We have toured the vast majority of the “top25” type schools as well as top LACs and they all mentioned and emphasized that research was available, many but not all noting as early as Freshman or sophomore year. Most gave specific examples of such. Way back in the 90s I did research at Duke as an undergraduate and got a hughes grant and was published etc etc , and so were many of my classmates. That particular school has many more research opportunities now than it did then, and every other school we have toured , Uni or LAC, has mentioned how accessible professors and research are. I don’t sense that Uni vs LAC, at least at the top levels, are significantly different as far as undergraduate research opportunities.
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