<p>To modestmelody: My lab at UCLA generates 3-5 publications a year in the field of addiction research… But you’re not the first to say it’s naive of me, and I completely understand where you’re coming from. After all, I’m just out of high-school and I genuinely don’t know what the “research output,” if that’s the best way to express it, will be like at U of C or Cornell. If research is my main goal, do you think I should remain where I am situated near a large research university? UCLA and UC Berkeley (R &C) are among my other admits.</p>