Berkeley EECS (Regent's Scholarship) vs. CMU SCS

Thomas_1
Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:44:29 +0000

One other question. How would I go about getting research my freshman year? I already have some research experience, so I want to get a head start on it in college. Should I just approach a professor during office hours and ask if any positions are open in their lab?

It will be difficult to get research in your freshman year. Not impossible, but difficult. Before you ask a professor for research it’s a good idea to have taken his class (and done well), or at least be taking it and doing well.

Also, some of the professors who teach lower division CS courses (which you’ll be taking in your freshman year) are not actually researchers, but hired as “lecturers”. They do nothing but teach. Thus, they can’t actually help you to find research except by talking to colleagues about you.

If you have already done research your biggest chance is to build on that. Find a professor that does research in the field you do have experience with, visit him, explain what you’ve done, and hope he’ll be impressed and give you a position.



Are you on EE side?

No, I was totally CS, EE40 is all the EE I know ;)