recruitment time

Free Food, originally uploaded by jawsmurphy.

ohhhh this comic is all too fitting right now. tomorrow begins the free-food frenzy that is recruitment season. meaning that prospective students are starting to visit grad schools. which means the department is hosting events to lure them in, and they want grad students there. and, as everyone knows, the only sure fire way to get grad students anywhere is to offer free food. hence, the frenzy has begun. (also, my students have a midterm tomorrow.....and seeing premed's freaking out about chemistry can be more than a little scary at times)

i can't believe it was only a year ago that i was going thru this process for myself. i feel as though i've been at ucla for years. (and i definitely think i've aged that much since being here) (though i'm still getting carded) i feel like such a different person than i was last year. and like a completely different chemist than i was a year ago. i went to a pretty fascinating talk today on the design and self-assembly of metallocyclic polygons and polyhedra via coordination chemistry. and that's something i *never* would have said a year ago. amazing how time flies by and how quickly we can grow in just one year's time...


well, think of me tomorrow as i spend my friday night stuck in a claustrophobic conference room grading 200 organic chemistry spectroscopy exams. it's gonna be a long night........but at least i'll have all that free food to keep me going. = )

Posted by *erin* | 12:12 AM