<p>How approachable are professors in the CS department at Berkeley? Does anyone have any experience in terms of meaningful CS undergraduate research experiences at Berkeley starting out as a freshmen? I know students definitely have to be proactive about finding research positions but how difficult would it be to find a professor to work with compared to maybe a private research institution? Would background knowledge be necessary? Is it common for people in CS to find research their first year? And also, do most undergraduate CS positions just become codemonkeys for the professor? haha </p>
<p>tl;dr Can someone share their experience with CS research or undergraduate ENG/SCI research at Berkeley in general? =D</p>
<p>Thanks!~</p>