Happy Week 2! T-shirts are ready! If you paid the year-long membership fee, come by during our weekly meetings to pick it up. If you are unable to make the meetings, send us an email and we will get your t-shirt to you.

This week's meeting was short, as we went through the ice breaker and announcements quickly. We then headed on over to Blaze as a group for a social!

Here are some announcements from the meeting:

• Next week's workshop is How to Get Into Research, presented by our VP of administration, Emily Le 
  • Interested in presenting workshops with us? Let us know!
  • Want us to present on a certain topic? Let us know!
  • Benefits of presenting workshops alongside board members:
    • practice public speaking
    • Give useful tips and advice to peers
    • Gain helpful tips and advice for yourself when helping to do research on the workshop topic
• Scholarships
  • Attending UCI during the 2020-2021 academic year? Need more financial aid? Apply to UCI campus wide scholarships with a single application! Check your email for the application :)
  • Open to all current UCI students (undergrads, graduates pursuing a Master's degree)
  • The application window is open from January 8th 2020 to February 29th 2020
  • Make sure your FAFSA or Dream Act app is submitted by the end of January for priority consideration!!
  • Check out these websites for more information and resources!
    • UCI scholarships website: http://www.admissions.uci.edu/afford/scholarships/
    • Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships: https://www.ofas.uci.edu/content/#

Hi everyone! Welcome back! We hope you all had a great Winter Break. 

We kicked off Winter Quarter 2020 with Mentor Reveal Night! Those who applied for the mentorship program were paired up with a wonderful mentee. We followed up Reveal Night with some games and concluding announcements. 

Join us next week, as our weekly meeting times for Winter Quarter 2020 take place every Tuesday from 6-7PM in SSL 105!

Sorry for the late update guys! This week's workshop was on Time Management. I discussed some tips and resources on how to improve our time management skills. 

There are two types of people: timers and taskers. 

• Timers:
  • Need to see where time goes
  • What may be useful for them:
    • Planner 
    • Time blocking 
    • "Accounta-buddy" (someone who could keep you accountable for your productivity) 
• Taskers
  • Have more open and flexible schedules
  • Complete tasks
    • Track their tasks through a list (from top priority to least priority)

There are multiple ways of getting rid of distractions:

• Turn off all phone notifications
• Turn on airplane mode
• Put your phone away 

What is a Pomodoro Technique?
It's a technique of breaking down work into 25 minutes intervals (or it could differ based on your preference!)
Some helpful apps associated with this technique:​

• Forest 
• Youtube 
  • Pomodoro Study Music Playllists

What is the Fudge Ratio?
It's a good way to overcome the planner's fallacy. The planner's fallacy is a phenomenon when people underestimate the time it takes to complete a task. In short, Fudge Ratio helps with planning one's schedule. 
How to Get the Fudge Ratio:

1. Write down a list of tasks
2. Write down the estimated time it'll take to complete a task
3. As you finish the task, write down the actual time it takes to complete a task 
4. Divide actual time by estimated time 

Other helpful resources:

• Thomas Frank
  • Youtube videos 
    • gives great advice on time management, internships, etc. 
  • His book: 10 Steps of Earning Awesome Grades​
    • ​You can subscribe to his emailing list for a free pdf!