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I'm applying to med schools next cycle and have a couple questions about lab experience.
1) Is it bad to end a year long lab experience without any publications or presentations? I will have a strong LOR and my name on a couple papers down the road, but those papers will not likely even be under review when I apply. If I do stay in my lab through next app cycle, I will have multiple presentations at large conferences in the summer and following spring. Would that make much of a difference?
My boss at my clinical job has informed me that they will likely be increasing my hours in the spring, and I would like to resign from my research position at that point. I did have research experience in undergrad, in a different field, and left with multiple LOR's and acknowledgements on two papers. I wanted to gain more lab experience in a research field I preferred so I began working in my current lab, but I've realized I no longer wish to pursue a career in research.
2) As long as I can speak intelligently about all projects I worked on and what I got out of the lab, would it hurt me as an applicant to focus just on my other job and EC's while applying?
Yes, I know people to apply to med school without any research experience, but I ask these questions because I am already involved in research.
Thanks for any advice!
1) Is it bad to end a year long lab experience without any publications or presentations? I will have a strong LOR and my name on a couple papers down the road, but those papers will not likely even be under review when I apply. If I do stay in my lab through next app cycle, I will have multiple presentations at large conferences in the summer and following spring. Would that make much of a difference?
My boss at my clinical job has informed me that they will likely be increasing my hours in the spring, and I would like to resign from my research position at that point. I did have research experience in undergrad, in a different field, and left with multiple LOR's and acknowledgements on two papers. I wanted to gain more lab experience in a research field I preferred so I began working in my current lab, but I've realized I no longer wish to pursue a career in research.
2) As long as I can speak intelligently about all projects I worked on and what I got out of the lab, would it hurt me as an applicant to focus just on my other job and EC's while applying?
Yes, I know people to apply to med school without any research experience, but I ask these questions because I am already involved in research.
Thanks for any advice!