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Pick your Poison: How to pick "the right" thesis lab

You've been finding reagents, scrambling to get a grip of a brand new field, hustling to get experiments done, and stretching the limits of your mind just so you can keep up with your rotation mentor who has been doing this stuff for years now. You have been trying your damnedest to impress the lab and to secure a spot in your desired thesis lab. Well done! But now comes the hard part. One of the most stressful parts of the first year of grad school is picking a thesis lab. Oftentimes we have at least a few options in front of us and the decision can be overwhelming or even straight-up scary. For those of you with *real* jobs (cough cough) this is kind of like committing to your first job for upwards of 4 years after completing a short summer internship. The lab you pick has an undeniable impact on what science you will be thinking about and doing, the scientific community that you will participate in, and the experience that you have during graduate school. Not to mention, i

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