title: Tell the negative committee to shut up.
authors.affiliation: Fanuel Muindi is a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. For more on careers and life in science, visit http://www.sciencecareers.org.
authors.forename: Fanuel
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Muindi
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D001695:Biology / Q000193:education; D002321:Career Choice; D004500:Education, Graduate; D014477:Underachievement; D014830:Vocational Guidance