Rebekah K.
Team Member at Brandeis University
She/her/hers
Class of 2023
Hometown: Cohasset, MA
Major: Applied Mathematics
Secondary Major: History
Minor: Chemistry
Team Member at Brandeis University
She/her/hers
Class of 2023
Hometown: Cohasset, MA
Major: Applied Mathematics
Secondary Major: History
Minor: Chemistry
underneath the overhang of the Lown Center for Judaica Studies (where my Reformation Europe history class met last semester, and my Colonialism, Slavery, and Freedom class met earlier this semester) there is a table and chair set, and it's always really calm there.
when I was interviewed, I was asked the usual questions about academics and athletics and extracurricular activities, but I was also asked about my best friend. The community at Brandeis--friends, professors, and mentors--want to see me succeed as a person, not just a data point. I've seen this compassion again and again since arriving on campus, like when a professor stopped his work to help me find a classroom when I got lost before an exam.
having dinner with my friends after chemistry recitation. We get a chance to just hang out and catch up after a long day of class.
My favorite Brandeis class so far has been the Honors General Chemistry sequence with Professor Rebecca Gieseking (semester 1) and Professor Klaus Schmidt-Rohr (semester 2), and the accompanying lab with Professor Milos Dolnik. Professor Gieseking taught us the beginnings of quantum chemistry from first principles. Professor Schmidt-Rohr challenges us to question what's presented in textbooks and articles. Professor Dolnik performs experiments called "magic chemistry," that can be explained with science, although they seem like magic. All of these professors have taught me to arrive at scientific conclusions myself and think critically about accepted scholarship.