<p>Midd, my D was included for publication credit for work she did as a STRIDE her very first semester (a Gov/Math major working for a Computer Science professor). </p>
<p>The strength of the science & engineering STRIDE’s you can figure out in most cases from reading the descriptions but, imho, the humanities & social sciences projects are all over the map, some very good, some being a way for a prof to get no-cost slave labor to do tedious grunt work. This is where asking about specific profs, either by PM on College Confidential or via inquiry on Jolt can put you ahead of the game. (D’s prof got rave reviews, which is why she chose him, and she wasn’t sorry. In her case, it led to a summer job for a few weeks her first summer, funded by the NAS.)</p>