Historical vs. Hypothesis based research

[suomi24]

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I am a US History major and have the opportunity to do historical research during my senior year that will contribute towards the publishing of a book about causes of wealth disparities for African Americans from 1600-present in the United States.

Alternatively I could work on a hypothesis based research project in the biomedical department at my school.

My question is, would the historical research be viewed as anything significant by adcoms?

I know the research EC schools look for is typically specific to hypothesis based research. I've done one summer of bench research (~300 hours) with no publications. I'm leaning towards the historical project because it would give me credit towards my major and is something I am more interested in working on. What do y'all think?

 

[Catalystik]

I am a US History major and have the opportunity to do historical research during my senior year that will contribute towards the publishing of a book about causes of wealth disparities for African Americans from 1600-present in the United States.

Alternatively I could work on a hypothesis based research project in the biomedical department at my school.

My question is, would the historical research be viewed as anything significant by adcoms?

I know the research EC schools look for is typically specific to hypothesis based research. I've done one summer of bench research (~300 hours) with no publications. I'm leaning towards the historical project because it would give me credit towards my major and is something I am more interested in working on. What do y'all think?

You've already "checked the box" for the type of research adcomms find appealing. Historical research won't get you much credit, but publishing a book chapter would be something to mention (if it happens before you apply to med schools). So feel free to get involved in a project that seems more interesting to you.