<p>I like Stanford’s advice on this matter. I don’t intend to set up a “which is better Stanford or MIT” debate here. I was just curious and looking around the web at the advice other universities offer on this issue.</p>
<p>[Working</a> with Faculty | Undergraduate Academic Life](<a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-bin/drupal_ual/AP_working_faculty_WorkingWithFaculty.html]Working”>http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-bin/drupal_ual/AP_working_faculty_WorkingWithFaculty.html)</p>
<p>“Take the opportunity to ask professors whose teaching you admire to talk over dinner with your friends about what inspires them and how they chose their particular paths.
Dont hesitate to contact the professor of a course in which youre interested to get more explicit information about it. Professors always enjoy discussing their fields of interest, especially with intellectually curious students.”</p>
<p>This advice was also particularly good.
<a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-bin/drupal_ual/sites/default/files/common/docs/uar_tipsforworkingwithfaculty.pdf[/url]”>http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/cgi-bin/drupal_ual/sites/default/files/common/docs/uar_tipsforworkingwithfaculty.pdf</a></p>