BS (Chemistry); MS (Molecular and Integrative Physiology); MD-PhD Candidate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A year ago, I thought I knew what I wanted to do with my life. I had it all planned out. For years I knew what I wanted was to get my PhD, become a professor of pharmacology, and research the design of anticancer drugs. Then, just two days before taking the GRE in my junior year of college, I discovered the Medical Scientist Training Program and was swept off to somewhere I never thought I would be.
Apr 26, 2019
They say your first lab rotation in graduate school is the hardest – you’re adjusting from an undergraduate to graduate student, you’re adjusting to potentially a new school and a new state, you’re adjusting to new people, and you’re adjusting to new research and a new lab. Personally, I feel that picking a thesis lab pulls at your emotions just like dating. Let’s just say my first rotation came with a rollercoaster of emotions.
Apr 26, 2019
I had never realized how common it was to switch labs in graduate school. It is said that 20 to 30 percent of students end up switching, and as I thought of the people I knew who switched, I began to really believe those numbers.
Mar 6, 2019
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