RESEARCH ASSISTANT II - Jin Lab

Score 49 / 100 · Outside her lanes

Lane fit

2 / 10 (worth 30)

Level

right level (worth 15)

Timing

fits spring/summer/post-grad 2027 (worth 15)

Pay

paid

Location

San Diego

Employer

5 / 5 · full-time signal 2 / 3

Why

Scripps Research is a world-class employer, and the aggregator lists pay of roughly $70-77k in San Diego, her second-choice location. But a Research Assistant II in the Jin Lab is almost certainly wet-lab biomedical work, with no link to her psychology, mental-health, UX or victim-services lanes. She has no lab research assistant experience and no biology or chemistry coursework on her profile, so she would likely not meet the requirements. It is probably a full-time role that starts now, which is incompatible with finishing her degree in San Francisco. Skip it.

Watch out for

• Jin Lab at Scripps is a biomedical bench science lab, not psychology or behavioral research
• Research Assistant II typically requires a life-science degree plus hands-on lab experience, which she lacks
• Posting text is truncated and gives no day-to-day duties
• Likely a full-time role needing an immediate start, which conflicts with senior year in SF
• Posted 2026-08-21, so it may already be filled

Resume angles

• Research methods and literature review coursework
• Excel data tracking and accurate documentation at Kiddleton
• Attention to detail and confidentiality