Class of 2003-2004

• Feeling like I was actually learning things in lab that no one else has every known or looked at before.
• Doing my own research, knowing that the advancement I made on it was largely from self-motivation, and producing in the end a truly valuable scientific tool which may eventually be published.
• I have met professors who I know consider friends more than advisors. I have met students within BBSI who I plan keeping in touch with for the rest of my life.

Class of 2004-2005

• a community of people with similar interests.
• the living community of students and the immersion into the world of research
• Environment that facilitates learning and exploration

Class of 2005-2006

• working with my mentor
• Meeting new people who had similar interests as mine.
• Learning and Improving my skills, seminar speakers

Class of 2006-2007

• ...the people here. I couldn't have asked for a better group of people to learn with.
• I think the lunches were the most helpful for graduate school.
• sense of accomplishment I felt after my final presentation.

Class of 2007-2008

• The independence and responsibility of managing your own project
• I felt like an equal, and this gave me the confidence to throw myself into research fully.
• the summit at the beginning of the summer and all that i was able to learn

Class of 2008-2009

• the freedom given to and trust provided in the student researcher.
• doing work for a paper that will hopefully be published...a sense of accomplishment
• RESEARCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  And the free food was delicious