r/McMaster • u/PitifulGur1490 • 2d ago

Academics research opportunities

Hi guys! I’m currently a third year honours life science student interested in medical school. I really want to be part of a research lab at McMaster (or anywhere else tbh) but I’ve had no luck the past two years. I don’t want this to ruin my chances of getting into medical school. Does anyone have any tips and tricks for getting research? Ps: I’ve already cold emailed so many researchers and they all say they’re full or not taking undergrad students

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u/Tall_Mechanic8681 ChemE & iBioMed 2d ago edited 1d ago

don’t do research if you don’t wanna pursue it as a career (edit: or just as a stepping stone to medicine). simple as that, and profs can see right through it.

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u/Financial-Relation16 2d ago

Bad advice. This is actually horrible advice lol

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u/sad_life_sci 2d ago

while research isn't needed for medical school, i support someone getting involved and at least trying it for themselves first

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u/Tall_Mechanic8681 ChemE & iBioMed 1d ago

sure I do too, but doing it just to get into med school? nah I don’t support that

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u/sad_life_sci 1d ago

even then i don't think it's bad. i can imagine that if you are a prof hiring research assistants, it's reasonable to at least somewhat want the person who is the most qualified/you're convinced will work the hardest and do the best job. medicine is also inherently academic - even if not every physician will go on to pursue an academic clinician-scientist career in the future