Hi my name is Lara Badr and I’m an HDV Fellow in my sophmore year.  I’m  a Clinical Lab Sciences Major and I love being a Seawolf!  Along with being a forever fellow, I also T.A. Chemistry 131 & 132 and I’m a member of Phi Delta Epsilon.

My  advice for sophomore year is to Explore!   By the end of my freshman year, I thought I would be done finding new resources and experiences at SBU, but I learned that there’s always more to learn! I didn’t find a major I was truly happy with until my sophomore year, and finding it was one of the best things to happen to me at Stony Brook!  Also, balance out your workload. Now that freshman year is over, people usually start taking higher division classes so plan them well! (Erika is great for that too!) Use all the resources Stony Brook has to offer, there are so many out, you just have to make the first step and look for them!