<p>I'm a sophomore and I've been volunteering in a lab for this past semester.
I only do one experiment a week (about 13 hours), and for the most part I've been doing pretty well. There have been lots of little communication issues, and I know that I'm pretty insignificant, especially because I'm still training.</p>
<p>However, I was told that I could have a January internship and one day my supervisor told me that the professor wanted to talk to me and that I wouldn't be doing any lab work until after the meeting. I've emailed both of them to try to set up a schedule, but I haven't gotten a reply back for almost a week.</p>
<p>They really are nice people, and I know that they're very very busy and stressed out right now, but I need to file my internship in the next week (and I already bought my plane tickets .. ). I also don't want to keep pestering them. Should I begin to look for something else? I really wanted to do lab research so that I would have a better chance for this summer .. but =/</p>
<p>Also, to be absolutely frank, I never really liked the dynamics of that lab to begin with. I like the idea of research, the discovery and what not, and I love teaching students in lab (my job at school), but I don't know if I like the stressful/high powered, cut throat research world. I mean becoming a doctor is cut throat enough without having to worry about somebody stealing your research or how much money you've lost. It's not really what I had in mind when I envisioned my future lab</p>
<p>I'm wondering if every MdPhd's life is this stressful .. and if I am having second doubts if there is a way to do research as a doctor without being an MdPhd.</p>