Questions tagged [research-undergraduate]
About research projects performed by (or involving) undergraduate students
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Joining three labs in the same university on the CV for a grad school [duplicate]
I am a sophomore. I have joined two labs now as an undergraduate. At the first one I joined, I had an interest in science but my supervisor was not good with me and she created a very competitive ...
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Would GRE Help When Applying To Doctorate Programs Without Prior Research Experience?
I graduated in 2022 from a 4-year BS(CS) program. During university, I was mostly occupied with Software Engineering, gaining experience, developing projects, and what not. However, I missed out on ...
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Should I switch labs to work on a topic that interests me more or stay with great current PI?
I am doing research now as a sophomore majoring in molecular biology and biochem. I am in a lab and my current PI is awesome and she is so supportive. However, I do not like the science practiced in ...
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sending good/bad rec letter without waiving my rights
Would a professor send a recommendation letter whether good or bad to the grad university or the research summer program I am applying to without my permission? if she did not like me in her lab for ...
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Importance of Internships and Research Experience for Admission to Master's or Ph.D. Programs in Pure Mathematics
I am a first-year undergraduate student majoring in mathematics and plan to pursue a master's degree in pure mathematics, with aspirations toward a career in academia. However, I am curious about the ...
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Leaving my undergrad research assistant position mid-project? (With two months notice)
After a lab meeting today, I am absolutely fed up with the state of my lab right now, and the current project being worked on going… nowhere.
A year and a half ago, I joined a mechanical engineering ...
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Advantage In Delaying Physics Grad School Application For Senior Undergraduates
I am a senior math/physics major at a T20 American private university who aspires to pursue a PhD in physics. I became involved in undergraduate research position with a non-tenured faculty member (a ...
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How Impactful is the Particular Subject of Undergraduate Research to Graduate Admissions
Okay so I am in the final year of my math undergrad, and I am an undergraduate research assistant in what you might consider Mathematical Physics, specifically in Black Hole Quasi-Normal Modes.
I have ...
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Asking research supervisor for a reference, when I should have replied to an email from them a few weeks ago
Last year, I received a grant to do undergraduate research with a professor at an institution different from my home institution. I worked on a project with them, essentially full time, from September ...
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How do I demonstrate that I've read relevant research in a motivation letter
I am an undergraduate applying for a research internship at another university. The application guidelines for the position specify that the motivation letter must show that the applicant has read a ...
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How to paraphrase and cite correctly a large thesis section with only one or two textbook sources?
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I have developed a program, which relies on a pretty common and well studied statistical method. It seems sensible to provide an extensive summary on the mathematical basis of this algorithm (...
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Should I go to an average university for summer research
I am an U.S. undergraduate in math and computer science at a university that is very good (top 5 in some rankings) in electrical engineering and computer science. I am planning to apply for PhD at ...
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Is doing undergraduate research during an ongoing semester worth it?
I have been interested in pursuing undergraduate research opportunities and have been going to experimental chemistry labs since my freshman year. However, something bugs me quite a bit. The fact is ...
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What to do if a professor with whom I have worked with for a long time is unable to provide a letter of recommendation for medical reasons?
I have been working with a professor for almost 2 years of my undergraduate degree and shared a nice bond with them. The work done under this professor is the soul of my Statement of Purpose and how ...
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I feel so overwhelmed by my professors' work. When and how to approach them for undergraduate project?
I am a 3rd year Undergraduate Student looking to work on mini-Projects/Projects under professors in my department. I am interested in Signal Processing and Communication Systems, and while I have done ...
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Is it better to prepare for a phd, before pursuing one, while working in industry
Is it unusual in mathematics to do a PhD in a unrelated area then youre diploma thesis.
Not completely unrelated, as for instance financial mathematics would be to abstract algebra, but such that it ...
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Etiquette concerning Lab Findings / Results
I'm an undergraduate and was fortunate to be selected for a 12 week summer placement in a professors lab at my university.
I worked way over and above the funded hours and made some very interesting ...
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How is a student’s research experience evaluated for a PhD application?
I’m an incoming master's degree student at a top 10 computer science (CS) program. I’m applying for PhD programs. I think that people doing ML/AI have an unfair advantage when it comes to the number ...
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How to apply for a first ever physics research internship in the 2nd Year of Undergrad?
I am a 2nd year student studying physics in the UK. I am very interested in securing a research internship at the end of my 2nd year. However, I have not done any research internships in my 1st year, ...
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Summer opportunities before applying for a PhD
I'm a 4th year physics major from India. My degree is a dual one - 5 years and both Bachelor's and Master's. I want to take up theoretical physics in the future and pursue a PhD after I graduate - ...
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Is it important to address all the suggestions by the research paper reviewers?
I am new to research and sent my first research article to a journal for publication. Today they sent me a mail saying that my "manuscript has been accepted subject to revision". For your ...
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What level of questions and guidance are appropriate for a research assistant?
I recently graduated from my undergraduate studies in May. As soon as I graduated, I began a job as a research assistant at my university. This was mainly to continue projects that I had yet to finish ...
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How to deal with bad undergrad researchers
I am a grad student in the life sciences. I have to mentor several undergrad students. One student in particular is just so bad and is always getting confused with protocols. He can't follow a ...
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What is the research on taking a gap year between undergrad and medical school (or PhD)?
I have some studies (below), but was wondering if anyone knows of any that I'm missing.
Studies I've already read:
2020 study: “In multivariate analysis, gap years were independently associated with ...
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When is a math diploma thesis seriously publishable?
When is a diploma thesis in mathematics (bachelor or master thesis) actually considered good enough for a supervisor to propose publishing it in a journal? In some universities (e.g., ETH), this ...
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Math REU and grad admission [closed]
I find myself particularly drawn to the subjects of analysis and linear algebra. Although I am currently a rising Sophomore and unsure about the specific field I'd like to pursue for my graduate ...
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Overwhelmed by scope of undergraduate research project - how to salvage a good result?
I'm currently in the final semester of my engineering bachelors degree.
Right now I'm working in a lab with the former supervisor of my bachelor thesis which I successfully defended in late march.
My ...
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Undergraduate with research partner issues/concerns
In the Fall I will be completing my last year of undergrad. Once I graduate I want to get my PhD, and so grad school applications are approaching.
I’ve been doing research with a professor at my ...
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Is undergraduate research in applied statistics still relevant experience for a math PhD program?
I'm an applied math and data science student currently doing undergrad research in statistics. I don't want to dox myself, but it falls under optimization research. It's a good mix between math and ...
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Should i leave the lab i am in even though i like the science but my pi disrespect me?
I am a freshman. I have been in a lab but I felt that I am not interested in science, so left it. in my spring semester, I joined another lab, and I was pretty interested in the science I am working ...
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I've begun inventing a system for naming binary numbers. Is it worth writing a paper? [closed]
I'm an undergrad computer science student. In my spare time, I was playing with binary numbers and realized that there was no way to think about a binary number without either converting it to decimal,...
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How to manage thesis professor who is wrong
I am a med school student who is writing her master's thesis. I finished compiling my thesis with all the statistical analyses and wrote them as well. My problem is that today, when talking to the ...
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How a research project, taken on my own, of undergraduation will be valued?
I’m from a south asian country, and here neither the universities nor the governmental agencies (who regulate educational guidlines) have any provision for undergrads to write a thesis, they simply ...
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Conflicted on authorship possibly not included in journal publication
Approximately a few months ago, I was an intern in a research institute. One of the supervisors in a department became a PI of a project which seems to have huge implications. He needed help in ...
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Can I request that my PI remove a poorly-behaving member from my research group?
I am a third year student at a R2 university that puts an emphasis on undergraduate research. This university requires all students to participate in an off-campus research project during junior year (...
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Publishing undergraduate research
I am an undergrad physics major and I have been involved in something that I (and my supervisor) want to get published (I am the first author and my supervisor is the only other coauthor). This is a ...
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Undergraduate supervisor is way too hands-off. Is that normal?
I'm a junior student at a competitive university in my home country and I major in a mathematical field. Last year, I went to the (tenured) professor who matched my interest and she said she normally ...
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Publish a COVID-19 paper post-COVID
We did a study under a grant to investigate the effects of COVID-19 on Medical Education. We however had some few corrections and ended up not publishing. Is it reasonable to start publishing efforts ...
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Asking another professor about a research idea
I am working as an undergraduate research assistant for a professor in the mathematics department, on a specific project. Looking at the project I realized that there may be connections to a different ...
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Can undergraduates publish in journals (Elsevier)? [duplicate]
I am in my last year as an undergraduate student at a top Canadian university (not sure if it matters). This is my second time publishing in the school’s journal. The requirements are 1) it meets the ...
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When asked about my topic of interest, I don't have a story to tell. How do I make my answer sound interesting and convincing for the position?
I am currently doing master's in mathematics and am applying for summer research projects in various institutes where they ask a particular question: What is your topic of interest and why? I asked a ...
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How much should I tidy up code before I share it?
I'm about to give my first conference presentation, in historical linguistics. (In case it matters: I'm an undergraduate presenting at an undergraduate conference in the UK). My presentation and ...
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How do you decide whether to let a student asking for a (professor-level) advisor to be apart of their senior/junior undergraduate thesis? [closed]
What are your expectations for a student asking for an advisor for a senior/junior undergraduate thesis and what do students need to have to write a approvable junior/senior thesis?
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Can the translation of a research paper be appropriate for final year research project?
In my final year research project, my supervisor sent me a random research paper of 20 pages and told me to translate it to my native language, using all of the commonly known translation techniques. ...
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How to pace myself on a project with no deadline?
I'm an undergraduate working on a project that's been in a backlog, so there isn't a real rush to get the project done or any sort of tangible deadline. The way things work at least from what I could ...
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Made a huge mistake in my bachelor's thesis
I recently submitted my thesis and also defended it successfully. But then I found mistakes in the statistical analyses of my research.
When I was doing my bachelor's there was no biostatistics in my ...
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"Undergraduate graduation research assistant"?
I have a question regarding on how to list this specific activity in undergraduate school.
I have helped many students (for free) in my undergraduate school with their graduation research by guiding ...
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How can I deal with being overwhelmed with large/not very concrete tasks and little support as an undergraduate?
I'm an undergraduate doing research and I have some friends in a similar field who also started in a close timeframe. While my friends have very detailed and concrete tasks (e.g. watch X lecture, do X ...
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How to read a lot of research papers?
TL; DR: At least for the next few weeks, I'm going to be overwhelmed with reading a lot of research papers one after the other, sometimes even at the same time. How to deal with this? Are there any ...
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How do you get to research about theoretical high energy physics as an undergraduate?
I am an junior undergraduate in the U.S, and Interested in HEP "Theoretical High Energy" in Physics. I have had some exposure in research (i.e. Quantum Field Theory, General Relativity), ...
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