Is research necessary???

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
#1

<p>I will be attending Rice University next fall and I plan to major in Cognitive Sciences and be pre-med. I am not a person who is very interested in being in a lab all day and I do not think that research is necessarily for me. What I do enjoy is doing hands-on experience such as volunteering in the hospital or on the EMS or shadowing a doctor. I plan to do much of all of the above during me college experience as well as maintain good grades. Would it be frowned upon if I have no research experience outside from my labs? Through my church, I plan to travel abroad on a medical mission next summer, other than that, I cant see myself doing anything extremely productive during the summer. Should I just grin and bear it and try to find some research that may be appealing during the summer time? Are there any other suggestions that you can offer?</p>

<p>Thank you in advance for your support and cooperation</p>

#2

<p>I heard that research is essential if you want to go to a heavily research-oriented school. For other schools, it's not necessary.</p>

#3

<p>you never know that you dont like research until you try it.</p>

#4

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I heard that research is essential if you want to go to a heavily research-oriented school. For other schools, it's not necessary.

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<p>Yeah, thats a pretty good rule of thumb. If you look at the MSAR, it tells you what percentage of accepted students for each school had undergrad research - the larger, research universities will have a much higher percentage.</p>

#5