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This week we’re focusing on mindfulness, as it’s the theme of our talk with Dr. Shannon Nolan-Arañez. Need some good tips for how to integrate mindfulness into your daily life? Our Golden Key community have suggested a selection great articles for you to read to […]
Advancing yourself above your peers is never easy, but Mary Aidonopoulos is proof that a Golden Key membership can help set you apart from the crowd in whatever field you are studying.
Mary received her invitation to join in 2016 where she was studying a Bachelor of Law and Science at Latrobe University. She said like many, she at first didn’t understand what the letter was about but was proud to be achieving in the top 15% of her university degree.
“I did a bit of research and saw there were a lot of benefits to joining the society and that there were a lot of leadership opportunities. I wanted to get involved with the committee while being at university,” says Mary.
Since joining, Mary has been on her university committee, and is currently serving as President of the Latrobe University Golden Key committee.
Mary said joining the committee and getting involved with GK has provided her with many opportunities she would have never otherwise had. One of these experiences included taking part in a study abroad internship with Golden Key partner The Intern Group.
Over the summer of 2017-2018, Mary completed an internship in New York City, where she was placed at a law firm just off Wall Street. She says she is very grateful to Golden Key for the opportunity she had because of her membership.
“It was one of those things where I got an email from The Intern Group through Golden Key and I thought, why not, I’ll give it a go.”
Mary knew from the email that the position she was going for was very competitive but decided to ‘throw her hat into the ring’ anyway. After going through the applications and interview process, Mary was ecstatic to learn was accepted into the program and would spend eight weeks in New York city learning more about her chosen career path. As well as that, thanks to her Golden Key membership, Mary received a 5% discount on the program.
“Intern Group were fantastic. They found a law firm for me, they helped me with the visas, they found accommodation for me.”
The experience helped Mary rev up her resume and she said it certainly helped her get to where she is now, working at one of the top law firms in Australia.
She encouraged anyone that has recently joined GK to ‘give it a go’ and get involved.
“Getting involved is one of the best decisions I ever made, but obviously it’s one of those things that you get out what you put in. Engage, see the emails, because there are so many opportunities there.”
In today’s fast paced business world, taking on a full-time internship can be daunting and, at times, stressful. Taking on that challenge in a foreign country and a new business culture takes it up a notch. Learning how to deal with stress in a professional […]
The mission of Golden Key International Honour Society is to foster a spirit of collaboration, leadership, and service. When I began attending Golden Key meetings at the Florida State University’s chapter, I wasn’t sure of what I would get out of this membership. I thought it […]
What’s the most important part of your grad school application? As a top honor society for grad students, we’re always on the look out for information we think you might find useful, and we noticed that GradSchoolMatch founder TJ Murphy has an interesting idea about where he thinks you should focus your energy when putting together a grad school application.
Here’s what he has to say on the topic:
“I recently attended a strategic planning meeting about the educational mission of our School of Medicine (its at Emory University if you don’t know much about me, yet).
“The meeting was attended by over 100 faculty members and staff. Collectively, they are all the movers and shakers in the various health professions educational programs at our school. Not just the MD program, but also programs for other learners including physician assistants, residents, anesthesiology assistants, physical therapists, clinical research, etc. I was asked to attend because I head professional education in pharmacology for the school.
“The meeting began with a simple poll question: “Use 6 words or phrases to describe your ideal of our learners after they’ve left our school?” Their (our) responses blew me away:
What Emory University medical school faculty value in their students.
“What struck me right away, wearing my Gradschoolmatch founder that, is that this word cloud might as well describe what we are looking for in the people who apply to our programs.
“All of our health profession programs are hyper-competitive. The trick to competing for one of these seats is pretty simple to understand: You have to resonate with our culture. You have to embody the same ideals. That word cloud is our culture. How well would you fit in it?
“Your GPA, your MCAT or your GRE will be what they are. Sure, higher is always better. But they aren’t close to being as important as you think. They are not the deciding factors.
“The most important element of your application is your ability to express your character through your accomplishments and then how well that character fits our culture. For example, if you applied to one of Emory’s medical programs, an interesting story that illustrates your sense of compassion and empathy would probably go pretty far….
“Here is the most remarkable thing about this. Every graduate program in every discipline will have its own word cloud for its ideal learner! Stop worrying about scores and start trying to understand the cultures of your target programs and schools.”
This article was first published by Golden Key partner GradSchoolMatch. Read the original article here.
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Things are changing so fast at the moment, and by now many Golden Key International Honour Society members are working from home due to the closure of universities, schools and offices. This means that, for many people, your private space is now your office space. […]
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