<p>same concerns here–i don’t feel like i actually have the background in math to pursue meaningful research at this point, and worry that whoever i’d be working with would expect (and not without reason) either an intelligent student or one with some knowledge of the field, not just someone who’d be willing to work hard.</p>
<p>at this point i think i’d like to go into some sort of research eventually… but i’m also interested in spending this summer doing some slightly lower-key curriculum development work at the boston museum of science. so for some second-order worrying, is it a bad sign not to be excited about doing research over the summer?</p>