Tips for Succeeding in the Sciences 1. Get plenty of sleep (at least 7-8 hours). a. Your brain needs rest! You cannot learn effectively if you are tired. b. This seems like an impossible task to complete, but it is doable! The key thing here is knowing how to manage your time properly and prioritizing when certain things need to be completed. 2. Read what would be covered during the lecture BEFORE the lecture. a. This would allow you to ask questions during lecture and clear up anything that you did not understand during your prior reading. 3. NEVER MEMORIZE INFORMATION a. Instead, LEARN and UNDERSTAND the information b. Memorizing will only cause you to forget the information once the exam is over. c. Learning and understanding, on th...
Hello Everyone! My name is Timmy Le and I am a Biomedical Science Ph.D. student at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Today, I would like to share my academic journey as a scientist who happens to have a physical disability known as cerebral palsy along with a seizure disorder. Being a first-generation college student whose parents immigrated to the U.S., I had to overcome some challenges in my scientific career to get to where I am today. One of the big ones was the language barrier that my family faced and the other one was the doubt that my earlier educators placed on me when I was younger. I do not blame them for this since it is common practice to put a child with cerebral palsy in a non-mainstream classroom so that they can receive individualized attention, but it is the doubt and possibility of not being able to work to my potential that made me wonder what my life would be like if my mother did not fight for me to put me in a mainstream classroom . Wha...