Originally posted by umass rower I don't think it's completely necessary, but you should have something good as backup as a significant scientific/medical/humanitarian experience.
i think the poll will obviously show most of the people pick the first choice because im pretty sure most people on sdn have done or are currently doing research.
whats important is that we non science researchers do exist and there are quite a bit of us around even if the numbers might not show this at the end of the poll.