Summer update
I got two more important pieces of information about the summer: projects and people.
There are ten faculty members accepting students, and there are ten of us, but I don't think that necessarily means that it's one per faculty member (one per project, if there are multiple projects going on for someone, may or may not be a different story). I looked briefly through the list and found three that I might like, two that I rejected right away based on the word "computational" in the description, and five that were mediocre/I-have-no-idea-what-this-means. One of those got moved to the "no" category because of too much engineering-ness. I'm just glad that there are three that sound interesting, because after the lab tours where we get to hear more about them, I'll have to pick my top three. One in particular caught my eye, but it also had the most information out, so I don't know if I'm biased in that respect. All of the ones I like seem to involve DNA repair, which is something we spent time on in biochem II and genetics last semester, so I'm starting to try to question whether I'd be interested in taking something more genetics-based for a grad school path or if I'm too anxious to get back to something more chemistry-based.
The list of my fellow program-mates started making me nervous at first glance because it was "engineering...engineering...engineering" (insert sciencey sounding name in front of each), but when I looked at it again, it seems to be five engineering and five not. It's also, I'm almost positive, eight girls and two guys. I've been in contact with three of the girls so far.
That's all for now, I'll probably be able to say much more when I actually get there. Since I tend to have a problem with redundancy in this journal, I'll try to refrain from giving too much more information until possibly when I get my project, unless something particularly interesting comes up. You're welcome in advance.
There are ten faculty members accepting students, and there are ten of us, but I don't think that necessarily means that it's one per faculty member (one per project, if there are multiple projects going on for someone, may or may not be a different story). I looked briefly through the list and found three that I might like, two that I rejected right away based on the word "computational" in the description, and five that were mediocre/I-have-no-idea-what-this-means. One of those got moved to the "no" category because of too much engineering-ness. I'm just glad that there are three that sound interesting, because after the lab tours where we get to hear more about them, I'll have to pick my top three. One in particular caught my eye, but it also had the most information out, so I don't know if I'm biased in that respect. All of the ones I like seem to involve DNA repair, which is something we spent time on in biochem II and genetics last semester, so I'm starting to try to question whether I'd be interested in taking something more genetics-based for a grad school path or if I'm too anxious to get back to something more chemistry-based.
The list of my fellow program-mates started making me nervous at first glance because it was "engineering...engineering...engineering" (insert sciencey sounding name in front of each), but when I looked at it again, it seems to be five engineering and five not. It's also, I'm almost positive, eight girls and two guys. I've been in contact with three of the girls so far.
That's all for now, I'll probably be able to say much more when I actually get there. Since I tend to have a problem with redundancy in this journal, I'll try to refrain from giving too much more information until possibly when I get my project, unless something particularly interesting comes up. You're welcome in advance.