Summer Research

[HessExpress]

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Who here has done summer research, or is doing it now? Did you get a decent stipend for the job, and is it better than the summer job the average student has flipping burgers?

 

[soonerpillow]

I'm doing summer research now, and have been for the past three. I really like it. I get paid hourly, and I can work whenever I want. I get tons of free time plus internet access (so I can post on SDN all day 😉). It is a million times better than a fast food job. Less stress, no customers, etc.

 

[HessExpress]

cool...where are you doing your research, and what type of field?

 

[ESPNdeportes]

In my last of 10 weeks of summer research. $3500 stipend, and a headstart of my senior research!

 

[umass rower]

I am currently doing a summer research job. I did an independent study in this lab in the spring, and I'm going to be continuing to work here all next year to do my senior thesis. I'm getting paid by an internship program at 300 a week for 10 weeks. Isn't very much since I'm paying rent and bills and all that, but the prof who runs the lab is paying me some extra too. I find that I'm enjoying my job a lot more than most of my friends this summer-- most of them are doing things that offer more tiring work, and less flexible hours, but better pay. So it's a tradeoff. I would recommend finding a research project that seems interesting before you decide to devote an entire summer to it. Some of the other people in my internship program aren't having quite as much fun with their projects, and it can definitely make a huge difference for how your whole summer goes.

This may not apply to you, but Amherst is a definite college town. The one thing that I dislike about this whole thing is that with everybody I know home for the summer, there is absolutely nothing to do here.

 

[soonerpillow]

Originally posted by HessExpress
cool...where are you doing your research, and what type of field?

I work at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in the Arthritis/Immunology department. We do research on lupus and Sjogren's Syndrome.

 

[size_tens]

For anyone who wants a change of pace from academic positions I think working in industry is a worthwhile experience. I'm interning at Pfizer Global R&D and the resources available here are just amazing. Even interns get their own offices, laptop computers and PAID HOLIDAYS!

 

[TTSD]

I got paid in beer and ammunition.. sometimes sushi. Those bastards. LOL

 

[vixenell]

I'm in a research summer program, with a $3900 stipend. Not bad if you know someone who lives in NYC, so you can avoid the $1090 we spent for housing.

 

[DoctorC]

I am a research assistant at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation in conjunction with Stanford University. I am taking this up a a volunteer position so I am not getting paid. The topic we are studying is Toxoplasmosis garnii.

 

[Sean2tall]

I think summer research is pretty nice if you can search out a good professor and a project that interests you. I am at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh doing some neat stuff with frog evolution and development.

The pay is pretty good: $3000 for 10 weeks (except for those darn taxes: 2300), and depending on what type of environment it is, the hours can be very flexible. Some people I know end up leaving the lab every day by 3 PM because they just have to wait for reactions.

I don't think I could sit in a lab like that for the rest of my life! There is a lot of a failure for me, trying something ten times with one success and going home 4/5 days per week with no victories. But, somewhat like this medical school application business, when you succeed, boy is it sweet.😀

 

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Paid reaserch.....I didnt get paid...

I did get credit though......how do you find a paid position?

 

[HIIC]

My summer project:

selling dope. and smeezying it.

pay: oh boy, we aint gonna go there, cuz im a hustler bizzles!

just chill now, till the next episizzle

 

[ESPNdeportes]

Originally posted by hightrump
Paid reaserch.....I didnt get paid...

I did get credit though......how do you find a paid position?

Through a research grant from my school specifically for summer research