<p>I was looking up research oppurtunities and I found a document online where all the research available are listed, and with each research there is contact info.</p>
<p>Now my question is, if I wanna start one of these researches do I just email the contact info provided and ask them what they'd like me to do in order to apply for the position or what? Or is there like a common application process? Please help me out, advice from any students who've done this before would also be really really appreciated :)</p>
<p>First of all, I’ll tell you that it’s very hard for incoming freshman to get into research, although not impossible.
But yes, you would just contact the professor/whoever is listed as contact info, and even perhaps attaching your resume/cv to the email if you have one.</p>
<p>you can try, but i’d just focus on grades and other miscellaneous volunteering as a freshman because i’m 99% sure you won’t find a research position worth doing until you’re at least a 2nd year.</p>
<p>I have tried a student research program (SRP) in my spring quarter of freshman year in CS department. At first I just happened to attend one of the SRP workshop. Then, I browsed through a list of research programs on which professors are working on (all professors do researches) and picked out 7 to 8 of them. I built my resume, attached it in an email, edited the email to fit in specifically different research programs (your feelings and idea), and sent them all. Then I got a single chance to meet a professor, who was nice enough to accept me into one of his program. And that’s it.</p>
<p>One suggestion: be sure to prepare early. Though the deadline of SRP is on the Friday of the second week (pardon me if I made it wrong), you have to get the contract signed days before the deadline. Maybe you want to contact your school’s counselor for more information.</p>