{"id":2917,"date":"2024-10-11T12:05:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T16:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/?p=2917"},"modified":"2024-10-11T12:06:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T16:06:41","slug":"how-to-share-your-college-wins-with-friends-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/how-to-share-your-college-wins-with-friends-family\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Share Your College Wins with Friends &amp; Family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Heading home for the break? This November we\u2019re focusing on how to talk about all the cool stuff you\u2019ve been up to in college\u2014whether it\u2019s classes, internships, or campus involvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Talk About What You\u2019re Learning:<\/strong> Share the awesome things you\u2019ve been doing in class, clubs, or internships. Make it relatable by connecting what you&#8217;re studying to everyday situations.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Starter: \u201cIn my [class\/club\/internship], I\u2019ve been working on [describe a project or skill]. It\u2019s been super interesting because it\u2019s helping me understand [relate it to something familiar or useful].\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Celebrate Your Wins<\/strong>: Whether you\u2019ve tackled tough projects, hit personal milestones, or nailed an internship, don\u2019t forget to share your progress. Your friends and family want to cheer you on!\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Starter: \u201cSomething I\u2019m proud of this semester is [name an achievement]. It was a challenge, but I learned a lot about [what you gained] and pushed myself.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Perfect Your \u2018College Story\u2019 Pitch<\/strong>: Just like in an interview, having a go-to way of talking about your college experience can help. Summarize your involvement in clubs, internships, or research to show how it\u2019s setting you up for success.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Starter: \u201cThis year, I\u2019ve been part of [describe an activity]. It\u2019s been a great way to build skills like [name the skills], which I know will come in handy for [describe your future goals].\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heading home for the break? This November we\u2019re focusing on how to talk about all the cool stuff you\u2019ve been up to in college\u2014whether it\u2019s classes, internships, or campus involvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":832,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"career","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/author\/career\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2917"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2920,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917\/revisions\/2920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}