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So I was offered a basic research position with a professor at a top 5 med school. But I'm also taking my MCAT's for the first time in August. I declined the job with the rationale that, if I work full time doing hardcore research it will take away from my MCAT study time. My GPA is average so I need to do really well on the MCAT. I figured that if I bombed the exam, I would have to retake in April, and I would still be stuck with this professor in the same sh**hole of a city.
I also think that I need clinical experience, not doing pcr blotting and so forth. I don't think it's really going to make a difference if I start doing research on rats NOW or start in August. I have no clinicals, although I do have a summer of research. So my new plan: finish up my prereqs this semester, hack out the august mcats, go back to my hometown and start doing clinicals with two clinical physicians
I am crazy for not taking the job and passing up a reccomendation from a basic science prof at a top school?
Thanks ~ Lubdubb
I also think that I need clinical experience, not doing pcr blotting and so forth. I don't think it's really going to make a difference if I start doing research on rats NOW or start in August. I have no clinicals, although I do have a summer of research. So my new plan: finish up my prereqs this semester, hack out the august mcats, go back to my hometown and start doing clinicals with two clinical physicians
I am crazy for not taking the job and passing up a reccomendation from a basic science prof at a top school?
Thanks ~ Lubdubb