Rachel Carron

Rachel Carron is a contestant on Urban Legends.

## Biography

I’m a sarcastically funny, too tall, curly‐haired athlete. I make color-coded spreadsheets with allotted time for spontaneity. I’m adventurous and organized – have been to 32 states, 19 countries, 17 national parks, and 27 concerts. A raccoon once peed on my suitcase, I dropped my water bottle down a mountain, I’ve played flip cup with NBA player Greg Oden, and I can drive manual (helpful for Amazing Race). If I invent something, it will be a double-sided peanut butter that you can flip over and open the other cap when you’re running low rather than getting peanut butter on your arm.

## Pre-Game Survey Answers

**Contestant Name:** Rachel Carron

**Major(s):** Strategic Communication

**Minor(s):** Business and Nonprofit Studies

**Hometown:** Trumbull, Connecticut

**Birthday:** November 13, 1996

**What Are Your Major Campus Involvements?**

Director of RallyCap Sports (sports club from OSU students and special needs kids), OSU Club Basketball, Mount Leadership Society Scholars.

**What Are Three Words To Describe You?**

Loyal, attentive, goofy.

**What Are Your Favorite Hobbies?**

Any type of game - sports, board, drinking, Survivor etc; eating good foods, hanging out with friends/family, jamming in the car.

**What Are You Most Passionate About?**

Maintaining my relationships with people.

**What Are Three Of Your Pet Peeves?**

1) When people say they "could care less." If they could, they should! 2) When people pronounce "Reese's Pieces" like "Ree-sees, pee-sees." The apostrophe is ownership because Harry Burnett Reese invented them. Also, why would you pronounce "piece" that way - can I have a pee-see of paper? Also, Reese's Pieces still rhymes if you say it correctly. 3) When BuckeyeLink goes to Oracle.

**What Is Your Personal Claim to Fame?**

One time I was making a pie, and I put it in the oven. I went to do the dishes and I realized the disposal was broken because of mistakes made the night before. I turned off the circuit breaker, used an allen wrench to jiggle everything free, sucked it all up with a shop-vac, let the water run, turned the circuit back on and fixed the disposal JUST in time for the pie to \*ding\* and be ready to come out.

**Do You Have Any Hidden/Special Talents?**

I can drive a stick shift car.

**What Is One Goal You Have Set For Spring 2018?**

Be more confident.

**Who Is Your Inspiration In Life?**

My family friend Emma who passed away a few years ago but worked with me when I volunteered in high school at her company that worked with Autistic kids. So much about her and her job and her happiness has made me take the path that I am currently on today.

**What Is Your Dream Job?**

I want to do it all! There is so much that I am passionate about, and so many random skills that don't necessarily connect that I just want to try to tap into each one throughout my careers. One of my favorite internships was at Make-A-Wish where i got to plan wishes for the kids which mixed my loves for children, being organized, event planning, and feeling like I am doing good. After I interned there my mom got jealous (she was between jobs at the time) and she started volunteering. A position opened up and she got it which was SO lucky and now she's living MY dream - so maybe something like that one day would be cool!

**If You Could Live Anywhere In The World, Where Would It Be?**

The issue is that I love being near my family too much. It'd be cool to live somewhere crazy, but reverting back to the "most passionate about" question, I really like being around my family. I chose Boston when I was looking for a job and I was literally able to chose anything. So that much be where I want to be!

**Survivor Contestant You Are Most Like?**

Michaela Bradshaw - sarcastic and misunderstood by those who aren't, gave it 110%.

**Reason For Playing Survivor: Time & Change?**

I've watched the show since I was little and have always wanted to be on it!

**Why Will You Win?**

I'm a second semester senior and this is my top priority. I already have a job, yeah I have a full schedule but so far in college the less I try in my classes the better I do (seriously I tried SO hard in accounting and did terribly, and vise-versa with other classes), and I am just SO PUMPED!

**Anything else cool you'd like to share?**

Greg Oden (used to play basketball for OSU, then went to the NBA, and is now taking classes again and coaching for OSU) has stuffed me multiple times.