<p>Has anyone gone to this program? I was admitted and I would love to know about the program. Is it a ton of sitting in classes and listening to lectures, or do you really get to do some hands-on work with real advanced equipment in the labs? What about the IRP? Do you have to have an idea before you get there, or do you just work on a professor's research project? Can anyone give details??</p>
<p>hey! congrats on getting in to YSP! I will tell you this (and most everyone who already went to the program will tell you the same thing), it was literally the best experience of my life. </p>
<p>We took classes for 3 days of the week and they were divided into math (like a normal math class except the diff eq professor is HILARIOUS and wonderful), comp sci, and either biochem of the gene (which is all laboratory based with some readings and a couple of lectures) or physics (which I can’t really speak to, but I think it was a lot of lectures). So for those days, you are in classes for a lot of the time, but you get out early (especially if you are in biochem) and the days aren’t too taxing or anything.</p>
<p>As far as hands-on research, you spend two days a week all day (~8hours) doing your own research project. It depends on your professor and what kind of work you are doing that determines whether you deal a lot with equipment, but for my IRP, which I did in bio/genetics, I literally spent most of my 8 hours everyday doing experiments and getting hands-on experience. We worked with a grad student who supervised us, but she always let us do our own work and get as much hands-on experience as we could. I was deciding between this program and a 10-week purely research based program at a cancer center and I honestly have no regrets whatsoever about picking YSP! </p>
<p>Also, the people are amazing and you will have so much fun! If you have any other questions feel free to pm me your email address and I’d love to answer them :)</p>
<p>also, they give you a list of projects to rank from 1-6 and then they will tell you which project you will get right before/at the beginning of the program. normally the professors who accept YSP students in the lab have specific projects for the students to work on so we can present it at the end of the summer.</p>
<p>@futuremed12 @biotechgirl2 hey I just got rejected for this years, can you tell me your stats please? I am wondering what I was missing! thanks</p>
<p>I am thinking of applying to ysp but am unsure if it is right for me…
I am at the top of my class but have never had hands on research experience (therefore i dont really understand what is meant by research… will we have to come up with an idea and research it by ourself?)
Is the program rigorous or is there social time where the students can relax? I want to go to a program where the program opens my mind to engineering and math but i do not want to spend late nights doing work…
please help</p>