I decided to call the research professor that I had intended on hopefully doing bench research with at UM's Department of dermatology and cutaneous surgery. I hadn't heard from her in about a week and needed to see what was going on before I move forward. Although I realize that there is a lot of time commitment involved with this research, when I spoke with her, she seemed like she was deterring me from becoming involved and I'm not sure why. I thought that maybe she's had a bad experience before with overly enthusiastic undergrads who didnt know what they were getting themselves into. I got the hint. She suggested I consider clinical research, which is not as time consuming. Maybe I should. I've done clinical research before and thats why I wanted to try something different.
But I understand that I cannot compromise my GPA with research that takes up at least 12 hours a week!
On that note, I emailed a few people at Miller in regard to shadowing opportunities. I need to secure a few shadowing hours as well. I didnt think I would get a reply so soon (or at all) but I did. From an opthamologist at Bascom Palmer (Bascom Palmer!!) Thankfully he seemed enthusiastic about letting me shadow him in both the clinic AND OR. Now how often do you get a deal like that??
However, an hour later, I receive a call from a prospective employer in regard to a possible full time position. My NEW dilemma is, if i get a full time job, how the fuck am I suppose to do any research or shadowing after 5pm or on weekends? Good thing I didnt close the deal with Bascom yet. Maybe if I can shadow at a hospital where they dont "close," then I could be alright for weekends. Thats going to be a challenge, for sure.
Or maybeeee I can kill two birds with one stone though. I can knock out my volunteer issue by hopefully doing something on the weekend, and while I'm there I can network and see if I can find someone to shadow once a week. Saturday's...
I should probably wait to see what happens with this job though. If I can secure a part time job, I will be thrilled!!! I think this is the first time ever I'd prefer a part time job over a full time job. Let's see how it goes. The woman I spoke with said that she wanted to discuss a few opportunities "in person" So its not like I'm even going in there knowing what to expect. Oh, I should add that the position in question is at a pharmaceutical research company. They conduct clinical trials. Basically, they use humans as guinea pigs on site. Cool.
Soon to come: an update on the job/shadowing/volunteer/research catastrophe
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