On Mon, 16 Apr 2007, DarkProtoman wrote:
> How would this look for a career in academia, industry, or the DoD?
> BTW, I'm in high school, I took California's High School Proficency
> Exam, and I'm now eligible to enroll in Cypress College's Honors
> Program. I'm 16.
>
> Earn an AS in Biology while enrolled in the Cypress College Honors
> Program
> Earn a SB in Biology and a minor in mathematics at MIT
> Earn a MPhil in Biochemistry from King's College of Cambridge
> University
> Earn a SM in Bioengineering from the Harvard School of Engineering and
> Applied Sciences
> Earn a MD from the Harvard-MIT HST program, become a HHMI-NIH Research
> Scholar during sophomore year
> Earn a PhD in Bioengineering from MIT
> Take internal medicine residency at Massachusets General Hospital
> Take postdoc(s) at Genentech, MIT, Harvard, and/or Cambridge.
>
> How would this look for a career in academia, industry, or the DoD?
Take my word for it, you don't need that much. Just get a BS from one of
the top 10-20 undergrad schools (preferably elite [if you can get in]),
then--seriously--skip the MS degree, and get your PhD from one of the top
10-20 research universities. Then, to top off, do your postdoc, also, at
one of the top 10-20 elite labs (if biology, then eg. Cold Spring Harbor,
Whitehead).
Get the MD in a MD-PhD prgram (5 years, it should be). But, don't forget
you have to get _in_ medical school.
Do NOT do postdocs in private industry. Only do one postdoc, not less than
3 years, not more than 4.
You would do well to avoid being associated with Nobel prise winners
because they always (unless you can demonstrate otherwise) are out giving
seminars all over the world making more money off honorariums than their
salaries. You want a guy who will be around to mentor you and help you get
your career going.
> Thanks!!!!
>
> BTW, what would I put on my labcoat/nameplate if I successfully
> complete this plan? All of my degrees, or just the highest --MD, PhD--?
If you get both MD & PhD, then you can put them both (forget lessor
degrees) on and have one-upsman****p over those who have only one
doctorate.
Don't forget one thing: the war is NOT with credential collection like you
listed above. The war is about making significant discoveries and
contributions (papers in peer-reviewed journals) AND getting large
grants/contracts AND surviving the politics.
Best advice: start making contact (if you are interested in biomedical
outcomes) with people in labs doing grant-funded research and see if you
can get any kind of part-time lab work (so you can get close to many
people actually doing real research and talk with them), or even
volunteer work. If you play this right, you get them (faculty) to write
letters of recommendation for you (you will need these).
Me, I am a retired research professor. I was at UMAB SoM (Baltimore),
Departments of Biophysics and Pathology. Hopkins was our competitor, not
Georgetown.
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