[Tea Break Chatroom] How Can Medical Students Achieve Free Communication with Their Mentors?

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It’s time again to start looking for a supervisor for your long-term study program. I hope this episode of Chayu’s video can help you.

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV12N4y1w7Ze

For more content, see the tag: 导师 (supervisor), for example :down_arrow:
https://forum.beginner.center/t/topic/115

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In summary, keep trying actively, don’t give up, and you will definitely find the right advisor.

I’ll share my own experience for everyone’s enjoyment. Since sophomore year, I have wanted to find a “good advisor,” so I started doing things that would enrich my resume, while also striving to maintain decent grades. From time to time, I would inquire about how to find an advisor, what kind of students advisors generally prefer, whether research experience matters more than grades, if student work experience is taken into consideration, how high the GPA needs to be to be considered good, and so on. After going through many advisors, faced with situations where I couldn’t compete, or where slots were already full, feeling lost yet still continuing to consult, I finally found my current advisor after both a written test and an interview, and got lucky meeting this advisor. Everything is great now.

Summary of experience:

  1. When your thoughts are confused, don’t stop acting. On one hand, actions can help your thinking reach conclusions; on the other, the order in which you consult advisors can really affect their impression scores.
  2. Don’t be afraid of rejection; sincerely express your desire to find a certain advisor, what’s meant to be yours will be yours.
  3. There is no “good advisor,” only the “right advisor.”
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Yes, yes, yes, each mentor has their own preferences and will prioritize students with specific strengths based on their future plans. For example, if many experiments are coming up, they will choose students with experimental experience.

Highlight your strengths and avoid your weaknesses. There will always be teachers interested in your unique characteristics (eloquence, creativity, strong hands-on skills, extensive reading, etc.; everyone has their own traits).