Will REU help for graduate school admissions?

cosmicfish
Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:13:47 +0000

Yes. How much depends a bit on the actual experience. My REU provided me with my only collegiate research experience, and provided me two quality LOR’s. In my case, these were all but essential to my admission. Bit it all depends (like ANY research experience) on whether you perform well, learn a lot, and leave a good impression on the faculty.
Hard, but right now NONE of the REU’s are really easy to get into. Worst thing that happens is that they say no, so might as well try for it.