Research and Non science Majors: My question

[javajava]

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Hello fellow studentdoctor mongrels! (joke)

I have a relatively simple question to ask and was wondering where your opinion stands.

BackGround

Currently, I am a Psychology Major at a Canadian University at SFU (British Columbia). I am interested in Medicine and so far have taken two of the pre reqs (Chem and Bio One). My stats are 3.45cGPA, 3.67sGPA and 4.23udGPA(upper division for those who dont know) with seventy ish credits thus so far.


The "situation" (no reference to jersey shore)

I am a non science major who has only taken two science courses which make up my sGPA, thus I don't have a large science background. However I do have a large Psychology Background. What I want is to do research however after looking through science faculty, it seems that not many of them take in undergraduate students, let alone a non science undergrad. With med schools favoring research in mind, would it be equally impressive to engage in research involved in psychology and not in science? would it still count and still impress them with psychology research experience rather than science? Or should i try to groovle at the feet of my biology prof to take me in (whom I don't know well either)


In short

Is doing psychological research JUST AS FINE as doing science research

Thanks

 

[DoctorJDO]

Hello fellow studentdoctor mongrels! (joke)

I have a relatively simple question to ask and was wondering where your opinion stands.

BackGround

Currently, I am a Psychology Major at a Canadian University at SFU (British Columbia). I am interested in Medicine and so far have taken two of the pre reqs (Chem and Bio One). My stats are 3.45cGPA, 3.67sGPA and 4.23udGPA(upper division for those who dont know) with seventy ish credits thus so far.


The "situation" (no reference to jersey shore)

I am a non science major who has only taken two science courses which make up my sGPA, thus I don't have a large science background. However I do have a large Psychology Background. What I want is to do research however after looking through science faculty, it seems that not many of them take in undergraduate students, let alone a non science undergrad. With med schools favoring research in mind, would it be equally impressive to engage in research involved in psychology and not in science? would it still count and still impress them with psychology research experience rather than science? Or should i try to groovle at the feet of my biology prof to take me in (whom I don't know well either)


In short

Is doing psychological research JUST AS FINE as doing science research

Thanks

Bio schmio. If psych is what you are interested in, do that. It is much more impressive to have a part in designing the study than being a lab tool with no say. I did psych research and adcoms seemed to be fine with it. There are a lot of parallels with psychiatric research anyways, so it's not totally irrelevant to medicine. Also, there are less neurotic pre-meds gunning for psych research spots, so it may be easier as well. Talk to some professors or look into a directed study

 

[DuxburyPembroke]

Psych research is just as good as bench work, certainly!

How's Simon Fraser these days?