Ask Ms. Jessica Issue 25 – Mutant Studies

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Dear Ms. Jessica,

I’m interested in mutant studies and possibly pursuing a career in mutant science. What can I do?

Always interested in helping someone who is pursuing higher education. Here are some places you can look into.

First let me recommend my alma mater, the University of Port Soleil. In addition to having one of the largest mutant student bodies and faculty in the world, they also have one of the highest accredited mutant studies programs. There, you can study mutant biology and physiology, mutant psychology and neuroscience, mutant sociology and culture studies, and much more. Applications are a little competitive, what with mutant science becoming such a fast growing field, but it’s still worth it to try.

Second, I’d like to recommend Access Labs. They are constantly letting in new interns and volunteers for their work study program. They are extremely nice too. I’m friends with the head of research there, Dr. Maddie. The head of the lab is a little… er… eccentric, and the pay isn’t great (I wonder why they always have money problems) but the first hand lab experience is second to none.

If you are a mutant yourself, you may want to look into the International Mutant Observation and Study program. IMOS offers you a stipend in exchange for allowing mutant scientists to study your mutation. Of course, you get to be involved in the process, so if you are looking to understand more about your body, this is probably the best way to go about it.

The Mutant Genome Project is a coalition of universities and research labs that is looking to catalogue all human junk DNA and the different ways it can manifest. They offer work study programs, but only at the graduate level. You’ll room with other mutant researched and work fairly long hours mapping out possible mutant genomes, but it’s real cutting edge stuff.

Finally there is the Mutant Life Collective, which I think I’d categorize as “alternative” education. It’s less of a university and more of a study program where you get to, for a few years, live, work, and learn in an all mutant setting. Yes, you’ll be living in small towns and communities made of nothing but mutants. This program is less technical and more focused on the liberal arts. They talk a lot about mutant philosophy and ask questions like “what is a mutant’s place in the world” and “what really is the definition of humanity.” It won’t really get you a degree you can use, but many of my students have said that a year or two in the collective is an experience like no other.

Study hard, because the future of mutant kind depends on you!

Dr. Jessica Park

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