Regents Scholar Research Interest Form

Slorg
Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:33:36 +0000

I was part of a focus group that examined this program.

I highly recommend taking advantage of this opportunity. UCSD is a research university, meaning its teachers suck at teaching. The upside is that you have opportunities to participate in research during your undergraduate experience. This pilot program is one new effort being spearheaded in order to get undergraduates involved in research. You should definitely participate and get some research experience and connections.

Where it asks for your “major(s) of interest,” just put down what departments/majors you want to do research in. If you’re majoring in electrical engineering, it would make most sense to gain research experience in electrical engineering. I would guess that it says “major(s) of interest” instead of “majors” because of people with undeclared majors, and also to allow people with strong interests outside their majors to pursue their interests. If you’re fascinated by astronomy enough to want to participate in an astronomy project, then put down astronomy too. But I wouldn’t put down a major/department only because you find the subject somewhat interesting.

I don’t know what types of projects are available or how you can find out. This program is new, and its details are still being worked out. I don’t know how faculty will react to being forced to mentor freshmen.