Menu

Investing Time To Make Time

About Me

Investing Time To Make Time

When I was working full time at the convenience store down the street, I made so little that I was at work constantly. It seemed like I spent every waking minute at my job, and it was really hard to cope with the fact that I was missing so much going on at home. I started thinking more carefully about what I could do to free up time in my schedule, and I came to the conclusion that I needed to continue my education. I started thinking more seriously about going back to school, and it really felt like the right thing to do. This blog is all about investing time for school so that you have more time in the future.

Going To Medical School? 3 Benefits Of Attending A Medical Research Program As An Undergraduate

18 May 2018
 Categories: , Blog

If you are planning to go to medical school, you should also attend a medical research program while you are an undergraduate. You should have no problem finding these research programs in your area by searching online or asking a professor. To help you decide if you would like to do this, this type of research program offers you many benefits, three of which are listed below.

Helps You Decide Your Career Path

You may go into undergraduate school thinking you know the exact career path you want to take. When you attend a medical research program you learn many different things. This will open your eyes to other areas, and you may choose to change your career path. For example, you may want to work in the emergency room but at the research program you learn a lot about breast cancer. You may then become passionate about this and change your career path to oncology instead.

Helps You Get into Graduate School

It can be difficult to get into graduate school, but it can be done. It is much easier if you have a higher GPA but not impossible if you don't. You can do professional level coursework, write a very good admissions letter, and get letters of recommendation from your professors.

Attending a medical research program can greatly help increase your chances of getting into a graduate program. This will look very good on your application, and it shows the school that you are serious about your decision. There are also certificates you can win at the research programs. How this works will depend on the research program that you attend.

Helps You with Classes

You will learn a lot of information if you attend a medical research program. This information will help you with your classes at school. You will likely learn more in-depth information by doing research, so some questions may even seem easy to you. This is much better than studying and memorizing as research can help you retain the information a lot better.

Depending on the school you go to, you may even get to use your medical research as grades for your classes. For example, the professor may increase your grade by a certain percentage point.

Talk with a few medical research programs in your area to learn about many more things the program can offer you. They can also answer any questions you may have.