When I arrived at my new school in August, they told all the incoming students about the importance of getting involved in research. They said that there was nothing more important to our academic careers and that we should be as active as possible.

A fellow student and I decided that, if we worked together on most everything, we could get twice as much done. As it turns out, we could. In fact, we did so much research that they changed the rules about how much any one student is allowed to do during a semester, because apparently, we were taking away opportunities from other students and faculty. Oops.

I always have tended to over-do things.