-: If you want to do exactly what I do
is cell molecular biology, genetics,
a little bit of chemistry just to kind of
better understand your biology, so like biochemistry.
And then actually getting in the lab
and doing some lab bench experiments.
So it's getting some hands on, you know,
not being scared to go in and try it.
Cause you're gonna mess up, everyone messes up.
So it's just not being scared to fail.
The GPA, everyone looks at GPA.
At least in my experience GPA.
Some people just filter just on GPA.
So work really hard to get your GPA up as much as you can.
What else looks good is internships.
So a lot of people, maybe in school,
want their summers off.
But if you have internship experience
it gives you a couple things.
One, you can network at different companies.
So it kind of is like a three month job interview.
So you can network, get your name out there,
and then when you're ready to graduate
people will remember you.
And then other things is just technical experience.
Like hitting key words of, oh I'm proficient in PCR.
You know if you have a lab and you need someone doing PCR
that can kinda get you an in too.
If you can do undergrad research
and if you're only planning on doing a bachelors degree,
that is the way to go because that shifts
how you start to think about science.
So in the classroom, you basically,
you have to be a scientist.
You have to be like a sponge and soak up
all this information to even start.
Say like you learn pathways and all these things
from the science books, right.
But then when you go in the lab
it like switches your thinking
to where you have to think for yourself.
And you're like, oh is this experiment set up right?
Or did I include a right control, what is my control?
So it really switches your way of thinking
and it starts to build those critical thinking skill sets.
And so that's what I think the Masters program
is especially good at here,
is building those critical thinking skills.
And really driving those home.