For my mentor interview assignment, I talked to my wonderful mentor Lauren Welch. Lauren is an Economics major though she is not sure of it and believes that it could be changing soon. She is also pursuing a minor in French. She applied for the Honors program but was rejected so, ultimately, decided to join the PSL scholars because she found it the most interesting, and she was focused on political science at the time. She is currently, in addition to being a PSL mentor, a member of the Casual Debate Club, and works part-time at Sloopy’s Diner. She is currently on the Pre-Law track but is not certain of whether or not she will stay in it in the future. She also has some interest in the Data-Analytics field. Her favorite class she has taken so far is a class about politics in developing countries and what makes them developing countries. If she could go back, she would test out of her French 1103 class.
Lauren is from Beavercreek, Ohio, which is right outside of Dayton. Her dad is a lawyer and her mother is a chemistry teacher in a neighboring school district. She has three younger siblings- two sisters and a brother (who is disappointedly taller than her). Lauren was a part of a dance team in high school and she has been dancing for 14 years. She hopes to pick up dancing again in the future when she has the time. She also likes to go to the gym and read mystery/investigative thrillers. If she could switch places with a fictional character she would switch with Hermione from Harry Potter. She has been watching Criminal Minds and Gilmore Girls lately. Her favorite Criminal Minds character is Spencer Ried and she is Team Dean on Gilmore Girls (which hurts me deeply). Her favorite animals are elephants (just like me!). She didn’t realize, when she started college, how similar she and her friends would be.
Ultimately, I learned that Lauren and I are very alike. She too is not completely sure of her future, which makes me feel infinitely better, and she has a lot of the same interests as me. It was a pleasure talking to her and getting to know her better!