Haverford College

Research Assistant

May 2019 • Haverford, PA

What I liked

Freedom in my workplace to come up with my own ideas

What I wish was different

more collaboration with other workers

Advice

no idea is bad! creativity is key for this type of work

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Chemistry Lab Assistant

June - July 2020 • Haverford, PA

What I liked

Seeing what chemists had to do when finding papers

What I wish was different

Coronavirus

Advice

Keep on top of your work

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Astronomy Outreach Research Assistant

May 2019 • Haverford, PA

What I liked

I set my own hours and had a nice community to work with. There were also many resources available to me and I was able to go to Mexico.

What I wish was different

I wish my commute would be subsidized or reduced.

Advice

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Researcher

May - September 2018 • Glassboro, NJ

What I liked

High autonomy and ability to guide and direct my own research

What I wish was different

Advice

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Computer Science Research Assistant

May 2018 • Haverford, PA

What I liked

Flexible work schedule. Able to publish a paper

What I wish was different

Should be More detail-oriented

Advice

Meet with supervisor regularly every week.

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Research assistant

June 2019 • Haverford, PA

What I liked

Friendly atmosphere and interesting research

What I wish was different

Advice

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research assistant

May - July 2023 • Haverford, PA

What I liked

Great experience

What I wish was different

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Chemistry Research Intern

June - August 2018 • Haverford, PA

What I liked

The opportunity to do real research, at a time when I was not distracted by homework or other academic responsibilities.

What I wish was different

Advice

Real research is messy and difficult. Having a good, supportive supervisor can make the difference between a terrible experience and one that is incredibly enriching.

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Researcher

May - September 2018 • Glassboro, NJ

What I liked

High autonomy and ability to guide and direct my own research

What I wish was different

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Summer Research Assistant

May - August 2018 • Haverford, PA

What I liked

Working with a professor on academic research (preparation for graduate school); applying things I had learned in various courses toward my research; being able to work from home on my computer

What I wish was different

That I had more time to do this research!

Advice

Take courses with Professor David Sedley!

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Student Researcher

April 2018 • Haverford, PA

What I liked

My team was very welcoming. The work, involving extensive literature research and programming, was very intellectually engaging, compared to lab work I did last summer.

What I wish was different

I wish I had a longer time before the next semester to finish the project head-to-tail (this wish is unrealistic). I also frequently hoped that I could have someone closer who might help out when I stuck on a problem.

Advice

Don't be afraid to try something new (and abandon something old you didn't like but were accustomed to, even if you were guaranteed a scheduled, promising future). PS: This may not be a good piece of advice. Even though I enjoyed my job more, my future career is really undetermined right now, and among Haverford faculty and curricula there isn't a circle in what I am doing.

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Economic Research assistant

May - July 2018 • Haverford, PA

What I liked

I liked the fact that my work was directly helpful to my professor's research.

What I wish was different

I wish i had played a more important role in analysis rather then working on data cleansing/management.

Advice

If you get confused just ask questions. There is no harm in being confused and there is no need to figure everything out by yourself.

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Undergraduate Research Assistant

May - August 2020 • Haverford, PA

What I liked

I enjoyed being able to work on independent research under my advisor. It was valuable to get a sense of how to pace independent work, what timeline to follow, what types of troubleshooting research requires, etc.

What I wish was different

Could have done without the pandemic.

Advice

Scheduling my time more strictly would have made the experience go much smoother. This is easier said than done during a pandemic, but I definitely recommend setting a stricter work schedule for yourself when doing independent research.

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Digital Scholarship Intern

May - July 2023 • Haverford, PA

What I liked

I liked being able to work at a position that helped develop skills I will need later on in my career, and being paid for it.

What I wish was different

I wish I had gotten to learn a bit more about the other people who were working with me.

Advice

Don't be scared if this is your first time doing something like this. This happened to be my first internship, and I had a great time with it.

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Undergraduate Chemistry Researcher

June - August 2018 • Ardmore, PA

What I liked

What I wish was different

Advice

You don't have to be a chemistry whiz to work in a chemistry lab. I'm a biology major, but I had a great relationship with my PI from a previous class that I had taken with him, which made the experience intellectually engaging, fun, and rewarding to be able to work with someone who knows how you think and how to teach you!

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Research Assistant

February 2018 • Haverford, PA

What I liked

I liked being a part of a research group and studying a topic using computational techniques.

What I wish was different

I wish there was more structure.

Advice

Don't be afraid to do an internship outside of your studies.

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Summer Reserach Assistant

May - August 2018 • Boulder, CO

What I liked

I did cool research and course development for a cool professor (Brook Lillehaugen)! I learned a lot about myself, about linguistics, and about the world.

What I wish was different

Very little!

Advice

Talk to your professors about their research!

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Research assistant

May - August 2018 • Haverford, PA

What I liked

I loved getting to finally experience what doing research is like as a job and not in class.

What I wish was different

Advice

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Data Visualization Intern

May - August 2018 • Haverford, PA

What I liked

Being able to work on a project while learning more about the Quaker history. I have never done data visualization so I loved how my boss allowed me to have the freedom to create different types of visualizations.

What I wish was different

The projects are mostly indiualized so I wish we worked more in teams as I am more of callobrative person.

Advice

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Digital Scholarship Research Fellow

May - August 2018 • Haverford, PA

What I liked

I loved the supportive work environment, which allowed me to pick up Python and Django development skills even though I had little to no background with these skills.

What I wish was different

I wish that I could have worked there longer and made my schedule more stringent on deadlines; sometimes, if my project was not done when I wanted it to be done, it limited what I would get done for the rest of the summer.

Advice

I think that it's critical to work as a team even within a quiet office space. The project manager always held workshops so that we would talk to each other as a team, but sometimes I still feared asking "stupid questions." The truth is that there are no stupid questions, and you need to trust your team to get development projects done.

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