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I think I am screwed over on 2 years of research experience from undergrad and I need some opinions as I am applying this cycle on what I can salvage if anything.
From 2005 to 2007+ I was designing programs in java to support research in the psych dept of my school. I designed several different versions and they all basically flash a stimulus of a face or eyes or whatever image you load and present some options that correspond to the perceived emotions the face seems to portray.
The research centered around autistic children.
It saved them from interviewing the children with pencil and paper tests and had a lot of convenient functions to save tests and break down the data, etc.
I made different versions for different projects of the grad students in the program and that was all good.
My prof was going to write me a letter then he dumped his wife and eloped with a grad student, sold his house and moved over to England. No this is not a troll.
His remaining grad students either followed him there or had no part in what I was doing. One person switched labs and decided to use other software.
Now he hasn't written me a letter and I have 2 year hole in my app where I claimed to do research, but I have no proof. It was a lot of work to engineer the apps and took a pretty deep knowledge of object oriented design with nothing to show for it.
Should I even mention this on my app? I have the software and all and it works, but I doubt anybody would look at it.
I am non trad and some of my other ECs include ~100hrs of volunteering, 2 years of ROTC, treasurer for a club and 2 Co-ops.
I also worked toward my pilots license in school until I ran out of money.
From 2005 to 2007+ I was designing programs in java to support research in the psych dept of my school. I designed several different versions and they all basically flash a stimulus of a face or eyes or whatever image you load and present some options that correspond to the perceived emotions the face seems to portray.
The research centered around autistic children.
It saved them from interviewing the children with pencil and paper tests and had a lot of convenient functions to save tests and break down the data, etc.
I made different versions for different projects of the grad students in the program and that was all good.
My prof was going to write me a letter then he dumped his wife and eloped with a grad student, sold his house and moved over to England. No this is not a troll.
His remaining grad students either followed him there or had no part in what I was doing. One person switched labs and decided to use other software.
Now he hasn't written me a letter and I have 2 year hole in my app where I claimed to do research, but I have no proof. It was a lot of work to engineer the apps and took a pretty deep knowledge of object oriented design with nothing to show for it.
Should I even mention this on my app? I have the software and all and it works, but I doubt anybody would look at it.
I am non trad and some of my other ECs include ~100hrs of volunteering, 2 years of ROTC, treasurer for a club and 2 Co-ops.
I also worked toward my pilots license in school until I ran out of money.
