Comments on: Research Experience for Undergraduates http://www.cs.cofc.edu/blog/2009/11/research-experience-for-undergraduates/ Commentary from Students & Faculty Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:16:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Starr http://www.cs.cofc.edu/blog/2009/11/research-experience-for-undergraduates/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Chris Starr Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:24:30 +0000 http://www.cs.cofc.edu/blog/?p=108#comment-101 A funded research experience for undergraduates (REU) is like an internship for students who want to see what being in a graduate research lab would be like. Think, solve, create, meet great people and have fun. Oh yea... and get paid. Graduate schools offer the REUs to help you understand what graduate school would be like, and to try to recruit you into their programs. Federal agencies are interested in producing well-trained computer scientists with graduate degrees. Search for and select multiple opportunities. Apply for more than one. Use your advisor for a letter of reference if needed. Also check for undergraduate, summer, research opportunities sponsored by the Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense and other places as well. A funded research experience for undergraduates (REU) is like an internship for students who want to see what being in a graduate research lab would be like. Think, solve, create, meet great people and have fun. Oh yea… and get paid.

Graduate schools offer the REUs to help you understand what graduate school would be like, and to try to recruit you into their programs. Federal agencies are interested in producing well-trained computer scientists with graduate degrees.

Search for and select multiple opportunities. Apply for more than one. Use your advisor for a letter of reference if needed. Also check for undergraduate, summer, research opportunities sponsored by the Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense and other places as well.

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