OK, pardon my absolute ignorance...but how does one go about landing a research spot? I want/need more experience and feel like everyone is 15 steps ahead of me. Any tips?
Bikeage said:Question pertaining to this thread: How exactly does one keep track of time spent in volunteering/research/etc?
Considering how schools won't see these transcript notations it is 100% on the honor system just like all of AMCAS.relentless11 said:Some school's have transcript notation, where the amount of your hours is confirmed by whoever is directing the program, and those amount of hours are recorded. Where as everything else...it is on the honor system more or less. So adcoms can view this as a grain of salt. Without real proof of volunteering/research experiences, the adcoms prolly will acknowledge it, but it won't have much weight compared to say having transcript notation, letters of rec from your volunteer/research experience, and/or publications.
Of course letters of rec, and publications may not be seen until you submit your secondaries, so if you are knocked out of the game after primary apps.....they won't see anything.
BrettBatchelor said:Considering how schools won't see these transcript notations it is 100% on the honor system just like all of AMCAS.
That said, a LOR from a research prof would be expected if you worked in the lab for a legit amount of time.
McMD said:My school holds onto LOR's for us and then sends them out when we need them and they won't send out anything to medical schools that is over a few months old. With that said, I think it's better to have them more up-to-date. But, what a few of my professors did was write the LOR when it was fresh in their head and I had just done research/taken a class with them and then they changed the date on the letter when I actually needed to send them out, so they looked more recent.
I've done that a few times - I had the LOR written originally for some scholarships, and then I just asked them to tweak it for med schools.McMD said:My school holds onto LOR's for us and then sends them out when we need them and they won't send out anything to medical schools that is over a few months old. With that said, I think it's better to have them more up-to-date. But, what a few of my professors did was write the LOR when it was fresh in their head and I had just done research/taken a class with them and then they changed the date on the letter when I actually needed to send them out, so they looked more recent.
Email professors that are doing research you are interested in. It is easier if you have taken their class and know them. Also, if your school is affilated with a medical school check out their site for research positions. Good Luck.TypeA said:OK, pardon my absolute ignorance...but how does one go about landing a research spot? I want/need more experience and feel like everyone is 15 steps ahead of me. Any tips?