Post-bac after MS?

[poopdeedoopdeedoop]

Hello, 

long time lurker here, finally fed up with looking at the same posts over and over again, so figured I might as well shoot my own shot:

 

I've had my heart set on pursuing a Ph.d in neuro for a long time now, but my research exp. coming from a small liberal arts school and community college, has always been pretty lacking. For this reason I took what i deemed an L and went off to a masters program--NOT funded.

 

Now I have been learning about these post-bac programs and they honestly seem to be a heck of a lot more credible than most MS programs for pumping out Ph.d candidates; espescially in terms of giving these individuals solid research background/exp. ANYWAYS, is it too late to apply to the NIH post bac programs? Would not being able to start until August or September eliminate my chances?

Please excuse my typo's***

Edited December 22, 2018 by poopdeedoopdeedoop

[7layermagik]

You can just apply for lab tech/lab specialist jobs as well and get good research experience. Obviously try to avoid the jobs where you will solely do drone work (i.e. mouse colony management/genotyping, tissue sectioning, etc).

[poopdeedoopdeedoop]

Yes, I hear that. But I think it's a lot easier said than done. Especially for someone like myself who doesn't have tons/any exp. with any challenging/specific techniques--e-phys for instance.