CampingDelight Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trojjanhorse Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CampingDelight Posted April 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Umm NO it's not a useless degree at all! PM me if you want more information! I heard that U of T neuroscience is seriously dumbed down compared to neuroscience at other universities... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonstop Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 As if biochemistry is any more useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preppy038 Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CampingDelight Posted April 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preppy038 Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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