I kind of messed up my resume (I think??)

[kingslayer]

Okay guys, I'm freaking out--I accidentally put that I was a "Research Assistant" on my resume. I'm part of the research team, but I'm not employed by my school or anything. How badly did I mess up, and please be honest. Ughhh

[fuzzylogician]

I am failing to see the problem.

[kingslayer]

@fuzzylogician I didn't see it either (at our school, we refer to people who aren't paid but are in labs as research assistants as well) but ~true~ research assistants are paid. I don't want them to think I'm misleading them or anything. Also, I need to stop looking over everything I turned in.

[fuzzylogician]

5 minutes ago, highborn said:

@fuzzylogician I didn't see it either (at our school, we refer to people who aren't paid but are in labs as research assistants as well) but ~true~ research assistants are paid. I don't want them to think I'm misleading them or anything. 

Well then you're using the job description that is commonly used in your lab. You're not misleading anyone. I don't really understand what a "true" lab assistant means -- is that in opposition to the "fake" kind? Getting paid or not doesn't change what you actually did in the lab. I assume your SOP describes in detail what you did in the lab, the research you contributed to, the skills you learned, etc., and that you got a nice detailed letter from the PI also attesting to the same. What matters is what you did and how you talk about it, not the official job description. 

5 minutes ago, highborn said:

Also, I need to stop looking over everything I turned in.

Yes, you really do. Seriously, I don't get it. You're only psyching yourself out about things you can't change. Stop, now.