How many schools to apply?

mtlve
Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:25:36 +0000

As EvoViro said, look for a tech position or at the NIH IRTA program. You do need to be careful about picking a lab. Some tech positions allow you to have a project and others you are just stuffing pipette boxes.

I strongly recommend taking time off. I have not met a single person that regretted doing this.

I also recommend that you try to get a relatively safe project that you can get pubs out of. I picked a very risky project, which I thought was fine at my level. The project never worked and the lack of pubs is hurting me in fellowship applications. Some PIs I rotated with are probably worried about this too.