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Sculpting your undergraduate years: avoiding the biggest mistake
The biggest mistake you are going to make as an undergraduate is doing too much. You will take too many classes, choose too many majors, join too many clubs, get to know too many acquaintances, and generally treat your education … Continue reading
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Tagged activities, course choice, tutoring, undergraduate research
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Get your undergrads thinking about analysis from the start
The last post talked about making sure undergrads get the big picture of their questions. This is essential, but it is not the end. All too often analysis is left for the end and there is no exploring. Ideally, students … Continue reading
Do your undergrads actually understand their summer research project?
All over the country, undergraduates are embarking on research projects. They are banding birds, squeezing ticks for parasites, culturing bacteria, seining streams, cutting open mice, and many other things. If you ask them what they are doing, they will be … Continue reading
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Tagged NSF, REU, scientific method, undergraduate research
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Undergrads, sign up to present your research now!
The sooner you get used to presenting your work, the better. It is so important to be able to talk about your work outside your research group. Why did you do this? Why is it important? Just because your adviser … Continue reading
How to get a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, a SURF
If you aren’t going to change your life by studying at a biological field station, there are few better things to do with an undergraduate summer than research. One of the more interesting programs is called SURF, Summer Undergraduate Research … Continue reading
Posted in Grant proposals, Research, Undergraduates
Tagged Biology, Colleges and Universities, Education, fellowships, National Science Foundation, NSF, Research, Research Groups and Centers, Research proposal, REU, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, SURF, Undergraduate education, undergraduate research, Washington University in St. Louis
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