My research is not biomedical...are diatoms interesting enough?

[garfunkl30]

I know that research looks good on a medical school application, but my research does not really have much to do with medicine or the human body. I study the algal blooms (dinoflagellates, diatoms, etc.) at different salinity levels amongst other things. Would this be acceptable? I do work in a lab and I am learning research procedures so I would assume it would be okay but I see everyone posting about doing biomedical research for medical schools. Any insight would be helpful, thank you!

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[greenturtle22]

My research was in psychology and had little to do with medicine, and I did just fine with applying and getting in. IMHO demonstrating the skills that go along with doing research (critical thinking, independent work and/or working as part of a team, etc.) is more important than the actual subject of the research.

 

[Catalystik]

I know that research looks good on a medical school application, but my research does not really have much to do with medicine or the human body. I study the algal blooms (dinoflagellates, diatoms, etc.) at different salinity levels amongst other things. Would this be acceptable? I do work in a lab and I am learning research procedures so I would assume it would be okay but I see everyone posting about doing biomedical research for medical schools. Any insight would be helpful, thank you!

Research need not be medically related to add benefit to a medical application, nor even in a science discipline. Linguistics, economics, ethics, etc are all fine fields for research as are many others using the scientific method. Does your research plan start with a hypothesis, have methods laid out, gather data, plan to eventually analyze it, and then will to come to a conclusion? Then you're good.

 

[Goro]

I know that research looks good on a medical school application, but my research does not really have much to do with medicine or the human body. I study the algal blooms (dinoflagellates, diatoms, etc.) at different salinity levels amongst other things. Would this be acceptable? I do work in a lab and I am learning research procedures so I would assume it would be okay but I see everyone posting about doing biomedical research for medical schools. Any insight would be helpful, thank you!

As long as you're learning about the scientific method, your research is fine.