Long story short, I am double majoring in molecular cell bio and applied math. Prior to this semester I had never thought of pursuing MD/PhD programs, because I thought these programs were limited to wet-lab sciences. I worked for 4 semesters+2 years in a cell biology wet-lab. While I liked many aspects of the wet-lab, I don't think I love it enough to have it be the basis of my career. I really enjoy the logic and very techy aspects of my applied math major, enough to consider just going for a PhD in a bio+mathy field, such as comp bio, biostats, math bio, you get the gist. Only recently did I realize that for some schools, these fields are also available, and for me that definitely throws the option back into the mix. I think I'd love to do something computational to study biomedical questions.
I left my wet-lab early this semester, and haven't found comp bio research opportunities, as they are less common. I have something in this field lined up for this summer that I'm excited about. I'd like to apply this cycle to Md/PhDs (aka would very much prefer not to take a gap year). So my question is, would my lack of experience in comp bio be an automatic red flag if that is what I am mainly looking at now? I'd be relying on what I enjoy from coursework and talking to people in the field to justify my interests. To defend my lack of comp bio experiences a little, undergrad research experiences for mathy fields (my background) just aren't the same and not as accessible, at least at my school.
For those of you on this track, what were your experiences prior to applying? And what are some schools I should look into?
I left my wet-lab early this semester, and haven't found comp bio research opportunities, as they are less common. I have something in this field lined up for this summer that I'm excited about. I'd like to apply this cycle to Md/PhDs (aka would very much prefer not to take a gap year). So my question is, would my lack of experience in comp bio be an automatic red flag if that is what I am mainly looking at now? I'd be relying on what I enjoy from coursework and talking to people in the field to justify my interests. To defend my lack of comp bio experiences a little, undergrad research experiences for mathy fields (my background) just aren't the same and not as accessible, at least at my school.
For those of you on this track, what were your experiences prior to applying? And what are some schools I should look into?
and good to see that there are people on sdn interested in computational work