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I love these tests they're so fun.
I love these tests they're so fun.
You know, its funny how God works. Here I am, lamenting over my hazy future in academia and I learn about a mentorship program that is geared towards pairing minorities (at any stage of their career) with someone in industry. For anyone who has yet to try to break into a pharmaceutical company, let me tell you, you betta know somebody cuz it's not easy. So I found about this program by reading the Science Careers Forum that's moderated by the American Association for the Advancement of Science AAAS. Its 11PM on Wednesday, January 4th and the deadline (postmark thank goodness) is Friday January 6th! So what do I do? I take the plunge. I managed to finangle recommendation letters from my dean and my advisor (with one day's notice! ouch!) without raising a lot of ire. And then I put my experiments aside and get to work on my personal statement. As I wrote my statement today, I got my usual writer's block (of course) but then I started to verbalize innermost desires. I thought, "What the hey, what's the worst that could happen?" So I started to describe how I wanted to pursue research in Immunotherapy and develop a cell-based therapeutic with stem cells. As soon as I wrote these words, my excitement for science began to return. If you took away all the drama of academia (the grantwriting, the politics, etc. . .), all the things that make me want to avoid it, I would still choose to perform research in this area. Industry may be the way to have what I want without the drama of academia (although I'm sure industry has its own ills). Writing this statement helped me to really focus on what I want. I know that I want to do this because I can feel the passion in my bones. Wish me luck y'all I have a good feeling about this.
3 comments:
Good for you Chi Chi!
Don't be shy to look for your own mentors too. When I was a grad student, I found that a lot of people out of school were flattered by asking them for advice -- and people love to talk about themselves. (Not anyone I knw though -- LOL!)
Hey thanks,
I still need to give you a call. Thanks for being so open and willing to help.
Many prayers for his will for you! Go for it!!!
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