<p>I'm wondering if UROP is worth doing or if it is better to seek out your own projects for someone who is pre-health...</p>
<p>Is Urop good for anyone who is pre-med? It feels like it's a hit or miss depending on what research project u get</p>
<p>For those of u doing UROP right now, what do you think of it?</p>
<p>doesn’t hurt to apply, you can always make your decision later on</p>
<p>Really depends on the project and your sponsor. If you get matched with a sponsor that gives you real responsibilities on a project you enjoy, you’ll love UROP. If not, then it gets boring real quick. I definitely enjoyed my project several years ago and thought it taught me a good amount as an engineer.</p>
<p>Do social science students do UROP? (and if not, what do they do for undergrad research)</p>
<p>^Yes. My friend is doing a public policy project for UROP.</p>
<p>Both my children have done UROP at UMich. My daughter, who is now in med school, did a research project for two years that had something to do with ACL knee injuries. My son, who is a freshman, is part of the MRC (Michigan Research Community dorm) which is affiliated with UROP and is doing research for a paper with professors from the Ross Business School and the Environment dept on companies and environmental sustainability (social sciences.) As you can see, students can do research in any department on campus. You have to contact professors (be sure to have an up-to-date resume) and go through an interview process. I think both my kids have found it useful and having that one-to-one contact with a professor is invaluable. Also, in terms of med school apps, Allopathic medical schools definitely want to see that you have done some sort of research in your undergrad years. If you can be part of research that results in an article that gets published, so much the better. D had done research over the summer in a local hospital, and that was published. Unfortunately, the article wasn’t published in time for med school apps, and you will never be able to control when an article actually gets published. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>UROP is actually horrible. The assignments are a complete waste of time and the seminars are a joke but take up an annoying hour and a half every other Wednesday. If you want to do research you will do just as well reaching out to professors on your own, they don’t care if they get UROP students or not and even my research sponsor thinks the program itself is pretty dumb. Don’t do it.</p>
<p>^ I somewhat agree. It would of been a lot easier for me to reach out to the lab I worked in myself and gotten ENGR 280 credit for it without having to do UROP. I still get a grade for ENGR 280 and I don’t have to do the BS assignments and attend the seminars. If you are a work-study student, and you want to get paid to do research, it’s a good idea because UROP will pay you per hour instead of the lab. But for credit, don’t do it. It’s a waste of time. However, I will say that having access to their project book lets you find out who is willing to take freshmen and sophomores into their lab and is a nice consolidated list.</p>
<p>Can you do research as a first term freshman without going through UROP?</p>
<p>Yeah actually sign up for UROP, go through the project book, write down the projects that interest you, and then drop UROP. Still reach out to the profs and stuff and I guarantee you will get a spot without the total bs UROP stuff.</p>
<p>That’s the thing though, if you don’t do UROP, then u don’t really have access to the project book, and then it may be hard seeking out research projects on your own…</p>
<p>and why wouldn’t you want the 2 credits (assuming 6 hrs/wk) of an “A”?</p>
<p>^ You can get that anyway if you ask for UC 280 credit or ENGR 280</p>
<p>Clutch - what are the parameters for receiving a determined amount of credit for UC 280 or ENGR 280 (does the prof simply document on your behalf and submit the hours)? Do you get a grade as they do in UROP? Not disputing, just want to know if it can work as smoothly as UROP credit and grading?</p>