<p>When some people say they did 2-3 full years of research, what do they actually mean?</p>
<p>… what does it sound like?</p>
<p>It could mean 1 hour per month, 12 months a per year, 2-3 years.</p>
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I thought you could only call a research full year only if you worked full time all year (40+ hours per week).</p>
<p>It may or may not mean that, but it’ll be obvious from the context. If they’re doing a year of research as a college student, it’s understood that that’s full time during summers and part time during school years, etc. If you’re doing it as a job after school, then that’s full time.</p>
<p>In any case, AMCAS asks for specific hours involved, so that’s not a possible ambiguity.</p>
<p>Yeah, what BDM said. My research adviser told me that research during the year, for academic credit, requires generally 10-12 hours a week. You have the freedom to divide that time up (almost) however you like.</p>
<p>I’m starting some brain/neuroscience research this summer, and will continue with UROP my jr and sr years, and the summer before my sr year.</p>