ChemLab Boot Camp

5.301 wraps up. Find out who makes the cut, and what the students are up to three months later. Sign-up to follow the series: http://bit.ly/MYMkSr

Meet Phil: MIT grad student, food lover, fitness enthusiast, literature buff, organic chemist by day... superhero by night. Sign-up to follow the series: http://bit.ly/MYMkSr Music: "Let Me Back In." Performed and recorded by Negative Ghostrider.

The students test their antibiotics on E. Coli bacteria. Even though Jason and Julie are working together, they don’t seem to have forgotten their battle over the biggest crystal. Sign-up to follow the series: http://bit.ly/MYMkSr

The students work in teams to synthesize brand new antibiotics, and Dan and Hansol make a big mistake. Sign-up to follow the series: http://bit.ly/MYMkSr

Ever wonder if MIT students have love lives? Sign-up to follow the series: http://bit.ly/MYMkSr

It’s time for the public speaking part of the course, and this has half the class tied up in knots. Sign-up to follow the series: http://bit.ly/MYMkSr

The students have to learn the hardest technique yet, but it’s the TAs who go loopy. Result: awkward moments like only MIT can provide. Sign-up to follow the series: http://bit.ly/MYMkSr

One of the students spills half a bottle of urea on the laboratory floor and doesn’t confess. But Ike knows who did it . . . Sign-up to follow the series: http://bit.ly/MYMkSr

Dr. John Dolhun declares a winner in the crystal growing competition. But another student disagrees and issues a challenge! Sign-up to follow the series: http://bit.ly/MYMkSr

MIT professors, grad students, and undergrads share their laboratory horror stories, and Lina learns from their mistakes. Sign-up to follow the series: http://bit.ly/MYMkSr

The staff announces the crystal growing competition, the students set up their experiments, and alliances start to form. Also, Phil has a really weird dream involving the Kardashians. Sign-up to follow the series: http://bit.ly/MYMkSr

The students learn how to recrystallize, a technique they need to master for next week’s crystal growing competition. Sign-up to follow the series: http://bit.ly/MYMkSr

Today is 5.301’s first real test. The students have to purify a contaminated sample using techniques they’ve never seen before . . . and that has Anthony worried. Sign-up to follow the series: http://bit.ly/MYMkSr

Anthony, Lina, Ethan, Emily, and the others are introduced to the lab. And they soon learn that 5.301 may be harder than it seemed . . . Sign-up to follow the series: http://bit.ly/MYMkSr

Meet the MIT freshmen signed up for 5.301, a punishing chemistry lab class known as the “Boot Camp.” Those who pass are guaranteed a job in an MIT research lab. Sign-up to follow the series: http://bit.ly/MYMkSr

ChemLab Boot Camp follows 14 MIT freshmen as they face the challenges of learning chemistry the MIT way.