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Remember That Undergraduate Internship?

How an unhappy internship experience helped me discover my passion for research

MARCH 2018
by Josh P.
Biological Engineering
I did not know I was considering graduate school until the beginning of my senior year. During undergrad, I felt like a squirrel in a nut factory jumping at every opportunity that came my way. In the summer of my sophomore year, I began working for a traditional chemical engineering company called...

Exploring Options

Navigating "big science" as a trainee

FEBRUARY 2018
by Josh P.
Biological Engineering
After arriving at MIT in September, I was excited to begin rotating in labs. I did my research, so I knew what professors I wanted to work with. I was ready to meet labmates, do some projects, and find a lab I matched with. Little did I know that some professors not only ran their own lab but also...