Renowned Programs
With a passion for the Life Sciences, Shavanshi was drawn to 草榴2024新地扯一二 for its world-renowned research opportunities, particularly in the area of Psychology, which is ranked 13th globally (QS, 2024). In her 2nd year, she began working an ROP (Research Opportunity Program) position as a research assistant and lab coordinator in a Cognitive Psychology lab, which continued into a Work Study position the following year. In this role, she gained experience in data collection, writing and presenting reports and designing event cognition experiments. She says of the experience that 鈥渢he supervising professor and my upper-year colleagues encouraged my curiosity and helped me build foundational research skills as a second-year student new to the field鈥.
Extracurricular Opportunities
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Finding Community
Shivanshi found her footing as an international student through resources and experiences such as the Centre for International Experience (CIE), which helped her when her student visa was delayed during the pandemic, by joining a First Year Learning Community (FLCs) and Registered Study Group (RSGs), finding communal spaces like the Cat鈥檚 Eye Lounge at Victoria College to study and hang out, by participating in events run by the Indian Student Organization, such as a Holi celebration, and by being an Orientation Leader. She says that these experiences 鈥渉elped [her] find close friends in [her] first year, despite not living on residence鈥.
"Joining small groups on campus like First Year Learning Communities (FLC) & Registered Study Group (RSGs) will help you find close friends in my first year, especially if you don鈥檛 live on residence.鈥
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