Paid summer research for pre-med
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Anonymous
| We will have to pay out of state tuition for a pre-med program. The OOS tuition is very high. For pre-med, Biology / Computational Biology what are some of the paid research opportunities available for undergrads and how much do they normally pay for the summer research |
Anonymous
| REUs (research experience for undergrads). They pay like $7k for 10 weeks. And some provide housing, meals, travel and some don’t. Good luck! |
Anonymous
This is a federal program. Given the cuts to the NSF, I wouldn't rely on this to be realistic option for your student. Some colleges do offer paid research experiences for their own students, paid for by the university. My own student is working in a lab without pay this summer, which seems to be a more common option. |
Anonymous
My kid was offered 2 REUs for this summer. Yes some programs lost funding but many still going strong. Check out the REU sub on Reddit. |
Anonymous
| OP, consider yourself lucky if you can find a professor who is willing to take your kid on for the summer. Wanting to get paid is a wishful thinking. REU is somewhat unique program if your kid can get it. |
Anonymous
| REU is mostly for 2nd/3rd year college students and highly competitive. |
Anonymous
| If they don't pay it's totally fine. As long as you find that unpaid opportunity, the college will pay you to go. |
Anonymous
I don't understand what you are saying. |
Anonymous
| My son will be paid by his lab this summer (computational biology). He is not paid during the school year. He is also doing work for another lab in a different department and receives an hourly wage during both the school year and summer. |
Anonymous
REUs strongly prefer students targeting phD not MD. There are exceptions but usually they are highly prestigious programs that preferentially pick T15/ivy. REUs often have to pick majority lac hbcu and smaller regional R2s. The research experiences for premeds are through the home school or various medical schools. Quick google finds many. E |
Anonymous
If you have a decent gpa and you college is half decent at teaching/has prestige you should be able to get an reu acceptance. It’s not any more difficult than getting an internship. Nonetheless, I think op is misguided. Research is a pretty bad waste of a premed’s time unless they’re applying md PhD. Look at REUs that prioritize clinical hours and shadowing experience. |
Anonymous
| I think I got something like 2-3K/month. Barely enough to pay rent |
Anonymous
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A slight possibility is actual EMT work if kid gets qualified.
Also long ago, my boyfriend had a job on campus taking care of medical research animals. That was paid, not volunteer. If you are financial aid eligible, some pricey schools have internship funding where you apply for a grant to "pay" you while you do unpaid research. |
Anonymous
Only if you're not aiming for a top med school. |
Anonymous
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Paid undergrad research is going to expect a lot of low level busy work to justify the expense.
On the other hand, unpaid research is going to be more productive for an undergrad to have a higher level role in a research project since they are volunteering their time. They can skip the low level busy work. Finding a good faculty mentor who is willing to work with undergrads, and actually help them, is the hardest part. |