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After second year, she took a summer job in corporate finance. Ms. Powell recalls the experience as an interesting challenge but one that ultimately helped her decide that business was not where her passions lay. Rather, she felt drawn to the research and development ­of renewable energy technologies. For the summer after third year, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s professor recommended her for a research internship at (L카지노 게임 컬렉션�Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique) in France. There she worked with a group on the interpretation of data signals from MRI machines.

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That experience, coupled with her own investigation into the fields that hold special interest to her, finally led to the conclusion that research and graduate studies are right for her.

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So after a summer of family, rest and travel, Powell is off to her next grand adventure. To anyone considering grad school, she has three pieces of advice:

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