psychology undergrad schools

us_uk_mom
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:34:07 +0000

I agree that there is probably competition for research positions in large universities, but I’m wondering about small-mid. size. My relative, who is a prof. at MIT is telling me that every undergraduate who wants to do research can do so at MIT, it is never a problem. Moreover, in his opinion and in his field (physics), graduates of LACs do NOT compare favorably with graduates of research universities when applying to MIT for grad. study (due to relatively poor research quality, due in turn, to lack of resources, labs, opportunities, etc.). Maybe it is true for hard sciences. I would like to find out about undergrad. research situation in psychology in small universities (the likes of Tufts, Brandeis, U.Rochester, UChicago).