I had opportunities to do undergraduate research and be a teaching assistant for the Chemistry Department, both of which helped me get accepted into graduate school and prepared me for the biggest expectations of a research graduate student at a large university. The undergraduate research also allowed me to go to conferences and present while still in college.
Chemistry
So you can make the world a better place.
Professors such as Joe Burnell could see more potential in me than I could see in myself at that time and they did not hesitate to say so and actively developed that. For that I will be ever grateful.