Last Day :(

Wednesday May 11th
I must say, I have some of the best sponsors ever. We started out by going to lunch at Timpone's. The Department Head took myself and Pablo as a congraduations into becoming students in the department for next year, but a few of the professors we have worked with came along as well. Pablo and I both received a bag full of FSHN pens, mugs and luggage tags which were pretty cool. I talked with Dr. Helferich for a while, who is the most successful professor in the department (he's brought in about $20 million of grants in the past 2 years). He gave me some great advice on classes to take and experiences to get involved in as well as how to approach grad/med school. He really pressured me to do a lot of service and other outside activities other than the basic studying that can overwhelm any good student. After lunch we went back to the lab and finished up our iron analysis from the day before. It took a couple hours and since was my last day I wanted to finish the job. Because I stayed late, Dr. Andrade took Pablo and I to Coco Mero which was super generous. We had a really nice talk about college and life in general. I gave everyone my thanks one more time and headed out. Luckily, I will be studying the department next year and I already have so many great connections.