<p>Sophomores are heavily advised by the career center to attend events.</p>
<p>Since we’re so small, it’s really easy to work within your major. I’m currently a research assistant as a sophomore (I was one last semester freshman year, as well, for a different department).</p>
<p>It also helps that you get to know your profs on such a personal level. Mine wrote excellent recs and I was accepted into an REU for this summer. Another one of my friends got into an REU freshman year because his prof really advocated for him. There are certainly a lot of opportunities.</p>