<p>How easy is it to do some fine research as undergraduate @Berkeley. I know that @MIT and Stanford, for example, it is very easy to get involved quickly. What about Berkeley? How many people do research, does it help for later, etc.?</p>
<p>Search and you will find... a friend of mine simply emailed a professor and she got a ticket to help on his research. Granted she said it was repetitive and mostly monkey work... but still you need to begin somewhere.</p>
<p>how does one go about finding research projects to get involved in? I am going to be an econ major, but seen as I don't think I'll have any econ classes my first semester, and thus, no access to econ profs, I don't know how I could go about finding something econ-related to get involved in--any ideas?</p>
<p>Caltech is another place where research is extremely easy to get if you really want it.</p>
<p>Well, you can't expect to get involved in something econ-related if you haven't taken any econ courses! Simply as that...</p>
<p>You do stupid grunt work because professors know the undergraduates are stupid compared to the quality of the research berkeley produces (harvard level) so they give you useless grunt work and menial tasks. Thats if you are lucky enough to get a position.</p>
<p>I don't know, but shouldn't a student have a solid base before doing world-class research? You'd have to be versed on methodologies and approaches, which involves lab experience and theorietical knowledge of statistics and maths (for science-related research at least.) </p>
<p>Focus on getting a solid base in your first 1 1/2 - 2 years.</p>