3 week internship?

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[Endoxifen]

I luckily got a chance to be a research intern at one of the most prestigious research places... But the problem is... it's only three weeks. But i'll be interning/working for about 40 hours per week. Would it be looked down upon or would it not be worth it for me to go if it's only three weeks?
I did not have a say in the duration of this internship.

Thank you all!

Can you contact the PI and arrange for a longer (unpaid) internship?

 

[getdown]

build a life and not a resume. Don't approach everything with the mindset of "will this look good or bad on my medical school CV" because you lose a lot of valuable life experience by just doing. The important thing to keep in mind is how you tell the story. If someone asks you what you did those 3 weeks and all you can say is nonsense then it's not worthwhile to put it on your CV but if you can intelligently discuss what you did than that's fine. A lot of premed approach med school application like a to do list. Quantity with little depth once you probe deeper than the surface. It's pretty obvious on the interview portion. The ones that do well are the ones that are more than their CV and scores.

 

[deleted802724]

build a life and not a resume. Don't approach everything with the mindset of "will this look good or bad on my medical school CV" because you lose a lot of valuable life experience by just doing. The important thing to keep in mind is how you tell the story. If someone asks you what you did those 3 weeks and all you can say is nonsense then it's not worthwhile to put it on your CV but if you can intelligently discuss what you did than that's fine. A lot of premed approach med school application like a to do list. Quantity with little depth once you probe deeper than the surface. It's pretty obvious on the interview portion. The ones that do well are the ones that are more than their CV and scores.

this is what i think and in a way its not really about resume building but one person i know just outright told me "three weeks of anything is useless"

 

[Doctor-S]

build a life and not a resume. Don't approach everything with the mindset of "will this look good or bad on my medical school CV" because you lose a lot of valuable life experience by just doing. The important thing to keep in mind is how you tell the story. If someone asks you what you did those 3 weeks and all you can say is nonsense then it's not worthwhile to put it on your CV but if you can intelligently discuss what you did than that's fine. A lot of premed approach med school application like a to do list. Quantity with little depth once you probe deeper than the surface. It's pretty obvious on the interview portion. The ones that do well are the ones that are more than their CV and scores.

Agree with @getdown comments.

Quality is very important and you should be able to discuss your research in a meaningful way.

Will your actual work include meaningful research duties/responsibilities (quantitative or qualitative)? That's what counts (and not checking boxes).

 

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Thank you all!

Agree with @getdown comments.

Quality is very important and you should be able to discuss your research in a meaningful way.

Will your actual work include meaningful research duties/responsibilities (quantitative or qualitative)? That's what counts (and not checking boxes).[/QUOTE]
I agree; thank you - I will be mainly *learning* from the post doc and will be trained to think more critically. I have had research experiences before but this would be the first time doing a "clinical" research