[96-99] Then at the end of the internship, we had a really huge presentation. Getting ready for the presentation was absolutely terrifying, but I was still having a lot of fun working on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[211-217] For the presentation, we first had to write up I think a 300-word abstract. I remember everyone, at least in the room I was in, we all wrote up our abstracts and sent it to each other on Google Docs. We went through and we edited each other’s abstract. Someone would realize that you had a grammar error, and someone would be like, \u201cThis isn’t what the definition of this word is.\u201d We all went through and we tried to make each other’s abstracts as good as they could be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[218-224] Then the presentations, they were PowerPoint presentations. We, at least in the room I was in, we practiced our presentations with each other. While we were making the presentations, I could lean over to the person next to me and be like, \u201cHey, how does this look?\u201d And they’d be like, \u201cHey, you need to move the picture. It’s too big.\u201d Or something like that. We were just trying to make sure that everyone’s looked as good as it could, so we would all look good because we would all have amazing presentations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[225-228] Then, when we were practicing our presentations, they would help with being like, \u201cHey, I don’t understand what this is. You need to explain this more.\u201d Or, \u201cHey, you’re going way too fast. Breathe. Slow down. You have 15 minutes and you need to fill it.\u201d We just supported each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[153-157] It was only that project that I did my presentation over. There were a bunch of scientists and people there watching and that’s what was so stressful because they were all really smart people with doctorates, or they were post-docs and stuff like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[514-521; 99] During my presentation, I was terrified that they would ask me a simple question and I would completely blank out. They may ask what’s a cell? And I’ll be like, \u201cOh, my god. What is a cell?\u201d I was just sort of terrified of forgetting something simple and fundamental and looking like an idiot in front of all of these professional people. I wasn’t so scared that they would ask me a really complicated, in-depth question that I would forget. I felt like you would be more excused if you’re like, \u201cYeah, sorry. I’m an undergrad. I don’t know.\u201d But I was just scared I would forget something simple. There was relief after the presentation. Ah, it’s done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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