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Hannah
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How valuable were internships when seeking careers in Biology/Psychology fields?
I’m interested in neuroscience but not sure to go the Biology or Psychology route. Wondering how internships helped you to decide which direction to go. #neuroscience
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Sofia Taveira
Medical Student @School of Medicine - University of Minho || Neuroscientist in the making
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Hello Hannah,
I'm a medical student and also an undergraduate researcher in Neuroscience.
One piece of advice that I wanted to share with you is that there are many routes to Neuroscience. This is a broad-range field and everyone regarding their scientific background can take place at the front rows, as long as there is passion for the work being done. For example, there are neuroscientists with a physics background or even electronics or biochemistry! There is also clinical Neuroscience and basic Neuroscience... What I mean is that you must reflect on your affinities, skills and subjects that you like the most because you will be studying that area for several years and then you do specializations in Neuroscience, for instance a Masters in Meuroscience. Analyse the curricular units of each course, speak with colleagues that went to the same university and now are in Neuroscience.
Internships can help you too, you should apply to as many as you can in my perspective, since you will grow at so many levels.... not just by gaining knowlegde but it can also be helpful to assess if you enjoy what is being done and ask for guidance/mentoring.
Best of luck for your studies!
I'm a medical student and also an undergraduate researcher in Neuroscience.
One piece of advice that I wanted to share with you is that there are many routes to Neuroscience. This is a broad-range field and everyone regarding their scientific background can take place at the front rows, as long as there is passion for the work being done. For example, there are neuroscientists with a physics background or even electronics or biochemistry! There is also clinical Neuroscience and basic Neuroscience... What I mean is that you must reflect on your affinities, skills and subjects that you like the most because you will be studying that area for several years and then you do specializations in Neuroscience, for instance a Masters in Meuroscience. Analyse the curricular units of each course, speak with colleagues that went to the same university and now are in Neuroscience.
Internships can help you too, you should apply to as many as you can in my perspective, since you will grow at so many levels.... not just by gaining knowlegde but it can also be helpful to assess if you enjoy what is being done and ask for guidance/mentoring.
Best of luck for your studies!
Bryant Stratton
Converging Incentive, Purpose, and Value
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Experience is king. An internship is an application of tools or skills. Companies want to see that you did something with your learning. An internship is great for this. However this must be balanced with networking and other facets on the paths to deriving meaningful value.
What is meaningful for you?
What is valueable for you?
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