<p>What have been your guys' experiences with SRP at UCLA?</p>
<p>The experiences are far too individual for a generalization of the sum of SRP experiences considering the nature of the research, individual labs, and then the student's own ideas in regards to what they want to do. This is especially for labs chosen outside of the reguarly updated list of SRP positions whose topics are then frequently obscure and nitpicky to suggest any overlap with other projects. SRP on the list vs. your own SRP -- if you've developed your own, I don't think one could necessarily complain considering that there's a thorough process with project proposals and establishing a relationship with one's mentor so that one could invest into at least a 10-week commitment (frequently goes beyond 10 weeks just because of the natuer of research). </p>
<p>For instance, if I told you I was researching the fragmentation of Yugoslavia for a North Campus SRP project, what good would that do for you if you were researching Parkinson's Disease and L-Dopa? </p>
<p>What are you searching for in your question IRT SRP? You're a psychology major, correct?</p>
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<p>I've looked at the SRP positions for neuroscience related things at some point in fall quarter. I naively contacted those in charge of the labs. Obviously, since I've not taken any courses and I did not have any long-standing history of doing research at even regional science fair level, that I had about a zero chance to get involved in anything outside of washing dishes. :rolleyes: Not only that, I was a mere freshman - fresh out of high school and under the pressure of getting into a lab - any lab... for the sake of experience. I digress...</p>
<p>hahaha um, wow. i understand what you mean about everyone's experience being different based on the nature of SRP and how every student does something different, but i suppose i was just wondering about people's general experiences with it.. just sort of curious :)</p>
<p>i just applied for a psychology department research position that i was interested in for the fall quarter, but i'm pretty sure that they'll want someone through the winter and spring quarters too. eh, we'll see how it goes. i think i applied a bit late =/ but thats okayy...</p>
<p>from your experience, is it better to do research after taking a few classes related to the research? or get a head start in class and do the research first b4 taking the classes?</p>
<p>You're not going to be taking any courses the first 2 years directly related to research... in the sense that your 10-week course will focus on an obscure pathway or something... At any rate, just proceed with your current courseload and if given the chance to obtain research experience go for it if you're interested enough? dawritingmachine, what are your goals in terms of your phy sci major, English minor, pre-med path, and desire to secure XYZ amount of research? Why? </p>
<p>Awesome. Will you be haunting Franz? :(! [/ghosts] What will you be working with? Are you still thinking of Comm?</p>
<p>i really have no idea yet :) i just (finally) figured all of this out, after having to create my curriculum vitae and cover letter and blahblahblah, meh. i certainly hope i will be haunting franz, but that has yet to be determined. the research has to do with different social norms and how adolescents present themselves on myspace. it concentrates a bit on self construction and gender dynamics too i believe. i hope i at least get an interview--oh, hope! i'm just a bit too idealistic now haha.</p>
<p>yes i am still thinking of comm and it is still scaring me. no way to know until i've tried though, right? :(!</p>
<p>my goals: to ultimately get into a very prestigious med school and become, perhaps, a dermatologist who is also involved in the media- writing and maybe television reporting. i want to be a doctor full of creativity. my passions are writing and biology.</p>
<p>i also want to research my own topic: acne, aging.. i've came up w/ a list of possible topics. and i am prolly gonna save 'em for nxt yr. when in your opinion is the optimum time to do research?</p>
<p>and one more question. i might have posted this b4 but i can't find that post: do any of the classes introduce the library features like how 2 check out books, how to use proxy w/ BOL, etc?</p>
<p>dawritingmachine: yknow, you couldve just responded to your earlier thread about research. </p>
<p>anyways, there arent any classes like that, as far as i know. just ask the reference librarian, they know a lot. and hey, having a topic is great and all, but have you looked on reference database sites to see what prior research has said about your topics, and if your topics have already been dealt with in certain ways? taking a class like psych 100b (research methods in psychology) will help you a lot here. </p>
<p>im not trying to put you down here, but keep in mind that research isnt just "get a topic, talk to prof, do project." you have to prove to the prof your case. </p>
<p>jlai: depends, you can get REALLY entry-level SRP stuff without trouble. I was looking at fish all summer long. id just code which square they moved to. gawd, so boring. but it gives you basic experience needed to move onto new stuff.</p>
<p>i was interested in <a href="http://rhl.psych.ucla.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://rhl.psych.ucla.edu/</a> , but you need to complete psych100a and psych100b, which ill be finishing up in a week/</p>
<p>wow, thanks for the info, jinobi. i think the SRP thing that im interested in is super entry-level stuff, without any previous experience required. i'll definitely check out that link you just posted up. i'll be done with 100A and B at the end of winter quarter hmmm....</p>
<p>fish?:D</p>
<p>Haha, i think it was easy to get into mine because the guy had a REALLY high turnover rate. I mean, you're sitting there for 6 hours a week, pushing keys that correspond to a grid. Wherever the Trinidadian guppy moved, you'd push a key. Shoot, id rather clean dishes than do that...</p>
<p>Otherwise, I think there may even be some work-study positions that have a research component for them. I know of this one through AAP which will give you work-study funding AND research experience if you can speak fluent Spanish...</p>
<p>Psych 100A is a cakewalk. Psych 100B is the hardest class I've taken. Many of the people here in my class are ones who failed 100B, and that was the ONLY class in their 4-year stay here that they failed. Be prepared.</p>
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<p>That's just terrible (same goes for the srp positions in general) :(. Why did you stick around if you didn't like it- it doesn't offer any useful basic experience to work off of at all unless you were interested in that specific lab's work and wanted to work your way up the ladder only for that specific laboratory. I made some post a long time ago about different ways of getting involved in research that I don't want to dig up or say again, but basically srp isn't the only avenue to get involved in research (ACCESS and research directory if you're a persistent person not afraid to do work, ls10/hc70/ls5 or that biomed research minor, etc)</p>
<p>im deathly afraid of 100B, gah!!! i have heard horrible things about it.</p>
<p>to me, the tests arent bad in 100B. its the research paper. get a bad topic that you don't like...eh. when they mean follow APA format, they MEAN it. </p>
<p>jyancy: damn. damn. hahaha. and another damn. well thats 60 hours of "coding the behaviors of Trinidadian guppies to find future correlations between environment adaptation and learned behaviors"</p>