<p>Hey guys, if anyone of you can give me some answers, that would be much appreciated :)</p>
<li>What are the requirements, if there is any, for EMP?</li>
<li>Would it take additional time to graduate if I plan to major in engineering with a certificate from WWS? How feasible (in term of course load) is this? How about finance? WWS + finance?</li>
<li>Is there any summer research/internship/job opportunity for freshmen? </li>
<li>Does WWS require admission for those seeking a certificate? If so, how competitive is it?</li>
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<p>Thanks guy. Help is always appreciate. I’m sure many others have the same questions I have. Share the knowledge!!:D</p>
<p>all i can answer is 4...and that is that if you want to receive a certificate from WWS you STILL have to be admitted in to the program along with those students who want to major in it. i think that the rate is usually somewhere around 45 to 50%.</p>
<p>for 2- it would depend on the type of engineering. It would be quite hard to do most kinds of engineering and WWS certificate because of the thesis, although probably still possible, depending on your interests. Some would be easier than others, but a WWS thesis needs a large policy component. WWS and finance is easy, I'm sure that many students have done that. I'm assuming that you mean majoring in WWS and getting a finance certificate, as there is no finance major.</p>
<p>3- there are tons of opportunities, but youd need to be more specific in terms of what kind of things you are looking at. Project 55 and the Class of 69? (they may have merged last year, I'm not sure) give stipends to students doing unpaid non profit internships over the summer. Career services also has lots of other places to look. </p>
<p>4- It's just as hard to be admitted for a WWS certificate as it is to be admitted to WWS concentration. between 45 and 60 percent of applicants are admitted. THey like diversity however, so if you are a certificate student in an unusual department with an unusual reasoin to want to take part in WWS, you might have a slightly better shot.</p>
<p>Hey thanks a lot for the reply. I plan to major in CS (BSE) and get a certificate in either Woody Woo or Robotics and AI or finance. If I get into Woody Woo, I will do that, otherwise I might do Robotics and AI + Finance (along with engineering concentration of course). Is it overkill to get 2 certificates? I have a year worth of AP credits (eligible for Advanced Standing) but I don't plan to graduate early. </p>
<p>I'm mostly looking at either research opportunities or community work in Asia. </p>
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<li>Yes, there are summer research opportunities. Anyone can apply for the summer fellowship, but it's not geared specifically toward frosh. There are usually also job listings on the student employment site for research positions. </li>
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<p>Otherwise, there are community-work-in-Asia programs that you can apply to, most notably Princeton-in-Asia.</p>
<p>It's not overkill to get 2 certificates. I'm a 2010, and at the end of this year I actually only need (besides the thesis and JP) to complete 4 more classes for my major over the next 3 years. There's a lot of potential for those other 22 or so classes...</p>