After I earn my Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology with a minor in Mathematics from Iowa State University, I will be
going to graduate school somewhere in the Midwest. I hope to attend either Oklahoma, Colorado State, Texas A&M, SLU, or stay
here at ISU. As it stands right now, I would like my graduate research to be focused on severe convective phenomena. With
this field of research, I feel that the only way it can be properly studied is to be located in the Midwest. Being in a
region where these storms fire all spring and summer long allows me to chase and take measurements, giving me the opportunity
to study these phenomena in person, better than any textbook or academic paper could tell.
After graduate school, my options are wide open. Most likely, I will either continue my research at a university or pursue a
job with a branch of NOAA. Once again, I would like to stay in the Midwest.
Currently, I'm working towards pursuing these goals. I have already begun contacting graduate schools for information and to
get my name out there. I am starting to network with people in the field (program directors, employees, graduate students,
chasers, etc.) and keeping in contact with them as much as possible. At ISU, I'm continuing to stay involved with our student
chapter of AMS. As well, I will be a peer mentor in the fall for our learning community (Earth, Wind, and Fire) and have
obtained an internship this summer, working with a few of our professors on a project for NARCCAP.
If I continue to work hard and stay focused, I feel that, along with a little bit of luck, these goals can be achieved.
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