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Undergraduate research is quite common at the University of Wisconsin. As a matter of fact, you can start doing research as a freshman. There are programs like the “Undergraduate Research Scholars” which are “dedicated to helping first and second year undergraduates get hands-on experience in research or other creative endeavors by working with UW faculty and research staff. Discovery - whether in the sciences, engineering, the arts, or the social sciences - is the cornerstone of our greatness as a university…” [Undergraduate</a> Research Scholars - Program Information - What is URS?](<a href=“http://www.lssaa.wisc.edu/urs/general/intro.html]Undergraduate”>http://www.lssaa.wisc.edu/urs/general/intro.html)</p>
<p>Professors are generally accessible but you have to take the intiative.</p>
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There are plenty of on-campus jobs but international students are not allowed to work off campus during the school terms in the US.</p>