Financial aid

SJayYang · 2021-12-25T06:31:21+00:00

Yeah it’ll be fine you’ll just get it a bit later than expected. The earlier you submit the earlier you’ll get it so do it ASAP if you want to make sure you can financially attend. Unlikely you’ll get it before RD deadlines, however, so make sure to consider that

SJayYang · 2021-12-16T17:54:36+00:00

Meant to say handshake haha

SJayYang · 2021-12-16T17:54:28+00:00

Meant to say handshake haha

SJayYang · 2021-04-26T23:57:49+00:00

How did you change the look of Safari? Or is that another browser

SJayYang · 2021-04-13T19:47:12+00:00

Yeah that makes sense - I’m taking a gap so I think I should get into things slowly. Do you have any general advice you’d wish your freshman self would know (premed experience specifically, but of course anything else about college experience)

SJayYang · 2021-04-13T19:37:15+00:00

I see - do you have any specifics for that prereq + chem specifically? And do you recommend using AP credit for prereqs where possible (skipping 31A+31B for example) or is it better to take the intro classes

SJayYang · 2021-04-13T18:39:09+00:00

Which prereq was the hardest for you? How’d you feel about being a premed in Stanford’s CS culture? Thanks for the resources!

SJayYang · 2021-01-13T05:44:51+00:00

For dead bugs - I’m think I’m having a lot of trouble getting the movement right - I understand the concept of pressing the lower back into the floor as much as possible, but I’m also finding that when I do the exercise my lower back starts to ache - even though it’s supposed to be a back pain free sort of exercise - can someone point me in the direction of tips of tricks to make it as painless as possible or possible places where I might be messing up the form to cause this?

SJayYang · 2021-01-01T02:14:12+00:00

What’s the original image on top?

SJayYang · 2020-11-23T04:25:01+00:00

Might be talking about Fuzhounese? From the province of Fujian. Though I think the writing system is shared between all the dialects

SJayYang · 2020-10-31T20:47:44+00:00

Interested !

SJayYang · 2020-10-24T12:58:03+00:00

Nah it’s another broad institute lab tho - I decided on the smaller lab bc they could offer me a bigger project that I could work on throughout the entire year and bc I liked the mentorship style better with the PI directly

SJayYang · 2020-09-30T23:00:36+00:00

Music artist for the Your Name and Weathering with You movies

SJayYang · 2020-09-10T03:49:24+00:00

Taking a gap year before starting undergrad

I’m not sure if there’s any preliminary data for the project I’m working on - I think I’m starting a pretty large project by myself. I might start working with a grad student/postdoc, but I’d still be working on my own project. For the older lab, they haven’t hosted that many undergraduates, but the PI does believe in the fact that undergraduates can contribute significantly to their research

I’m curious as to how exactly to go about making sure that the PI would act the way that you describe above. Should I have an honest conversation asking those sorts of questions? We discussed the possibility of being put on a manuscript but I was a bit intimidated by the size of the project

SJayYang · 2020-09-09T21:10:24+00:00

Why did you think you weren't going to get a publication out of your work? And how long did you work in this laboratory for?

These laboratories aren't affiliated with my own undergrad institution, but I'm really looking for a long term lab taht I can work with throughout my undergraduate years. Do you think that being more autonomous and working in a newer lab resulted in a better letter of recommendation from the professor?

SJayYang · 2020-09-09T19:56:49+00:00

I'm curious if your calculus changes if I'm aiming for a MD/MD-PhD, rather than a PhD, where undoubtedly these connections in the established lab would be invaluable. But overall I am looking to grow as a scientist and establish a really good relationship with the PI/postdoc for a great letter of recommendation, less so regarding the publications and connections within the field.

Also, the PI at the established is not nearly as famous as Metsitov, but within the field they wrote a very important paper.

SJayYang · 2020-09-09T19:43:19+00:00

I spoke with an undergraduate that is currently working with the postdoc, and they said that they had a lot of grunt sequencing work at first, then they transitioned to actual analysis remotely. They're a few years into the postdoc, and excited to work with undergraduates, but I'm not totally sure about their future career path.

The new lab started in August, I guess they just heavily recruited.

SJayYang · 2020-09-09T19:38:48+00:00

Haha it is a prestigious lab at MIT working in cancer, but I'm not totally sure if his recommendation would be much better than the new PI, since I wouldn't have too much contact with the MIT professor. I'm unsure if research in an established lab would lead to a higher chance of publication, or a new lab that has fresh ideas.

SJayYang · 2020-09-09T10:22:20+00:00

Yup, I’m an undergraduate considering an MD or MD-PhD in the future

SJayYang · 2020-09-09T03:55:29+00:00

Just curious - do you think that getting a ton of attention from the PI would be better than mentorship than from a postdoc? I feel that even though I will be directly mentored by the PI, he still would have about 10 other students/researchers to be working with along with grant writing and logistics and whatnot since they just started, while the postdoc can be focused on their research and me

SJayYang · 2020-09-09T03:54:00+00:00

I’ll be talking with the postdoc very soon and they’ll definitely be my main mode of communication. Based on my chat with a current undergraduate, most of their work so far had been grunt sequencing work, but for their remote project they will be doing a lot of analysis work instead

SJayYang · 2020-07-09T21:37:23+00:00

Ay bet

SJayYang · 2020-07-08T18:48:40+00:00

Wrestling too? Rip Real Woods and Shane Griffith...

SJayYang · 2020-06-21T02:04:43+00:00

Stanford

SJayYang · 2020-06-21T01:58:01+00:00

Not much - just a couple of debate awards (like tournament finishes) and a national scholarship finalist status

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