Pros
-cutting edge research (but so is everywhere else) -~3 general opportunities to present work as a poster (it's expected you take initiative to ask to present; it may happen that no one will care to ask you) -oite office has resources for students-- career counsellors, health and wellness psychologists, mcat study books in library, premed or md/Ph.D. Advisors; "substitute mentors" if you lab won't-- but in this case, better to find a new and more competent lab at training students
Cons
-experience highly dependent on your lab and PI; my pi wanted me as technical support; left with no mentorship, no publication, no references, not even engaged in hypothesis-driven research, and likely the PI remains unaware of its requirement into some grad schools -PI did not allow training opportunities and suggested "transferring" when I tried -I asked for a job description and list of job duties, and was told "no"--roles unclear and undefined -lack of mentorship and care for postbac -little pay -expectation to carry out experiments at the level of a PhD graduate; in my lab, I got no feedback at all Overall a very unhappy experience; an opportunity I should never have taken!! Would not rec!