Freshman Research Initiative

Shadowsych
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 21:01:43 +0000

I’m an incoming CS student as well, and I applied to FRI in Feb 2nd and got accepted March 21st.
I don’t know how easy or hard it is to get your FRI streams, but I know that last year there were 900 students in FRI and since FRI has streams in all fields of natural sciences and there are multiple streams for your major, then I would say you’re in a good stance to get your first or second priority stream.

FRI has benefits such as:

You get a UGS 303 credit (SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES) needed for graduation

You get credit for an introductory research class needed for graduation

You get credit for an advanced research class needed for graduation

FRI also allows you to make connections with fellow students, discuss solutions to problems with professors, receive recommendation letters from professors, and get better at writing a graduate-level research paper.