<p>I plan on applying to medical school in a few years and might even have to do a research heavy graduate program to be competitive for MD/PhD</p>
<p>I'm at a community college right now and I was just curious if there is any possible way I could do research. Where should I be looking? I'm willing to go well out of my way to get this done. I very much want to transfer to well respected university to finish my B.S.</p>
<p>Either way, how should I go about doing this (if there is even a way)?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I don’t know anything about about med school, but I do know that CC profs are there for a reason- they love their students and their subject. I haven’t done any undergrad research, but I have established good relationships with several profs. I have spent a lot of time with my phil prof, discussing philosophy well past the intro level (and he thanked me for coming to his office with those questions, saying “thanks for making me use my PhD, had I only had a masters I probably would not have been able to help you”). He’s also recommended books and websites for me to study on my own. Another professor has also gladly met with me outside of class for matters not exactly related to class.</p>
<p>I know this is an old thread, but it’s definitely worth resurrecting. The CC profs have PhDs and don’t have the countless students that universities have. Plus, most of their students are the typical “cc non-student student” stereotype, whether that’s because they really don’t care or because they don’t know how much the profs are willing to help them. </p>
<p>Go speak to one of your profs. Worst case scenario, they’ll spend 10 minutes with you recommending a few books or a student club (which isn’t a bad scenario). More likely, they’ll be excited that one of their students has long term plans, and wants to start them RIGHT NOW. They’ll be even more excited that that student is turning to them for help in those plans.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>