How do you find opportunities to get experience in a research setting, and what do you do if your premed institution doesn’t seem to have any?
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“I’m a nontraditional student making my way through a DIY postbacc at one of the CUNY schools in NYC.
The only school that I could find in the system that both offers all of the classes I need and allows 2nd-degree-seeking students to register for classes early enough for me to actually get into said classes doesn’t have much in the way of research opportunities.
I am going to see whether I can do research at another, more research-heavy CUNY institution, but I’m not sure whether I’ll be able to.
I was wondering whether it is possible to get involved in research outside of one’s premed institution, and if so, how to approach that process. Thank you!”
Everything in life is not given to you because of where you’re at. You go out and you get everything.
It’s not about whether an institution has research or not. Go and make research if it’s something you’re interested in.
Moreover, research doesn’t have to be at an institutional level. Reach out to different physicians and what research they’re doing. Try to get research outside of your institution.
Don’t let the name or the size of the institution you’re at hold you back.
Don’t think you can’t go and do what another medical student at a “prestigious institution” with tons of resources can do. You can go and do it all.
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