Research after undergraduate.

norcalguy
Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:06:33 +0000

If you can make a breakthrough, great.

That’s not why med schools want to see you do research. I laugh when I see someone worry about how their research doesn’t relate to medicine. Med schools aren’t expecting you to cure cystic fibrosis or cancer. But they want to see that you’ve developed an understanding of your project (I’m not sure where I said that you don’t need to understand your project), some sense of responsibility, ability to handle pressure/deadlines, and critical thinking/problem-solving skills. These skills will become very useful once you’re a doctor.

I’m not sure what’s wrong w/ being a lab slave. Someone has to do the actual bench work, right? As an undergrad or someone with a BS, you’re not going to be designing your own experiments. The PI does that for you. That’s why he is the PI. You carry out the experiments with your own modifications/nuances along the way.