Jennifer Davis on UVA: English Major, Black Student Community, and The Lawn.

Episode summary introduction: As a high schooler, Jen loved writing and was part of the school newspaper. She was on the varsity tennis team. She was the president of the equity board. Jen thought she knew what kind of college she wanted to attend. Things, however, turned out a little differently.

Jennifer Davis is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a Bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature.

In particular, we discuss the following with her:

Why UVA?
The Transfer Experience
Choosing English as a Major
Black Student Alliance
Advice to Aspiring Students

Topics discussed in this episode:

Introduction to Jennifer Davis, UVA [0:50]
Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights [1:48]
Rich Experience at UVA [5:02]
Why Fairfield? [6:19]
High School Interests [8:23]
Transition to Fairfield [9:47]
Why Transfer to UVA? [12:57]
Transition to UVA [17:47]
Faster Academic Transition [20:25]
Ambitious Peers [22:32]
“Great Professors” [25:01]
Club Tennis, Black Student Alliance, & more [27:37]
Summers [30:36]
Choosing the Major [33:02]
UVA Impact on Career [37:01]
UVA Redo? Trying to see what happens... [39:57]
Advice to Aspiring Students [43:09]
Memories: Lawn at UVA, Black Alumni Weekend [47:36]

Our Guest: Jennifer Davis is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a Bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature.

Memorable Quote: “...everybody wants a good communicator, everybody wants a good writer. Everybody wants somebody that's going to think critically. And yeah, and so that's kind of why I stuck with that [English].”

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