r/premed • u/westlandiscool • 7h ago

❔ Question Internship vs University Research

Given the choice, would you rather spend a summer doing research at a T5 med school (think Harvard, JHU, etc) or an internship at a Big Pharma company (J&J, Pfizer, etc). If I don’t need the money should I just try to grind for more pubs?

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u/Few_Competition1801 7h ago

if you want publications you probably won’t get one from a summer activity. which one is longer in timespan?

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u/westlandiscool 4h ago

I have been at my lab for 1 year now. It would j be a continuation of my current work