| One good thing about Harvard is all the funding opportunities. Some of my roommates have done PRISE -- which is an on-campus summer community of students doing research in Boston during the summer. Also, I know two girls who got FULL funding to do research in Argentina and Switzerland. And then, there are a number of other research awards. And also, there are the Harvard summer schools -- like the research gigs in say Japan and Germany.
Again, a few of my research-oriented friends are also doing paid work. Granted, there isn't exactly an organized method in which one finds PIs and labs, but it is common culture for entering freshmen to explore and email labs for experience.
Not quite sure about the other schools, but I've never really heard anyone complain of the lack of research opportunities or funding. |