pritzker secondary... what makes research good.

[Sonya]

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Hi,

Does this secondary look OK?

I'm particularly cocerned about the 1st and lat paragraph. I personally believed I've talked all i could possibly care to about my research in my application.... just need to answer their questions here.
BTW, this is pritzker so they want to hear everyone should be doing research... But, it definetly s hould not make clinical medicine look bad.
Q:
If you have been involved in research, what did you learn that makes this type of experience worth recommending to others


My extensive research experience convinced me research is valuable for anyone applying science.
Through research, one makes a permanent contribution to growth of technology. For example, my current research on nicotinic receptors may lead to developing therapeutics treating addiction. Even after I finish my research, others will be able to use my conclusions to improve drug development or treat patients. Thus, research has the potential to make a permanent contribution, through which many individuals can be helped.

Additionally, research provides an excellent training on how to apply science to ones situation. I realize that journal articles are not laws of nature, but rather data that is always open to either confirmation or new interpretations. Thus, one should carefully analyze and question other?s results before applying the results. This is particularly important applying science to patient treatment since each patient is unique and the risks involved with failure are high. Additionally, research makes me practice critically thinking about and applying science, rather then just memorizing facts.
However, I consider the most rewarding aspect of research to be the intellectual challenge and creativity involved with interpreting data in context of theories or designing experiments. For instance, during my research at Washington University, I found it immensely excitement, albeit challenging, to apply physics principles towards our goal of pioneering a method for measuring cellular forces.



Q.

 

[Lab-Rat21]

Too much detail at the end...they ask WHY is research important to YOU, not specifically about your project details.

PM me about how to improve it...I don't want to post it all out there...

 

[XxRocKxX]

might wanna fix the last sentence, (excitement)


other than that, sounds very similar to what most other people would write to that question...help society through technology, help one grow intellectually, tune one's critical thinking

you could mention meeting different people in the field...whenever i work in labs, i always meet people from different countries and they always have new techniques and ways to do things that i sometimes end up using...good ol' diversity

 

[calebho501]

I disliked that question the most out of the 4 or 5 essays from Pritzker. Nevertheless, if I get accepted there, I'll totally go there 😛

 

[USeF]

caleb, what would you suggest about the question to have it better worded? Or do you not like it period?

Sonya, I second Lab Rat's suggestion to be more personal. If for nothing else, isn't that what all these essays are supposed to be for? To add color to the impersonal numbers/stats?
I've seen your posts over the past year(s) and realize you are a quality applicant- best wishes in your app!

 

[calebho501]

Originally posted by USeF
caleb, what would you suggest about the question to have it better worded? Or do you not like it period?

It's a fair question, but not everyone necessarily has much to say about research if he/she has mentioned it in the AMCAS personal comment.

 

[Sonya]

hi,

just so you know, i've made some changes and submitted it.

Yes, i probably could have benefited from being more personal in it, but i wanted to get it out. Also, it seemed like this question was more on how you would advise someone else, thus neccesarily NOT supposed to be personal. It was probably a mistake for thinking that way. anyway, I addressed unique things about me in a lot of the other questions pritzker asks.

Thanks,
Sonya