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Titanocene

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  1. Undergrad Institution: Small & Public - you haven't heard of itMajor(s): ChemistryMinor(s): ChemistryGPA in major: 4.0Overall GPA: 3.671828 Type of Student: DomestickGRE Scores (revised version):Q: 162 (81%)V: 163 (93%)W: 4.5 (83%)S: 880 (94%)Research Experience: Two solid years; two full time summers & a lot of time during the semester (maybe a bit too much time; see overall GPA). Awards/Honors/Recognitions: A good amount of departmental awards and some small national and statewide recognition; industry funded summer research at home institution. Was hoping for an REU but go shut out - kudos to those of you who got to do chemistry cross' country Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Designed curricula and lead recitations for organic chemistry. Work as a lab assistant and got to do some cool things with the available instrumentation. Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Submitted my NSF GRFP? This was a busy semester and if there is one thing I am proud of, its coming up with an NSF proposal from scratch. I learned a lot and it was great to really dig into something, come up with an idea, and figure out how to pursue it. Presentations: Three national conferences, five regional. Misc. Points: Did very well on ACS standardized exams (>99th percentile). Have a clear focus on what field of research I want to pursue - made that very clear in the SOPs. Any Other Info: First author publication in submission (good lord, that was that a lot of work)Applying to Where: Princeton, Caltech, Wisc. - Mad., UIUC, U Mich., Scripps (If I get in, I'm going) UCI, Columbia (Why did you have to move to Cornell, Lambert!) Some days, I feel like I have a good shot. Other days, I'm bracing myself for the inevitable mass rejection. Anyone else feel like this?
  2. Thanks for starting this thread. Here is an old copy & paste profile format to make things a bit easier Undergrad Institution: (School or type of school, such as big state, lib arts, ivy, technical, foreign (what country?))Major(s):Minor(s):GPA in Major: Overall GPA: Position in Class: Type of Student: (Domestic/International, male/female, minority?)GRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: V: W: S: Research Experience: Awards/Honors/Recognitions: (Within your school or outside?)Pertinent Activities or Jobs: (Such as tutor, TA, etc...)Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help:Special Bonus Points: Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter:Applying to Where:School - Department - Research InterestSchool - Department - Research InterestSchool - Department - Research Interest
  3. For the finer details, it depends on what venue you are presenting at. To your class? To a general audience? To your professors? At a conference? etc. This is important for the approach of the presentation. However, overall, the good synthesis presentations I have seen all have common themes regardless of the venue. The common themes are: 1. Begin with a description of the family of compounds the natural product of target is a part of. Here you can talk about some interesting history about where this family of compounds originates from and how they play a role in the biological organism. 2. Discuss the biological importance of the compound, even if small or somewhat unfounded. Also, you can discuss how this work advances total synthesis forward as a whole. For example, what complex motif, that has proven difficult in the past, are we tackling now? 3. Illustrate, with pristine reaction schemes, the interesting chemical reactions and steps you took to accomplish the synthesis. How was each step interesting? What knowledge did you gain from it? If your venue is more advanced, discuss the retro-synthetic analysis you undertook. 4. End with a discussion about what this synthesis had provided and what was taken away. Again talking about the biological significance. I'm a methodology guy but all the really enjoyable synthesis talks I have seen have these elements. One talk in particular was Sarah Reisman's progress toward talatismane at the 2017 ACS DOC NOS. That was an incredible presentation. Best
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