u/LonelyAssistant4371

Hi everyone, I am currently an undergraduate studying Biomedical engineering at the University of Utah. My goal for the future is to end up in a high paying job in biotech, preferably in design or R&D. I have always felt that it would be a good way to contribute positively to the world, and I like working on projects that I can feel invested in. Because of this, my plan was to go to grad school after my undergrad and get a PhD. However, I recently figured out that MD's also often go into industry, and more often than not land higher paying jobs (in more clinical settings I am sure). I know I don't want to be an MD, as a lot of what I want to do (the whole project I can be excited about thing) would be negated by that. However, I am also a very sociable person, and could see myself loving clinical setting as well. All this to say, what would you guys recommend? A PhD is much less schooling time, especially without counting residency. I would be totally okay with a lower starting pay, but would there be a lower celling as well if I went the PhD route? And given a drier economy than would be preferred, is having the MD as a backup worth it? I feel like most of the time people get PhD MDs they hope to start their own lab in academia, is it worth it otherwise? And given I am hoping to go into industry, would residency be something I should do as well? Any advice helps. Thanks!

Hi, I am coming off a cut pretty soon and am going to hop on a bulk. The plan is to hop on a pplul split, however the days my schedule allows is a little weird. I am a college student, so as you can imagine its busy. My point in saying this is the conventional rest days probably are not going to be possible. So, for example, I probably wont be able to do push, pull, legs, rest, upper, lower, rest. It will probably be more like push, pull, legs, upper, rest, lower, rest. I am wondering how big of a deal this is and if I should worry about it at all, or maybe consider changing my split. Thanks!

Hi everyone, I am 5'10 190 pounds with relatively broad shoulders, and I like sleeping on my back and side. Last year in college, I slept in the student dorms. I think the mattresses were spring mattresses, and we bought a memory-foam mattress topper for the top (I think 3"). It was great, perfect amount of softness and it was great support. However, this year I am moving into an apartment that I will be staying in for a while. So, I am now trying to find a mattress for there. It is in a hotter area, and so I am trying to find a mattress than can compensate from that. Based on what I've seen, I would want to find a latex mattress as they have the best cooling. However, I feel as though it would be a different feel from the memory foam topper-mattress that I had in college. So, I was wondering if it would be a good idea to get a similar mattress topper for a latex mattress? Would I still get the cooling effect? If not, does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!