This week we are excited to have Tiffany Reardon, Associate Director for Retention Programs for Engineering Student Services, back to give us an update to what you can do to prepare for Berkeley Engineering this summer. Topics include: refreshing your math and other subject skills through test banks and watching Berkeley lectures; learning to code with free online resources; and work on your resume and LinkedIn – career fairs begin at the beginning of the semester.

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LAURA VOGT: Hello and welcome to The Not So Secret Guide to Being a Berkeley Engineer. And like we promised last week, today we have a new guest, Tiffany Reardon, she is the Associate Director for Retention Programs for Engineering Student Services. Welcome to the podcast Tiffany! Tell us a little about yourself.

TIFFANY REARDON: Hi. Thank you so much for having me. My name is Tiffany Reardon and I work here at Berkeley in the Center for Access to Engineering Excellence and I run the PREP program and the T-PREP program and several of our scholars programs.

LV: Thank you again for joining us today. This week I wanted to give students some tips for getting ahead this summer and I know with your work you have quite a few tips about to make the most of their summer and how to be prepared for Berkeley Engineering. Do you have an overall theme of what students should be doing this summer to prepare?

TR: OK so that’s actually a great question. So I guess maybe it would be helpful. What to do and maybe what not to do. So what you should do is you should relax pace yourself. Get ready. You know if you’re relocating if you’re moving. Enjoy your summer.

At the same time be productive in your summer so be productive. There’s a number of resources free resources that you can take advantage of online that will help you prepare. Now as you mentioned all of our incoming students