From dozens of ideas to ours


When Shin and I first started researching potential topics, we had tons of potential topics, ranging from cancer therapeutics to snake bite treatments. We had truly no idea how we would be presenting an in-depth proposal in just a few weeks.

This is one of the things I most appreciated about 109 though – the homework is actually helpful in that it keeps you on track for major deadlines but we also get super constructive feedback almost immediately.

So, we somehow finally picked a topic. We thought that once we had a topic chosen, we would not be so overwhelmed by the amount of literature. However, it seemed like the amount of literature only increased once we began looking for work done in this area. Even conflicting results, which stumped us for several days.

Eventually, with lots of help from the teaching staff, we were able to finalize our proposal in plenty of time (we still underestimate how long it will take us to make figures and schematics!!) and then presented.

The other thing I liked about this assignment was that it was with our lab partners. Somehow, presenting in front of the class seems much easier with someone else up there with you.

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Well, we made it! This was seriously my favorite class of all time and I wish we had this teaching staff for every class from now on. Thanks for everything guys, its been real! 20.DONE09!!

~Abby McGee

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