<p>I'm on my first semester of college and I'm trying to get my head around what kind of research I can do while pre-med. Have you done independent research or worked with an organization? What exactly did you do?</p>
<p>Is the research supposed to be medical-related or does any kind work?</p>
<p>most admissions people say 'research is research is research' and profess to not care what area it is in. I have always suspected that biomedical lab research is preferred, particularly by research-oriented schools, and that public health work is also looked upon favorably, but I have no quantitative way to back this up.</p>