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<p>^^^****Its not just state schools. Its also true at some private schools like mine. Which is why I have to come to cc to get advising.</p>
<p>For example, the other day I went in to ask my pre-med adviser about research opportunities at the CDC and she told me to find something on the internet or to contact the CDC’s human resources. The CDC’s human resources department has been telling me for the past 2 years that they don’t like taking undergrads, they only want kids who have graduated college and are working for grad degrees. So I told my adviser that I have been trying to do what she said for the past 2 years and it hasn’t been working. She just told me to just keep trying…</p>
<p>***I am sure this would not have happened at schools like Duke/Harvard, where pre-med advisers personally know researchers at the elite research institutions, like the CDC, that are willing to take students. </p>
<p>On a side note: I decided to start contacting researchers from their individual webpages (screw the human resources at the CDC) and a couple of researchers said that they will review my resume/transcript and see if I can get involved in their work.</p>