Does research have to be "medically relevant"?

[powerof0]

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I am trying to do some research during the school year, but the only lab that might accept me is researching plants and insects. If I don't participate in "medically relevant" research, is it still possible to get accepted anywhere?

(To make matters worse, I've already finished my freshman year of college...)

 

[gbwillner]

I am trying to do some research during the school year, but the only lab that might accept me is researching plants and insects. If I don't participate in "medically relevant" research, is it still possible to get accepted anywhere?

(To make matters worse, I've already finished my freshman year of college...)

Yes.

 

[achamess]

For what it's worth, I met a girl on the interview trail who is now at a top MD-PhD; she did her UG research on Arabidopsis. So, yeah, n=1, but it can be done. The quality of your research and your ability to articulate how your research experience has helped you is more important than the specific content I'd say.

 

[xnfs93hy]

I am trying to do some research during the school year, but the only lab that might accept me is researching plants and insects. If I don't participate in "medically relevant" research, is it still possible to get accepted anywhere?

(To make matters worse, I've already finished my freshman year of college...)

Yes.

 

[dmblue]

Plants and insects can be medically relevant

 

[JmanDO]

I worked on non-muscle myosin, using single celled orgs. It wasn't directly medically related, in fact, such was never the focus in our lab. I mentioned how it may be relevant and of course, they asked me why I chose the lab during interview season, and I made it. You can too, you don't have to be doing medical rsch necessarily. Good luck.