UROP first semester freshman year

anon89723960
Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:17:47 +0000

I agree that for most people it’s probably not a good idea (and I also agree that IAP is a very good time to start), but there are exceptions.



Yeah, the problem is actually picking out those exceptions. MIT students are the brightest in the world, and each one (or… close enough to each one) comes in thinking that they are the most exceptional amongst the exceptional, will breeze by with a double major, etc

Choose your UROP group carefully, and make sure it’s a topic you care about and would like to spend at least 10hrs/week working on.



This. Absolutely. Ultimately, one more semester of a UROP isn’t going to make much a difference in your life. But finding the right UROP with a personally motivating project… that’s the real value. It’s not worth rushing into just any old UROP in your major.