<p>BC- I wasn’t denigrating, I was paraphrasing. For the typical undergrad, it will make no difference whether the research budget is 1.2 billion or 10 million- because that kid has no interest in research, cutting edge or otherwise.</p>
<p>Moreover, one of my kid ended up doing a two year research stint for a professor in a non-science discipline (no equipment required whatsoever… but both a National Endowment type funding AND a commercial publisher’s advance- still a time honored way to pay for research) and that’s probably MORE typical than the cure for cancer/advanced materials science research going on. And can be done virtually anywhere!</p>