Biology Major Question

dadof1
Sat, 04 Oct 2014 12:53:14 +0000

@confusedSoul94 The larger part of my career has been as an academic scientist researching reproductive biology. If your goal is to get a PhD and head a lab, two thoughts come to mind: 1) this is possible and 2) you better love the field and more importantly writing because that writing is mostly what you will be doing in the attempt to publish and secure funding for your research. Your undergrad major isn’t quite as important as going to a quality grad school and choosing the right mentor… a mentor respected in the field with connections to the greater scientific community. Your postdoc is really the make or break time of your scientific career.