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The Research Year
#1
I am planning on doing a research year to compensate for no home department. Scores and Avgs are around the norm of NSx. 

For those who have done a research year, did it help you tremendously? Do you think it truly would give you the capability of matching over a home applicant?

Appreciate all comments and input!
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#2
Yes, it is very useful and it can make an average applicant into a superb one if you have a productive year. In terms of beating out a home applicant, that is difficult especially if the home applicant is strong and well-liked. Most programs won't be internally locked. It does happen at places like WashU, MGH, Duke.
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#3
What is considered productive?
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#4
(06-04-2019, 03:59 PM)Guest Wrote: What is considered productive?

Multiple papers, at least one first author, and a presentation or 2.

If you take a whole year off and walk away with one 3rd author paper that looks worse than if you never took the year off in the first place.
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(06-04-2019, 06:28 PM)Guest Wrote:
(06-04-2019, 03:59 PM)Guest Wrote: What is considered productive?

Multiple papers, at least one first author, and a presentation or 2.

If you take a whole year off and walk away with one 3rd author paper that looks worse than if you never took the year off in the first place.

Probably true if you are doing clinical projects.
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#6
I wouldn't recommend doing basic science for a year unless you won an HHMI or NIH grant to do so. Hard to get a publication in the span of a year in basic science in a good journal.
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(06-04-2019, 06:31 PM)Guest Wrote:
(06-04-2019, 06:28 PM)Guest Wrote:
(06-04-2019, 03:59 PM)Guest Wrote: What is considered productive?

Multiple papers, at least one first author, and a presentation or 2.

If you take a whole year off and walk away with one 3rd author paper that looks worse than if you never took the year off in the first place.

Probably true if you are doing clinical projects.

True for basic science as well. If you're doing lab work all year you better get on clinical projects so you have something to show for it.
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