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    Get This Girl an Internship | Ro&Co

    January 22, 2018

    For the third installation of Ro&Co, Katie Melbourne shares the steps she takes to get the coolest internships (like last spring at NASA!!!). If you want to learn more about getting internship and the job search process, check out our new podcast, Get This Girl a Job!! It’s that time of year again…recruiting season! When you’re knee-deep in resumes and career fairs, it may seem like that summer opportunity is just a distant idea. But with consistent organization and the help of mentors, that dream can soon become a reality! Here are my best tips for snagging that perfect position, and what to do once you get there. Reach Out…

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    7 Tips to Help You Find the Best Internship | Working Woman

    December 21, 2017

    It’s that time of year again!! With finals behind us and the next quarter incoming, winter break is the best opportunity you’ll have all year to get ahead on your internship applications. Here are my top seven tips to keep in mind while you’re looking for your summer internship! Work Backwards Before you start any internship search, you need a vague sense of what you want to do. Start by picking something you think you’d be happy doing after graduation (this doesn’t have to be definite), and then work backwards given how many summers you have left before graduation. If you’re in your second year, then think about the dream…

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    For the 10 Friends You Have in College | Festive Favorites

    December 4, 2017

    Finals are here, we are drowning. Did you forget that it’s also the last week that you’ll see the people getting you through them? Here are cheap (and Amazon Prime-able!) gifts for those 10 friends you have in college. T-minus 5 days (and 4 finals) to Winter Break. Call me crazy, but it may have slipped your mind to get a little something for the most important people in your life: your college friends. So here are 10 (Amazon Prime ready!) gifts to make their finals week and tell them just how much you love them. Several links in this post are affiliate links, which means that I may receive…

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    For the Health Nut | Festive Favorites

    November 27, 2017

    The holidays are upon us and I could not be more excited. From now until Christmas, there will be a bonus post every Monday! I know with my busy schedule I barely have time to go to the mall, so these are my online shopping Gift Guides. This week we’re kicking it off with goodies for the Health Nut. Here we go! Christmas is fast approaching and finding just the right gift is fun, but can also be incredibly time consuming so these are the 8 best gifts out there for the health nut in your life. Several links in this post are affiliate links, which means that I may…

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    “Reading” for Class: How to Get Through those 300 Pages/Week in 2 Hours

    October 12, 2017

    In the wake of formal recruitment, it has been a week of very little time and so much work. Of course, this was the ideal week for my professors to decided to add an extra 300 pages of required reading to prepare for class. Over the last couple years of weeks like this, I’ve picked up some tricks to cut that reading down so you can still participate in discussion and write that essay without diving into every page. Now in my third year of college, I am pretty familiar with the piles of reading that humanities and social science classes can assign. Professors have you buy at least 7…

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    You Can Sleep When You’re Dead: How To Hack Your Sleep Cycle

    September 14, 2017

    Sure, the recommended amount of sleep for college students is 8 hours per night, but if we’re honest with ourselves that’s a fantasy. Now that summer (and the beautiful sleep schedule that it brought with it) is coming to a close, this is your guide to surviving on less than 6 hours of sleep a night. I was lucky to have a summer job that ended early enough that I could go home for a couple weeks. In theory, I should be spending this time hanging out with my family and friends from home, but the truth is I spend most of my time home sleeping. I thought I would…

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    7 Questions Every College Student Should Ask Themselves Before the New School Year

    September 7, 2017

    September has arrived, and with a school on the quarter system, I’m using my last couple weeks to start getting ready for the new school year! I’ve found that doing an end of quarter review is really helpful in the process of achieving those goals so before I make the new list, these are the 7 questions I asked myself to keep myself on track. Every quarter, I use an adapted version of Lisa Jacob’s Review to make sure I’m on the right track. Since summer is the end of the year, I decided to undertake Lisa’s 40-question Best Year Ever self diagnostic. A lot of the questions weren’t well…

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    We Tried Bombshell Fitness’s Transformation Workout Plan | #DoYouEvenLiftRo

    August 31, 2017

    While I was busy running a marathon, trying SoulCycle, and falling in love with Yoga Sculpt, my friends Arushi and Hannah decided to take on Bombshell Fitness’s Transformation Workout Plan for 12 whole weeks this summer. Optimized to help women get ready for bodybuilding competitions, the Transformation Workout Plan has been featured on Muscle and Fitness and a number of other fitness outlets. I loved hearing about their experience this summer. My name is Arushi, and I am incredibly excited to write for Rosana’s blog! This summer, my friend, Hannah and I tried The Transformation Workout Plan. This is a workout plan lasting 5 days a week for 12 weeks.…

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    Eat Your Way Through Pilsen (Gentrification Free)

    August 24, 2017

    Over the last few months I finally got to experience summer in Chicago without snow and dreary weather! And it was incredible! Since I’ve been working in Pilsen, a neighborhood on Chicago’s southwest side, I fell in love with it so here is my guide to the best of Pilsen. From food to culture, Pilsen is one of the greatest neighborhoods Chicago has to offer. I’ve been working near the 18th street pink line stop, so most of these recommendations are within walking distance of it. Gentrification in Pilsen Over the last decade, Pilsen has experienced rising rents and increased development as neighborhoods like West Loop on its north side…

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    Working Woman: How to Network in 5 Easy Steps

    August 17, 2017

    Working Woman is a series of posts that focus on helping college women as we take our first steps into the working world. In this week’s installation, we’re talking about one of the most important things for college students to do, especially with only a couple weeks left in our internships: networking. Although I’m fairly new to networking (just got my real LinkedIn headshot this week), I am fortunate that after a semester at NASA my friend is a certified networking pro. Here is Katie’s beginners guide to networking. My name is Katie, and I am so excited to be featured on Rosana’s blog again! Taking time off school this…

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