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One of the most common existential crises of incoming life sciences students can be summed up in one big question: Is this degree useless if I don’t get into medical school? Now if you have a genuine passion for working with patients and practicing medicine- go for it! COVID-19 has shown that the people we glorify in our time won’t just be our war heroes, but also should be the heroes who work in our medical front lines. Your GPA and application need to be competitive: keep yourself healthy, crush it. If you want to pursue your curiosity for research in life sciences and go into academia- go for it! We will always need people like you who are uncovering the key insights that act as the bedrock for building anything new. Without the initial research, there’s nothing really to build off of in this field. But even if you plan to pursue academia, this article is for you. For the large group of us who aren’t really passionate about working with patients or practicing medicine, and are unsur

(PC: IStock) Biology Engineering Innovation Software Development Future The Builder Era of Biology Life science degrees are like CS degrees in the '70s Michael Trịnh 7 min read · Aug 4, 2020 -- 2 Listen Share One of the most common existential crises of incoming life sciences students can be summed up in one big question: Is this degree useless if I don’t get into medical school? Now if you have a genuine passion for working with patients and practicing medicine- go for it! COVID-19 has shown that the people we glorify in our time won’t just be our war heroes, but also should be the heroes who

The Builder Era of Biology. Life science degrees are like CS… | by Michael Trịnh | Medium

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