<p>anybody do undergrad research?
is srp the same thing as undergrad research?
someone told me courses numbered 99 are all srp courses so i was just wondering about it.</p>
<p>Yup, I do. </p>
<p>Yes, srp (student research program) is undergrad research</p>
<p>do you need to select and talk to a professor before doing srp?</p>
<p>i think the program can help you find and select a professor but, it doesn't hurt to already have a certain lab in mind. however, i don't actually know too much about srp. hopefully, someone out there is currently enrolled and can share more information about it?</p>
<p>CKINGS86: Did you ever do URFP? Is it really hard to get a(n) URFP position? Was PEERS really significant in your garnering different research positions? What are the differences between SRP and URFP?</p>
<p>I was going to do research through the departmental honors program. </p>
<p>But eh. Didn't.</p>
<p>Oh and this is slightly off topic - what do you do during PEERS workshops?</p>
<p>At Peers workshop, you meet your Peers.</p>
<p>namaste, I am speaking in code with ckings86 and ilikechicken34329042809439240328402394803284032 potentially.</p>
<p>What....?
Go to PEERS workshops an d meet your peers. that's all.</p>
<p>Actually, yes I spent a quarter in URFP. I didn't really find it hard to get into but that may have been because I had been involved in many of Dr Weiss's other programs. (He was the one to do the interview for the program.) But, I hear that there is a relatively decent sized group the applies. After a quarter or so in the program, you can then apply to get into URSP. </p>
<p>PEERS actually was important in my path to doing research in my current lab. Though PEERS, I heard about openings in a lab just for the spring quarter and they were looking for students from PEERS. It just so happened that the mentor of the lab was the mentor of the lab portion of BISEP (Biomedical Summer Enrichment Program) and was looking for more students to participate. Dr. Weiss is also one of the head directors of BISEP and one of the things that he offered all the participants was to help us find a lab position. He put a good word in for us with whichever lab mentor we were interested in working with and then the rest was up to us to actually secure a position. The thinking behind this is that a research mentor is more likely to answer and read an e-mail from another professor than a seemingly random e-mail from an undergrad. </p>
<p>I believe you can get unit credit for SRP. URFP you do not get unit credit (well, I suppose you can but I didn't) but, you get a monthly stipend to work in a lab. </p>
<p>In PEERS workshops, the facilitators go over the material covered in class and answer any questions you have about it that you aren't able to ask during class or office hours. You also get a chance to do some practice problems and form study groups.</p>
<p>namaste, you're right. you do get a chance to meet your peers but there's a little more to it than that. though, some workshops tend to turn into chat with your "peers" time when the facilitator isn't listening... <em>wasn't always a good little PEERS student</em> ;-D</p>
<p>Did you do BISEP over the summer?</p>
<p>URC-CARE --- do their programs have a lot of cross-authoritorial postions? (Err... one person being in charged of multiple programs within URC-CARE)</p>
<p>Yes, BISEP is a 6-week summer research program. And yes, it seems the most of the URC-CARE programs are run by the same group of individuals.</p>
<p>what does urfp and peers stand for?</p>
<p>URFP stands for Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
PEERS stands for Program for Excellence in Education and Research in the Sciences.</p>
<p>(The latter program is available for incoming FRESHMEN math/science majors.)</p>
<p>okie dokie</p>
<p>i wish i knew about the peers program beforehand. i found out about that thing a week after apps were due</p>