<p>I’m sorry if I wasn’t clear enough or there were misunderstandings. I didn’t do just data calculations for two months, and the data was never given to me to feed into the computer. I had to go out and find them, and do those stuff on my own, with periodically talking to the professor about the things I did. It was like working on a little part of the on-going project. Also, I did field work outside of the lab. Even I’m back at school and can’t go work in Boston anymore, I’m thinking about continuing working on another aspect of this project outside of the lab, with professor’s permission, of course. Really, I did find this project interesting and is considering doing research as one of my career options.</p>
<p>rhyn0: My disability had led me to this project, or otherwise, I wouldn’t have anything else to research in. Like I said, I wanted to work in Boston and do a research related to the auditory system/deafness (which I know pretty well), and it just happens to be afflicted with Harvard and MIT, and I ended up with this professor at the end.
In fact, I never ever expected to get my name on the poster (next to the professor’s name) and I was VERY surprised when they told me they want put my name on the paper. I really want to go to Harvard or MIT because I had spent so much time over there and I like the feel and culture of the campus (MIT mostly). </p>
<p>I was just wondering how far a recommendation from a MIT professor could help you. After all, I don’t have any noteworthy EC or academic awards as everybody else on CC does, because where I live doesn’t have any math/science EC or much to do. I was thinking that you have to win some awards or something like that in order to compete against other competitive applicants.</p>