oh no! I have 2 interviews tomorrow and I'm sick

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don't worry about grades, just blame it on senioritis 👍 👍

or in this case sinusitis

 

[dienekes88]

Well, you survived!

I was going to say "HI, AR2388! But I realized I forgot the 4 numbers. I then realized that calling you by your SDN handle in public would be WEIRD." It's cool, though. I'm just going to make it awkward on an anonymous/faceless message board. I stopped by right before anatomy lab.

Hope the interview went well. Did you interview with Dr. Kornfeld?

 

[ar2388]

wait wait.. i met you Dienekes??? at columbia? do you have longish hair?

 

[dienekes88]

wait wait.. I met you dienekes??? At columbia? Do you have longish hair?

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[ar2388]

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HAHAHA awesome!! man that was so cool. dude i loved columbia... i soo soo want to get in

 

[chad5871]

HAHAHA awesome!! man that was so cool. dude i loved columbia... i soo soo want to get in

Me too! I interviewed there on 10/8 and they completely sold me. It's my new dream school!

Best of luck to you!

 

[gujuDoc]

HAHAHA awesome!! man that was so cool. dude i loved columbia... i soo soo want to get in

Dude you did natural products research????????????????

There are sooooooooo few people I know out there that knowwhat I'm talking about when I say I worked in a lab that did natural products research.

I used to work with a professor at USF who did natural products research. Eventually he found a compound that had anticancer properties and now they've found extract that show antimalarial properties. So they have a lot of ongoing stuff with that. He collaborates with a professor out at UAB who does the chemical ecology portionof their research.

That is soooo cool. I don't know too many others outside of the people I did research with and the girl I know at Uhawaii doing her masters in such, who have done this sort of research.

 

[ar2388]

whoa that sounds like kick ass research. i worked mostly with gingko biloba, specifically bilobalide. i was trying to put different substituents on it so that one day we can put radioactive F and see it active in ppl's brains... substitution didnt really work tho 🙁

 

[BeardedRunner]

Not only was I sick during one of my interviews, but I had also severely burned my fingers the night before. I had to go to the ER because I was in so much pain. The sickness and burns definitely took their toll, but just try to do your best.

 

[gujuDoc]

whoa that sounds like kick ass research. i worked mostly with gingko biloba, specifically bilobalide. i was trying to put different substituents on it so that one day we can put radioactive F and see it active in ppl's brains... substitution didnt really work tho 🙁

I see. That sounds interesting too!! Yeah it took a long time for my professor to hit the jackpot with something this good. But I'm really happy its finally coming together for him.

 

[dw2158]

bumping this because i'm in the same situation. well, only one interview tomorrow, but still. what do we think is proper etiquette here? should i warn my interviewers and not shake hands with them? and either way, should i warn them because i'm going to have a bottle of water, tissues, and cough drops with me? ugh.

 

[BlueElmo]

bumping this because i'm in the same situation. well, only one interview tomorrow, but still. what do we think is proper etiquette here? should i warn my interviewers and not shake hands with them? and either way, should i warn them because i'm going to have a bottle of water, tissues, and cough drops with me? ugh.

I'm sure it will be fine. It's just at most 30-45 minutes, right, it shouldn't be too bad. Just get a good night's sleep tonight.