WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.589 --> 00:00:02.128 If you want to do exactly what I do 2 00:00:02.128 --> 00:00:05.549 line:15% is cell molecular biology, genetics, 3 00:00:05.549 --> 00:00:08.487 line:15% a little bit of chemistry just to kind of 4 00:00:08.487 --> 00:00:12.027 line:15% better understand your biology, so like biochemistry. 5 00:00:12.027 --> 00:00:15.168 line:15% And then actually getting in the lab 6 00:00:15.168 --> 00:00:18.917 line:15% and doing some lab bench experiments. 7 00:00:18.917 --> 00:00:21.688 line:15% So it's getting some hands on, you know, 8 00:00:21.688 --> 00:00:23.819 line:15% not being scared to go in and try it. 9 00:00:23.819 --> 00:00:26.692 line:15% Cause you're gonna mess up, everyone messes up. 10 00:00:26.692 --> 00:00:29.377 So it's just not being scared to fail. 11 00:00:29.377 --> 00:00:32.227 The GPA, everyone looks at GPA. 12 00:00:32.227 --> 00:00:34.651 At least in my experience GPA. 13 00:00:34.651 --> 00:00:37.351 Some people just filter just on GPA. 14 00:00:37.351 --> 00:00:41.477 So work really hard to get your GPA up as much as you can. 15 00:00:41.477 --> 00:00:44.251 What else looks good is internships. 16 00:00:44.251 --> 00:00:47.448 So a lot of people, maybe in school, 17 00:00:47.448 --> 00:00:48.511 line:15% want their summers off. 18 00:00:48.511 --> 00:00:50.484 line:15% But if you have internship experience 19 00:00:50.484 --> 00:00:51.914 line:15% it gives you a couple things. 20 00:00:51.914 --> 00:00:53.977 line:15% One, you can network at different companies. 21 00:00:53.977 --> 00:00:57.336 So it kind of is like a three month job interview. 22 00:00:57.336 --> 00:00:59.664 So you can network, get your name out there, 23 00:00:59.664 --> 00:01:01.098 and then when you're ready to graduate 24 00:01:01.098 --> 00:01:02.777 people will remember you. 25 00:01:02.777 --> 00:01:06.127 And then other things is just technical experience. 26 00:01:06.127 --> 00:01:10.460 Like hitting key words of, oh I'm proficient in PCR. 27 00:01:11.361 --> 00:01:13.714 You know if you have a lab and you need someone doing PCR 28 00:01:13.714 --> 00:01:17.279 that can kinda get you an in too. 29 00:01:17.279 --> 00:01:18.712 If you can do undergrad research 30 00:01:18.712 --> 00:01:21.477 and if you're only planning on doing a bachelors degree, 31 00:01:21.477 --> 00:01:24.401 line:15% that is the way to go because that shifts 32 00:01:24.401 --> 00:01:27.127 line:15% how you start to think about science. 33 00:01:27.127 --> 00:01:29.415 line:15% So in the classroom, you basically, 34 00:01:29.415 --> 00:01:31.041 line:15% you have to be a scientist. 35 00:01:31.041 --> 00:01:33.324 You have to be like a sponge and soak up 36 00:01:33.324 --> 00:01:35.351 all this information to even start. 37 00:01:35.351 --> 00:01:38.091 Say like you learn pathways and all these things 38 00:01:38.091 --> 00:01:39.801 from the science books, right. 39 00:01:39.801 --> 00:01:42.241 But then when you go in the lab 40 00:01:42.241 --> 00:01:43.577 it like switches your thinking 41 00:01:43.577 --> 00:01:45.141 to where you have to think for yourself. 42 00:01:45.141 --> 00:01:47.850 And you're like, oh is this experiment set up right? 43 00:01:47.850 --> 00:01:51.751 Or did I include a right control, what is my control? 44 00:01:51.751 --> 00:01:54.551 line:15% So it really switches your way of thinking 45 00:01:54.551 --> 00:01:57.214 line:15% and it starts to build those critical thinking skill sets. 46 00:01:57.214 --> 00:01:59.948 line:15% And so that's what I think the Masters program 47 00:01:59.948 --> 00:02:02.227 line:15% is especially good at here, 48 00:02:02.227 --> 00:02:04.851 is building those critical thinking skills. 49 00:02:04.851 --> 00:02:07.351 And really driving those home.