Ireri Perez
Hometown: Elkhart, IN
Currently: Completing the Master of Arts in the Social Sciences program at the University of Chicago
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Major: International Studies and Communication and Culture
Minor: Latino Studies and Spanish
Institution Indiana University
Class of: Spring, 2016
Brief statement about how the McNair Scholars Program helped you get where you are today.
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Without the McNair program I wouldn't have even considered graduate school as a possibility, thanks to the McNair program I now have the confidence and tools to succeed in graduate school. I'm still nervous and working through my own feelings of the "impostor syndrome" which can occur with first-generation, minority, and low-income students, but through being a part of the McNair program I have met role models, mentors, and friends that are always there to support me and to help me avoid those thoughts. |
Any advice for new McNair Scholars?
Do your best, it will be a lot of new information but just keep at it as best you can. Also, be forgiving with yourself, not lazy, but understanding that this is a new process and you are learning and mistakes will probably be made. Best of luck!