Doing research with a professor, etc.

Echelon32
Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:59:13 +0000

mysundown presents a very valid point. A good mentor will not take you up, then just let you sit there, doing nothing. Sure, some projects may be completely original, but in the end, everything is based off of something. Your professor may not be the one who gave you the idea/area to look into, but many papers have a “discussion” area at the end, where they explore future experiments that could be done. If I were to pursue one of these areas, even without any guidance whatsoever - I’m still using previous knowledge to give me an idea of how far science has advanced and where I can go next.