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kpcrew
Korea (South)1071 Posts
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zer0das
United States8519 Posts
Do you need to get involved in it? No, not really. Not as a freshman certainly. Is it a good experience? Yes. And if you get paid money to do it, there's not much reason not to. Chemistry is by its nature a hands on experience... research is pretty much the embodiment of chemistry, so why wouldn't you do it? If it doesn't even sound vaguely appealing, you might want to rethink your major a bit. :d At my college, it's pretty much the norm to have done some research by the end of your senior year. | ||
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tiffany
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step two: look up academic department of interest step three: look up professors of interest step four: study their lab website and interests step five: email/go talk to them in person about possibly working in their lab. | ||
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fight_or_flight
United States3988 Posts
On May 08 2008 14:52 tiffany wrote: step one: go to bc.edu step two: look up academic department of interest step three: look up professors of interest step four: study their lab website and interests step five: email/go talk to them in person about possibly working in their lab. QFT (and don't be shy about emailing a random prof...its a pretty standard procedure) | ||
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Clutch3
United States1344 Posts
On May 08 2008 15:51 fight_or_flight wrote: QFT (and don't be shy about emailing a random prof...its a pretty standard procedure) Good advice. I'd say, if you're actually thinking about being a chemist, you'll want to have some research experience (esp. if you're going to apply to grad school right after undergrad). And depending on what prof you work for, the level of responsibility can be very different. Some will give you your own project to run with, some will give you some smaller part of someone else's work, and some might even just give you mostly busywork. I've supervised undergrads doing research in physics and generally they've all really liked having the experience of doing it, even ones who weren't going into science/engineering. The other thing is that professors appreciate undergrads they can work with for multiple years, as opposed to someone who's in-and-out in a semester. So starting early can have advantages. | ||
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fight_or_flight
United States3988 Posts
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