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Hi guys, I am a 3rd year neuroscience & psychology student at U of T and I am worried about not finding any research opportunities when I graduate. I am even thinking about changing my major to biochemistry. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[Edit] I personally like neuroscience more than biochemistry, but a lot of people I've talked to said I am just getting a useless major and said I should study something useful like chemistry. I know I shouldn't care about what other people say but to be honest, I was pretty butt hurt and thought, "What if they are really right?"

 

P.S. Mods are welcome to delete my previous thread.

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Hi guys, I am a 3rd year neuroscience & psychology student at U of T and I am worried about not finding any research opportunities when I graduate. I am even thinking about changing my major to biochemistry. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

P.S. Mods are welcome to delete my previous thread.

 

St. George or Scarborough?

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Hi guys, I am a 3rd year neuroscience & psychology student at U of T and I am worried about not finding any research opportunities when I graduate. I am even thinking about changing my major to biochemistry. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[Edit] I personally like neuroscience more than biochemistry, but a lot of people I've talked to said I am just getting a useless major and said I should study something useful like chemistry. I know I shouldn't care about what other people say but to be honest, I was pretty butt hurt and thought, "What if they are really right?"

 

P.S. Mods are welcome to delete my previous thread.

 

neuroscience undergraduate by itself won't get you anywhere if you want to work at a lab or do research in neuroscience -- there are a couple research assitant positions... but still (from personal experience)

 

You should complement with a master's or a PhD if you want to do something in neuroscience.

 

If you're thinking of medicine, any degree is fine.

 

you're a 3rd year student finishing up school?.

 

Summer opportunities are too late now for this summer. If you want any research experience, you will have to get it through a research project or a thesis project as a part of your degree during 4th year. You can also get some research experience after graduation by applying to many of the competitive summer research grants from all the teaching hospitals around toronto. Sunnybrook has a brain science research opportunity you can apply for but it's quite competitive

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neuroscience undergraduate by itself won't get you anywhere if you want to work at a lab or do research in neuroscience -- there are a couple research assitant positions... but still (from personal experience)

 

You should complement with a master's or a PhD if you want to do something in neuroscience.

 

If you're thinking of medicine, any degree is fine.

 

you're a 3rd year student finishing up school?.

 

Summer opportunities are too late now for this summer. If you want any research experience, you will have to get it through a research project or a thesis project as a part of your degree during 4th year. You can also get some research experience after graduation by applying to many of the competitive summer research grants from all the teaching hospitals around toronto. Sunnybrook has a brain science research opportunity you can apply for but it's quite competitive

 

How about biochemistry?

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How about biochemistry?

 

not much different imo

 

same situation if you want to do research -- get a master's or PhD

 

if you want to be a lab tech, it doesn't matter if you do biochemistry or neuroscience, it's all about experience which you can get from a diploma program at a college (or if you're lucky from doing a lot of research in ugrad--- very rare)

 

you may be able to get some position in the US... but idk...

 

similar research opportunities as neuroscience

 

 

 

the one program in science that i think may be useful and still viable is chemistry -- esp. if you do analytical chemistry extensively, you may be able to get a job doing QA/QL at a drug company

 

 

but honestly don't even expect to get a job with any life sciences undergraduate degree. there is absolutely 0 work-skills being taught in these degrees.

 

either need to go to college for diploma or do a master's/further-training in professional programs (med/dent/pharm/respiratory therapist/radiation therapist/dental hygiene/midwifery etc etc)

 

you could always become a sales-rep

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