CV of Failure
Inspired by this article and this professor, I decide to keep a record of my failures. For me personally, I should note to myself that it is not the outcome but the experience that has the most value. I should only regret that I didn't fail faster compared to not having the courage to try.
· Schools I did not get into
2016: Qualifying Exam in Biochemistry program, University of Texas at Austin
2014: PhD program in Bioengineering, Caltech
PhD program in Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology, Rice University
PhD program in Bioengineering, University of Washington (rejected with no interview)
2010: Independent recruitment from University of Science and Technology of China 中国科学技术大学, Zhejiang University 浙江大学
2007: Independent recruitment from No.1 Middle School Affiliated to Central China Normal University 华中师范大学第一附属中学
2014: PhD program in Bioengineering, Caltech
PhD program in Systems, Synthetic, and Physical Biology, Rice University
PhD program in Bioengineering, University of Washington (rejected with no interview)
2010: Independent recruitment from University of Science and Technology of China 中国科学技术大学, Zhejiang University 浙江大学
2007: Independent recruitment from No.1 Middle School Affiliated to Central China Normal University 华中师范大学第一附属中学
· Paper rejections
2022: Science, Nature, Nature Nanotechnology, PNAS, Nature Communications
2020: DNA26 Track A
2013: Nature Communications, Analytical Chemistry (one round of major revision and then rejected)
2020: DNA26 Track A
2013: Nature Communications, Analytical Chemistry (one round of major revision and then rejected)
· Conference rejections
2023: DNA29 Track B
2016: DNA22 Track B
2016: DNA22 Track B
· Award/Fellowship/scholarship I did not get
2022: EECS Rising Star
2021: Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF)
Caltech Young Investigators Lecture Series
2019: Microsoft Dissertation Grant
EECS Rising Star
Caltech Young Investigators Lecture Series
2015: HHMI (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) Fellowship
2021: Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF)
Caltech Young Investigators Lecture Series
2019: Microsoft Dissertation Grant
EECS Rising Star
Caltech Young Investigators Lecture Series
2015: HHMI (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) Fellowship
· Competitions that I failed to get a worth-mentioning award
2019: Three Minute Thesis Competition
2015: The Procter & Gamble Poster Competition
2004~2009: Numerous competitions on Math, Physics, Chemistry, English, and Chinese with middle school/high school students
2003: Chinese speech competition with primary school students
2015: The Procter & Gamble Poster Competition
2004~2009: Numerous competitions on Math, Physics, Chemistry, English, and Chinese with middle school/high school students
2003: Chinese speech competition with primary school students