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Hello all,
I am currently faced with a situation (maybe?).
So far I am going into my 3rd year as a biochemistry major.
I am trying to double as a neuroscience major.
The problem is that both of these majors require research to graduate.
I have already done a 1 semester rotation in a chemistry lab (only for 1 credit) my freshman spring semester, and am now in a biochemistry lab.
Now I have been in this biochemistry lab for a while now. Worked there last summer, all academic year (4 credits each semester = ~20 hrs/wk), and worked there this summer. I plan on staying in this biochemistry lab for this academic year as well.
Now this is the problem, the neuroscience major also requires research. I must get 6 credits of neuro research in somehow.
I would like to do an REU next summer too...
SO. My question now:
Would it be bad to work in this lab for 2 summers + 2 academic years, possibly get nothing published (my experiments have been having some road bumps...), do a summer REU at another university, and then do research in another lab? Will ADCOM see that as an inability to commit to a single lab?
I have no problem staying in the same lab, but I really want to try neuro research before I get to grad school/MSTP and realize whether or not I like it.
I have been thinking maybe just taking all the neuro coursework, and not doing the research (meaning graduate only with a biochemistry degree), but I'm not a big fan of this idea...
I am currently faced with a situation (maybe?).
So far I am going into my 3rd year as a biochemistry major.
I am trying to double as a neuroscience major.
The problem is that both of these majors require research to graduate.
I have already done a 1 semester rotation in a chemistry lab (only for 1 credit) my freshman spring semester, and am now in a biochemistry lab.
Now I have been in this biochemistry lab for a while now. Worked there last summer, all academic year (4 credits each semester = ~20 hrs/wk), and worked there this summer. I plan on staying in this biochemistry lab for this academic year as well.
Now this is the problem, the neuroscience major also requires research. I must get 6 credits of neuro research in somehow.
I would like to do an REU next summer too...
SO. My question now:
Would it be bad to work in this lab for 2 summers + 2 academic years, possibly get nothing published (my experiments have been having some road bumps...), do a summer REU at another university, and then do research in another lab? Will ADCOM see that as an inability to commit to a single lab?
I have no problem staying in the same lab, but I really want to try neuro research before I get to grad school/MSTP and realize whether or not I like it.
I have been thinking maybe just taking all the neuro coursework, and not doing the research (meaning graduate only with a biochemistry degree), but I'm not a big fan of this idea...