Research: with a professor or at a summer program?

blossom
Thu, 16 Feb 2023 14:23:16 +0000

Correlation is NOT causation. Kids getting in to a research program who then get into top research U’s does not mean that “doing research” is better/worse than other EC’s, it just means that those kids tend to have OTHER things that Adcom’s look for.

I know kids whose research projects (in HS) were-- to be honest- of marginal value. They didn’t contribute much, and they didn’t learn much, and it was another thing to add to an already overblown application. The “prestigiosity” of either the professor or the institution is also irrelevant… it’s like being the intern who gets Elon Musk’s latte every morning. Nobody with any understanding of corporate America thinks you are advising Musk on strategy or helping him assess three competing technologies in deciding which one to fund.