sb_diver
Contributor
Hey,
I just wanted to say I pretty much agree with everything said here. I'm finishing up my senior year getting my B.S. in Aquatic Biology (more of a marine emphasis though). I'm going through my options right now and trying to figure out what I want to do too. There are a lot of people who want to do marine bio. and not that many jobs for them.
There are research stations down in the caribbean, I don't know how much of a need for biologists they have as many of the researchers bring their own people, thats what we do here. Are you looking to stay in academia or would you be interested in government or commercial work? Thats another thing to look into.
I think research experience is very important from what I've seen and from what I've heard from talking to professors and grad students. One of the grad students I work with got a paper published as an undergrad and that really helped on his application. The lab experience, like archman said, comes in handy when you need a letter of recommendation, also like in other fields, its not always what you know, but who you know.
Good Luck
Thomas
I just wanted to say I pretty much agree with everything said here. I'm finishing up my senior year getting my B.S. in Aquatic Biology (more of a marine emphasis though). I'm going through my options right now and trying to figure out what I want to do too. There are a lot of people who want to do marine bio. and not that many jobs for them.
There are research stations down in the caribbean, I don't know how much of a need for biologists they have as many of the researchers bring their own people, thats what we do here. Are you looking to stay in academia or would you be interested in government or commercial work? Thats another thing to look into.
I think research experience is very important from what I've seen and from what I've heard from talking to professors and grad students. One of the grad students I work with got a paper published as an undergrad and that really helped on his application. The lab experience, like archman said, comes in handy when you need a letter of recommendation, also like in other fields, its not always what you know, but who you know.
Good Luck
Thomas
