Dat Student Lyfe

Yo. I'm Sophia, I'm a student at the University of Victoria studying Biology and Environmental studies. I have too many dreams to pursue, but in reality I'm going to go save the world or become a forest person when I realize we are 100% completely fucked... 

[asapscience]

Don’t worry, this problem still occurs when you’re done school. [@scienceasfuck]

[nerdisophi]

Got an 85 on the final i thought I bombed

Finished with an A+, two A- and a B (in the class I went into the final with a C+)

Kept my GPA above a 7.0 (on a 9.0 scale, 7.0 = A-) 

I’m a bawse

[disgustinganimals]

i don't see enough marine invertebrates on this blog and i'm worried you're being soft on them. who else is gonna hold echinoderms accountable. they know what they did

a lot of them are already really soft and me leaning into them too hard seems unfair but you know what for you i’ll yell at some jelly fish and maybe even an urchin

[nerdisophi]

What about schistisoma?? they fucking burrow through your toes and into your blood. wtf?!?!

[universityofiowatheta]

[asapscience]

Need some Monday Motivation to start your week? Watch our video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU9NiuguC2I

[Tumblr/scienceasfuck]

[exmellivorinae]

OH MY GOD whyyyy did no one tell me you’re supposed to send thank-yous after interviews?? Why would I do that???

“Thank you for this incredibly stressful 30 minutes that I have had to re-structure my entire day around and which will give me anxiety poos for the next 24 hours.”

I HATE ETIQUETTE IT’S THE MOST IMPOSSIBLE THING FOR ME TO LEARN WITHOUT SOMEONE DIRECTLY TELLING ME THIS SHIT

[a-windsor]

NO ONE TOLD YOU???? WTF! I HAVE FAILED YOU. Also: Dear ______: Thank you so much for the opportunity to sit down with you (&________) to discuss the [insert job position]. I am grateful to be considered for the position. I think I will be a great fit at [company name], especially given my experience in __________. [insert possible reference to something you talked about, something that excited you.] I look forward to hearing from you [and if you are feeling super confident: and working together in the future]. Sincerely, @mellivorinae

[exmellivorinae]

THIS IS A LIFESAVING TEMPLATE

[a-windsor]

YOU ARE WELCOME

[emeraldboreas-deactivated201809]

My brother got a really great paid internship one summer. The guy who hired him said the deciding factor was the professional thank you letter my brother sent after the interview.

[suaimhneas-peace-deactivated202]

should it be an email? or like a physical letter?

[daminwayne]

email, you want to send it within a few hours at max after the interview if you can so it’s fresh in their mind who you are. 

[khirsahle]

Confirmed! I interviewed for a job right after arriving in NY. The interview went incredibly well, and I went home and immediately wrote a thank you letter and put it in the mail. I had a super good feeling about this interview.

I didn’t get the job.

However, a few weeks later, I was called in to interview with another editor in the same company, and I did get that job. I found out later from the initial editor (the one who didn’t hire me) that he had planned to offer me the job, but since I didn’t follow up with a thank you letter, he assumed I didn’t really want it. He offered the job to another contender–but when he got my letter in the mail shortly after the offer had already been made, he went to HR and gave me a glowing recommendation. It was based on that recommendation that I got called in for the second interview.

So: send an email thank you immediately (same day!) after the interview. If you’re feeling extra, go ahead and send a written one too. OR go immediately to a coffee shop, write the letter, and return to the office and give it to the secretary.

Either way, those letters are important.

[neurofancier-deactivated]

Pro tip: If you really want HR to develop a personal interest in your application, publicly thank them on linkedin. Just make a short post telling your network about how X recruiter really went above and beyond to make you feel welcome, or about how be accommodating and professional they were, or whatever. Make sure to use the mention feature so they’ll get a notification and see it. 

Flattery will get you everywhere… and public flattery that might make its way back to their manager, doubly so.

[oaky-dokey]

Obligatory plug for one of FreePrintable.net’s sites: ThankYouLetter.ws. They have a whole section with interview thank you letter templates, and a page with specific tips for interview thank you letters. (There are also tons of other letter templates if you browse around a bit.)

[lightspeedsound]

Also like for cover letters I always closed with “thank you for the opportunity, and I look forward to hearing from your company, should my skills fit the needs of this position.” Which got me employed less than a year after law school in the field of my choice

[lithographarry]

mood

[funmomenergy-deactivated2020052]

i made a college vine compilation b/c Suffering™️

(warning for loud noise in some of them)

[mllesouthernbelle]

It’s funny cause it’s true

[eartharchives]

Velvet worms, the voracious snipers of the undergrowth

While we can try to convince you that these are not in fact plush toy centipedes, velvet worms certainly look like them. These small invertebrates are neither insects nor worms, and for a long time were considered the ‘missing link’ between them. Even with the knowledge that this is not the case, velvet worms are still remarkable creatures, and unusual in almost every way.

Unlike their closest relatives, the tardigrades and arthropods, some of these little predators hunt in packs using slime jets that trap their prey.

Written by: @pagurus Image credit: Nicky Bay

[archiemcphee]

Today we learned that conches, the sea-dwelling mollusks who live inside those big, beautiful conch seashells in warm tropical waters, peer out at the world with cartoonish eyes on tiny eyestalks. They see you. They see everything. And what’s more, they can regenerate their peepers should they happen to lose one or both of them.

“One 1976 paper dug into the specific behind these animals’ alien eyestalks. Sitting at the tips of long stalks, they contain retinas with both sensory cells and colored pigment cells. But the story gets weirder because obviously, it gets weirder. After amputating the conchs’ eyes, a fully-formed replacement took its place 14 days later. Humans, we really are losing this evolutionary game.”

But wait, that’s hardly the only surprising set of eyes under the sea. Scallops have eyes too, LOTS of them:

Conch photos by Redditor buterbetterbater and via @shingworks.

[via /r/pics and Gizmodo]

[nerdisophi]

Me: *says I'm going to do a bunch of school work and go for a run on my sunday*

Me: *lays in bed until noon, orders a pizza for lunch, finishes one assignment between 8pm and 12am, is generally a trash person*

Me: Why aren't I fit and doing well in all my classes??????

[nerdisophi]

Shared a moment with the convenience store guy as i plopped down two Redbulls at 11:00pm

[strong-and-sassy]

[nerdisophi]

I suck at being a summer student

I have two essays, a small project and a large multimedia project due monday. I have completed nothing. I have had four days to do it. I did shit all today. Why am I allowed to be a student???

[nerdisophi]

plus another project I just remembered fuck me...

[nerdisophi]

I suck at being a summer student

I have two essays, a small project and a large multimedia project due monday. I have completed nothing. I have had four days to do it. I did shit all today. Why am I allowed to be a student???

[just-shower-thoughts]

Telling our grandchildren that we remember when Antarctica wasn’t green is going to make us seem really old.

[nerdisophi]

this is why we need to FIGHT! jesus, protest oil expansions, get out their and use your voice to stop those destroying our planet! We’re only destroying ourself!! 

[avichyssoise]

May your science be fruitful and your data clear and good.

[rudescience]

A poem:

May your science be fruitful And your data clear and good May your glassware be shiny And your graphs be understood

All your equipment fully functional That all this stress you can endure May your cultures be rich in color And may your products be pure.

May you publish all your papers And your professor not be an ass Don’t worry little science student, All this suffering, one day shall pass.