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Ok. So, yesterday on Twitter I proclaimed that I scored the highest out of all the incoming graduate students on the Organic Chemistry entrance exam. Yay me, right? Right. But... I spoke too soon. I didn't know that the incoming International Students hadn't taken the exams yet.
Today they got their results and my Professor informed me that I still had the high score on that section. Yay. I didn't do that good on all of them though. I passed them, but only by the skin of my teeth for PChem. But I was by no means the lowest score, so I've been told.
Getting very good scores is an amazing feeling. It's a lot like finally getting validation after such a long time in school. But it's also a bad thing. Now everyone expects a lot more from me than some of the other students. But in a sense, I've already accomplished more than most because I've already chosen my lab group and my research project and gotten a years worth of research done. And I'll be published twice by the end of my first year.
But... my inbox is flooded with professors who want to meet with me to discuss "research opportunities." These all happen tomorrow morning. I might be ill. I'm all nerves right now. I'm really afraid that someone will present me an opportunity I'll have to turn down that I will regret. Because I've already made my decision, and I love my work. But what if there's something out there I'll like more?
But then... it's only grad school. If there is something I like better I can focus on that in my post-graduate career. Right?
Oy. Why is this such a difficult time? I wish this was just like undergrad!
But appropriate to nothing... I met this BEAUTIFUL Chinese boy who is in my class. He introduced himself, but I did not understand one iota of what he said his name was. Damn! No cyber-stalking. He did say "You can call me Samuel." Oh, SWOON.
One of the girls in my lab group is from the same city as he is, and he's been spending quite a bit of time in our lab the past week. So maybe he'll be focusing on Organic Chemistry also. Sweet.
I forsee some hot collabs in our future. Whether he knows it or not
Today they got their results and my Professor informed me that I still had the high score on that section. Yay. I didn't do that good on all of them though. I passed them, but only by the skin of my teeth for PChem. But I was by no means the lowest score, so I've been told.
Getting very good scores is an amazing feeling. It's a lot like finally getting validation after such a long time in school. But it's also a bad thing. Now everyone expects a lot more from me than some of the other students. But in a sense, I've already accomplished more than most because I've already chosen my lab group and my research project and gotten a years worth of research done. And I'll be published twice by the end of my first year.
But... my inbox is flooded with professors who want to meet with me to discuss "research opportunities." These all happen tomorrow morning. I might be ill. I'm all nerves right now. I'm really afraid that someone will present me an opportunity I'll have to turn down that I will regret. Because I've already made my decision, and I love my work. But what if there's something out there I'll like more?
But then... it's only grad school. If there is something I like better I can focus on that in my post-graduate career. Right?
Oy. Why is this such a difficult time? I wish this was just like undergrad!
But appropriate to nothing... I met this BEAUTIFUL Chinese boy who is in my class. He introduced himself, but I did not understand one iota of what he said his name was. Damn! No cyber-stalking. He did say "You can call me Samuel." Oh, SWOON.
One of the girls in my lab group is from the same city as he is, and he's been spending quite a bit of time in our lab the past week. So maybe he'll be focusing on Organic Chemistry also. Sweet.
I forsee some hot collabs in our future. Whether he knows it or not