anyone who wants to come to UVM, pursue academic excellence, and be willing to work hard for your academic goals in the life sciences. I want to give a lot of praise to the curator of the LSS program, which is Professor Laura May-Collado, who has been an amazing professor and mentor to me and helped me transition into very hard college classes. As well, I would like to sing praises about Professor Brian Ballif, who taught the Nobel prize class, and who has been an amazing professor and academic advisor for me and helped me set myself up for greatness in the coming years of my college career.
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