<p>Wow. This old thing has been resurrected?</p>
<p>Shortly after I asked the CCer’s this question, I wrote to the head of the biology department and she redirected me to this website:</p>
<p>[Undergraduate</a> Research](<a href=“http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/pages/undergrad/cur/research/index.html]Undergraduate”>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/pages/undergrad/cur/research/index.html)</p>
<p>That, for anyone who is interested, is most of the information you should need. Intro classes are big, they get smaller. T.A.'s don’t teach, they run the discussion groups and supervise labs. Yes, you can do research during the school year, get internships, and generally be a participant in the research with the right motivation.</p>
<p>Ta-da! The wonders of the intra-web. </p>
<p>And I’m…spoiled and arrogant? Uhh…I’m not sure what warranted that comment, since I’m simply trying to squeeze every possible opportunity out of the American education system.</p>