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Know of others? Email Yadéeh Sawyer at yadeeh@unm.edu with the information.

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The STEM Collaborative Center has compiled words of wisdom from those who have gone before you. Here are the tips and strategies from STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) majors from a panel of Graduate and Upper Level Undergraduate students at UNM.  Additionally, read about the advice from our mentors who are STEM Professionals and Peer-Mentors on our Mentoring page. 

 

  • The professors love what they do and  want to interact with you.
  • Apply for absolutely every scholarship/job/opportunity you think you might qualify for. The only way to know which selection committees will resonate with your story, is to apply to everything!
  • Asking questions is everything - Never lose sight of the fact that you're here to learn. Second-guessing yourself is normal, and you might feel intimidated by some of your professors, but if you hold back on asking questions you're only hurting your own chances.
The STEM Collaborative Center has compiled words of wisdom from those who have gone before you. Here are the tips and strategies from STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) majors from a panel of Graduate and Upper Level Undergraduate students at UNM.  Additionally, read about the advice from our mentors who are STEM Professionals and Peer-Mentors on our Mentoring page. 

 

  • Don’t get a STEM degree because you are guaranteed a job – while your chances are higher than in some other fields,  get the degree because it is your passion.
  • Just like science, life is fluid –  Change is ok – if you find you are not enjoying yourself, it is ok to change majors. It should be fun. As you take courses and experience new things, you also change and grow. If you aren't’t enjoying learning the information, you won’t enjoy doing work based on said information.
  • Go to office hours and ask questions in class. If your teachers can put your face to your name, I think they're slightly more generous on curving.
  • Every employer I've had has cared about  overall GPA, not GPA is technical classes. So, if there's some non-STEM field you're really good at, you can take a bunch of courses in that to puff up your GPA.
  • Starting from the bottom doesn't’t keep you back – everyone goes at their own pace. And, starting one course lower takes less or equal time to repeating a failed course, without the hit on your GPA.
  • Don’t leave referencing to last
  • The  library is your best friend
  • You don’t need to live up to the  student stereotype
The STEM Collaborative Center has compiled words of wisdom from those who have gone before you. Here are the tips and strategies from STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) majors from a panel of Graduate and Upper Level Undergraduate students at UNM.  Additionally, read about the advice from our mentors who are STEM Professionals and Peer-Mentors on our Mentoring page. 

 

  • If you can,  consider summer classes. You can use them to lighten your course load during spring and fall semester by knocking off required courses during the summer.
    • Especially for calculus. The calculus sequence builds upon itself, so taking it fall, spring, then summer makes it easier because you don't have a 3 month gap between Calc 2 and 3.
  • Most engineering courses at UNM have absolutely massive curves.  Don't drop until you're sure that, even with the curve, you can't pass.
  • There are a bunch of weird  online intercession courses in strange subjects. If you do have to drop a class but need to maintain full time status, you can take one of these in the gap between semesters, and it'll count like you took it in the semester that just ended. As a bonus, they tend to be pretty easy.
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