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Here's some brief info that I'm thinking I would focus on in my PS
I didn't plan on going to medical school until after I graduated college, quite recently in fact. In college I realized I was by far most interested in brain and mind type stuff. So I started doing neuroscience research and planned on going to grad school for neuroscience. I was accepted into a neuroscience phd program, graduated undergrad in May, started doing research with my intended PI in the grad program during the summer, and withdrew from the program a couple of weeks after classes started. I just realized that basic science research wasn't what interested me, and I couldn't imagine doing it for the rest of my life. Brain/mind stuff is in fact what still fascinates me, but in humans, not in rats or mice. So obviously the main specialties I am interested in are psychiatry and neurology.
So my questions are:
-Is it ok to focus on a specific medical specialty as to the main reason why I am interested in medicine in general? I think I would strongly focus on why psychiatry and neurology interest me, is that acceptable?
-Does talking about how I was interested in neuroscience in undergrad and very briefly pursued it at the graduate level set off any red flags, like since I dropped out of grad school will adcoms think I might drop out of med school or something?
I didn't plan on going to medical school until after I graduated college, quite recently in fact. In college I realized I was by far most interested in brain and mind type stuff. So I started doing neuroscience research and planned on going to grad school for neuroscience. I was accepted into a neuroscience phd program, graduated undergrad in May, started doing research with my intended PI in the grad program during the summer, and withdrew from the program a couple of weeks after classes started. I just realized that basic science research wasn't what interested me, and I couldn't imagine doing it for the rest of my life. Brain/mind stuff is in fact what still fascinates me, but in humans, not in rats or mice. So obviously the main specialties I am interested in are psychiatry and neurology.
So my questions are:
-Is it ok to focus on a specific medical specialty as to the main reason why I am interested in medicine in general? I think I would strongly focus on why psychiatry and neurology interest me, is that acceptable?
-Does talking about how I was interested in neuroscience in undergrad and very briefly pursued it at the graduate level set off any red flags, like since I dropped out of grad school will adcoms think I might drop out of med school or something?
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