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Mon, 23 Mar 2020 17:06:21 +0000

Felicity12:

To science majors, is it easy to get involved in research? And does Bryn Mawr share research opportunities with Haverford (and Swat and UPenn?)? Thanks!! I’m thinking of doing a biochem/molecular bio major and recently found out about Haverford’s Super Lab.

Hi @Felicity12 ! So I’m not a STEM major, but I have taken a fair number of classes in science/math and have many many friends who are. I want to give you fair warning about the biochem major at Bryn Mawr - if I recall correctly, it’s the major with the most required classes in the entire college and there’s not much flexibility in course scheduling.

If you want to do research, you’re going to be able to do it at some point in your undergraduate career. There are opportunities throughout the academic year as well as in the summer and I’m pretty sure it can be a component of the senior thesis as well. The further along in your courses you get, the easier it’s going to be for you to find research opportunities.

As for Haverford, Swat, and Penn, I believe you can do research there if there’s a faculty member who wants you in their lab. It’s definitely the most common to share with Haverford but I have one friend who did research at Penn as well. And superlab is great!