My favorite parts of EAS were professors and administrators who were always willing to talk you through coursework issues or career/post-graduate decision making. I think the EAS courses overall prepared me to work hard regardless of the circumstances. Every challenge I faced as an undergraduate has made me a stronger and more independent graduate student. My research experiences and teamwork in classes built a foundation that has set me apart from other masters students. Specifically, class projects in EAS Field Methods, Structural Geology, and Exploration Seismology gave me a background for success in graduate courses. The academic knowledge I learned laid an incredibly solid foundation for me to build on in graduate school and onward. Almost everything I do today has some link back to a class or lab I had as a requirement during my time as an EAS undergrad.