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I will be starting a 2 year M.S. program in molecular and cellular biology this coming Fall. At what point should I know my thesis?

I've read background information in the 2 areas my PI works on (15+ reviews on each subject). He gave me 3-5 areas to concentrate on within each broad topic, however, each of those areas themselves are broad.

I am meeting with him in June. I have a few ideas for each of the projects (one project more so than the other) and I think they are valid, but I'm afraid of looking like a complete idiot. Is it better to tell my PI my ideas and reasoning or will the PI make a snap judgement about me if the ideas are not feasible and this will ruin his opinion of me? Am I supposed to know which project will give me the most data and therefore the most publications?

I'm just not sure what I should know at this point or if what I'm feeling is normal.

Thanks for any advice.

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Thanks aberrant, that's actually my post though. I was trying to elicit more advice by posting it in another categorie.

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