daftjustice Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Anyone have any experience in getting surgical summer research at one of the hospitals in NYC (or in the US in general), as a CMG? Also feel free to let me know if I might have better success posting in other forums. Regards, daftjustice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#YOLO Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daftjustice Posted March 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 lol Why lol? I have family moving there soon and I'm interested in being close to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edict Posted March 25, 2017 Report Share Posted March 25, 2017 As a naive student I once cold emailed profs in NYC, sent about 100 emails got 0 responses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riskbreaker Posted April 30, 2017 Report Share Posted April 30, 2017 Tough, but not impossible. The fact that you're a medical student means that you likely have at least one faculty member in your department of interest that knows somebody in NYC, either in a personal or professional capacity. If you've gotten to know said faculty member, then they might be able to recommend you for a position. Otherwise, it's just cold-calling and pure luck. As has already been said in this thread, you can send 100 emails and get nothing. Remember that surgical research, particularly in the US, and very particularly in desirable regions such as NYC, already have innumerable US medical students falling over themselves to get a position. One more word of advice is that "summer research" is difficult, because most medical students will be doing research year-round, and its often difficult to realize a project over a few months. If it doesn't have to be NYC, look up other centres where there are surgeons performing research in your field of interest. If they don't respond to your emails, then maybe email the administrative assistant/coordinator of the program as they're usually better at responding and facilitating these types of arrangements. In any case, I would browse the SDN forums and see what their experiences are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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