<p>How hard is it to get accepted to this MLC? Also, if I apply to this and don't get admitted, will the housing committee still go with the preferences on my housing application (specific roommate request)? If I apply and get accepted, do I still get to decide if I want to accept their admission? Any other information on the MRC would also be appreciated.</p>
<p>I am interested in this too.</p>
<p>Just to let you know guys, you don't need to be in the Michigan research community (MRC) to do research as an undergrad. </p>
<p>You can just do the undergraduate research opportunity program (UROP), which is basically the MRC without the residence component. </p>
<p>Both UROP and MRC take up a lot of time, as they have a lot of unnecessary assignments. If you're proactive, you could just contact several UM professors (through email), inquiring about possible research positions. You'd probably have to send in a resume and meet for some kind of interview. </p>
<p>I'm currently in UROP and for it you have to go to biweekly seminars (at a terrible time 6-730 wednesdays), and lots of other pesky required work. This is aside from my own work with a professor, which is what actually interests me.</p>
<p>What looks better on a resume? (I'm not doing it for the resume, but it is important)</p>
<p>Would it be easy for a freshman to get involved in research without actually being part of MRC or UROP? Also, the fact that I am interested in research coupled with the fact that MRC is in the newly renovated Mosher Jordan makes it quite enticing.</p>
<p>UROP does make it easier, but it's a bunch of extra work. Living communities are also pretty good experiences, from what I've heard. I've had a friend who found a project on the UROP list, talked to the professor, and did it outside of UROP. I've also had a friend who was in the MRC, didn't get a UROP position that he wanted, and almost had to move out of East Quad (where MRC used to be) halfway through the semester (he found a project in the end). </p>
<p>On a resume? As far as I know, the only difference between UROP and MRC is where you live. Also, I have no idea how their admissions work.</p>