• Question: what is your worst mistake

    Asked by anon-40230 on 15 Nov 2022.
    • Photo: Ciara Buckley

      Ciara Buckley answered on 15 Nov 2022:

      In my research? I have exploded a lot of glassware by heating/cooling it too quickly!

    • Photo: Vincent Monchal

      Vincent Monchal answered on 15 Nov 2022:

      When I had finished my undergraduate, I apply only to 1 master thinking it will do. Turns out I was not accepted because I had one low mark in physics (60%) and they were really focused on physics. I had to do more paperwork and see what university could accept to take me for my master.

    • Photo: Vanessa Rodrigues

      Vanessa Rodrigues answered on 15 Nov 2022:

      I can waste a lot of time doing nothing until a deadline approaches and not make full use of my time.

      I am learning to get better at scheduling.

    • Photo: Ingmar Schoen

      Ingmar Schoen answered on 16 Nov 2022:

      Underestimating that many other factors besides hard work and scientific excellence influence scientific careers.

    • Photo: Anna Desmond

      Anna Desmond answered on 16 Nov 2022:

      I don’t know what my worst mistake is but I have made several small mistakes when setting up experiments by adding the wrong thing in or forgetting to add something in.

    • Photo: Cristina Cuesta Marti

      Cristina Cuesta Marti answered on 30 Nov 2022:

      I would say not realising about a mistake, it is a tricky one!

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