<p>Who's in?
Are you accepting your offer? </p>
<p>Anyone in PEERS now with some insight? </p>
<p>*************** Congrats everyone! ^-^ ***************</p>
<p>How would you apply?</p>
<p>I was mailed an application by UCLA research department, because of I’m in the college of L&S, and only incoming freshman can apply for the 2-year research based program</p>
<p>Can someone in Peers already explain to me the benefits of being in the program? If you are already good at the sciences, then is it still worth your time to take it? (I’m not really that good, I’m just wondering what’s at the core of the program by a person who’s already in it.)</p>
<p>I was in the second class of PEERS. I think the program has changed a lot since I left the program three years ago however, one of the best things about the program is that it’s a good “IN” for research. You’re able to make a lot of contacts with professors and pretty much get your foot in the door of a research lab – it’s actually quite difficult to get a spot otherwise. So, if you’re interested in doing undergraduate research, I’d say go for it. </p>
<p>The workshops are pretty useful if you’re having difficulties with a particular class and you’ll end up making a lot of friends with other PEERs students that usually turn into good study buddies. However, I didn’t particularly care for them and felt that I didn’t get much out of a lot of them (for instance the LS ones… complete waste of time.) </p>
<p>In any case, I hope I’ve helped some.</p>
<p>I got accepted, but they said you needed a session 101-105…well i got 108 unfortunately, so what am I supposed to do, I mean they told us this AFTER</p>
<p>How do you get accepted? o_0 When did you apply for the program? Sadly, I didn’t get anything in the mail.</p>
<p>they sent it in the mail the application that you could mail or fax. i faxed because quite frankly, mail sucks these days. so i checked my email today and saw i got in. i did it because i need research opportunities to put on med school application. people are always talking about how competitive it is to get reserach spots, well now im already in a program, so thats why i applied, research opportunities.</p>
<p>I got in, and accepted. So hopefully it’s worth it…</p>
<p>they give you extra workshops and tutoring and the like. personally i think its unnecessary, because they give alot of requirements; my roommate’s in peers</p>
<p>So you feel the benefits of tutoring do not outweigh the time wasted going to workshops? And what of the difficulty of getting into research as an undergraduate student?</p>
<p>So is the deadline to apply already over?</p>
<p>^ Yeah. Deadline was June 2.</p>
<p>If it helps me get undergraduate research positions then it’ll be worth all the workshops and whatever.</p>
<p>You can get undergrad research positions if you’re persistent about email professors and meeting with them, I got lucky and got in on my first try, but it just takes a couple emails (and ideally, a general knowledge of what certain professors do).</p>
<p>The workshops don’t give any homework or anything right? You just go to them and they might potentially help you, but other than that, it’s just 2 hours of time wasted?</p>
<p>Those workshops are the main reason I’ve done so well… I wouldn’t call them “2 hours of time wasted”.</p>
<p>^ Im pretty sure you do get “homework.” It’s definitely a bit more work than if you aren’t in the program.</p>
<p>v4runccoool = you give me hope, thank you!!!</p>
<p>Np sapphire_ocean… just make sure your facilitator is good… if not, its not worth going.</p>
<p>^ok sounds great, how often do they usually change facilitators?</p>