summer research @ stanford...should I go?

superwomant
Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:12:55 +0000

ok, revised version:
I got offered an unpaid summer research position in engineering @stanford. I don’t know if I should go:

1. It’s expensive if I don’t end up getting any scholarship from my own school

2. Stanford might not be that great for this particular area

3. parents aren’t supportive. no one is really excited for this except me

4. I’m not sure if this opportunity is overrated given the kind of project I’ll be doing for a 2nd year undergrad

5. I’m thinking about NOT specializing in the area at all, so it might be a waste of time to spend a summer on it. but I like the project

6. It’s summer, all the stanford students are gone, I might not get the real flavor of the school

7) but It’s California, and it’s Stanford.

So. Suggestions please