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Personal Narrative: My Informational Interview With Karissa Page

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My informational interview with Karissa Page was held on the 27th of September. During our conversation, the majority related to her transition from a college setting to the working world as well as her experience going into a field different from ones major in college. I sought her as my real reader because of her experience doing as such. These topics were appropriate for our conversation because Ms. Page’s field of interest is in Public Health, while I am interested in conservation biology as well as her majoring in Biology and Psychology in Undergrad, while I am going to be completing a degree in Molecular Genetics & Psychology. During our conversations I expressed my desire to learn from her post-undergrad experience.

I was surprised to learn that we had in fact more in common than I had through before hand. She had been unsure of her path after college like I have been during her senior year. She did not really know what type of program she wanted to get into until after Christmas break. Hearing such was …show more content…

I would also try to ask more questions regarding her opinions on how to better come across to an admissions committee, we talked about what mistakes were commonly made in the papers that she has read, as well as the parts of the job applications that are looked at the most but not really in regard to my papers personally. I do not think that I shared enough information about my future job because we talked more of plant genetics than animals. Perhaps I did make this information clear however, because when she sent an email after the phone call she noted that I was more interested in animals and recommended some programs for me to look into. The best way to have combated this, may have been to direct the conversation more towards my interests. Yet, this may not have been an effective conversation plan because we are in different

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