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ANTHONY: The history of
5.301, right here.

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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IKE: It's over.

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And I miss it already.

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NARRATOR: It's the last
day of 5.301.

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Next week, everybody will turn
in their lab reports.

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And the week after that, they'll
all pass the class.

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IKE: I came with no
lab experience.

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This is my first ever lab.

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ETHAN: I didn't have any
research experience coming

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here at MIT, at least
in the sciences.

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LINA: In the beginning,
I understood nothing.

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IKE: I learned a lot.

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I actually knew the whole
theoretical part of it.

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But I was always interested in
getting to know this part too.

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LEALIA: And I learned a lot
about chem lab techniques.

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IKE: I got a hang of it.

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Starting, I was really bad.

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You could asK Phil or anyone.

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LINA: As I've progressed in
this class, I think I've

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gotten a lot better.

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NARRATOR: It's been a journey
for everyone.

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But it's not all about
the science.

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LINA: The best thing
about 5.301 was

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getting to meet the people.

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It was really, really fun.

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ETHAN: It was a lot of fun.

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DAN: I had a ton of fun
in lab, meeting

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everyone, making friends.

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ETHAN: We really bonded a lot
in those three weeks.

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LEALIA: I'm going to miss the
class and the atmosphere.

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HANSOL: Everybody's talking
to each other.

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And we're all getting
to know each other.

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And we're all loud.

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ETHAN: The spirit of
5.301 will live on.

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NARRATOR: The chemistry
department is getting a few

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more majors this year.

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DAN: Taking this lab class
especially strengthened my

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desire to pursue chemistry.

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ANTHONY: I actually switched
my major from chemical

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engineering to chemistry.

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I think it was the right
choice for me.

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After 5.301, I realized that I
really did like being in lab.

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I do have a strong passion for
chemistry in that I could do

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it for the rest of my life.

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NARRATOR: Hansol doesn't
know it yet.

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But she'll declare chemistry
as well.

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At the end of the day, Dr.
Dolhun meets with every

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student individually to
say good bye and help

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them find a UROP lab.

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EMILY: He just wanted to say
that he enjoyed having us and

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asked us what our plans
were for our majors

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and stuff like that.

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ANTHONY: I just talked to him
about how the class was, what

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I was thinking about doing.

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And he was letting me know that
he'll be here to help us,

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read our drafts of emails
to professors and stuff.

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NARRATOR: And just a few weeks
later, Emily, Hansol, and Ike

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all have UROPs.

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EMILY: The research that I'm
doing in the Essigmann lab is

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we are looking at some
chlorouracil derivatives.

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And we're putting these
lesions inside DNA.

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And we're testing it to see if
it causes any mutations.

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And this can lead to diabetes
and cancer.

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We're studying this just to
locate exactly what each

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lesions do and how they
affect the body.

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HANSOL: Hi, I'm in lab.

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The whole purpose of what I'm
doing is to figure out how

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fast we can make peptide
Fmoc chemistry.

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And right now, I'm currently
designing an experiment to

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take a peptide at room
temperature and compare it

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with how it couples under a
microwave at 60 degrees, which

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is the optimal temperature.

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IKE: I got a UROP.

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Yeah, so they delivered
on their promise.

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It's working with metal organic
frameworks, or MOFs,

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which are really well structured
organic molecules.

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The most important
thing was 5.301.

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I took that.

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It was like, all right, this
guy is prepared, you know?

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See ya.

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I'm out.

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I'm out.

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Monday, I wake up at
2:00 PM, yeah.

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NARRATOR: 5.301 was tough.

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But Anthony, Lina, Ike,
Emily and the

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others met the challenge.

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IKE: Don't feel intimidated.

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You're still here, right?

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You still made it.

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Make the best of
what you have.

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You're just like
everyone else.

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You're as smart as
everyone else.

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That's why you're here.

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You're here for a purpose.

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So do your thing, study
hard, and you'll pass.

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I won't guarantee an A though.

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But you'll pass.

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PHIL: Oh no, don't film this.

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