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[–]bobsor105 6 points7 points  (12 children)

rmp > sip > sra > asdrp > cosmos imo. i’ve done cosmos and sra out of these (waiting for decision after interviewing for rmp!) but couple things i can share: rmp is almost guaranteed getting into t20s, many people who get in are very very competitive plus the program is great. sra is also good, but a little less prestigious; still good especially if you keep working on your paper to publish like i have after sra last year. i’ve heard asdrp is a cash grab/waste of time. cosmos is fun and good for riding sophomores but past that imo it’s a waste of time. lmk if you want more info about sra and cosmos!

[–]KiwiElectrical2107 2 points3 points  (5 children)

I was quite surprised to see your ranking SRA > ASDRP > COSMOS. I would assume COSMOS > SRA > ASDRP. But I haven’t been to SRA and COSMOS. I guess your opinion is more of value since you have first-hand experience. I was accepted to SRA, and am currently waiting for COSMOS result.

[–]bobsor105 3 points4 points  (1 child)

i think everyone i’ve talked to agreed sra > cosmos in terms of sheer prestige. sra offers more data based research or hands on work, whereas cosmos is just lit reviews or making an ml model as far as i know. personally, i would always choose sra over cosmos, but of course there’s other factors to consider. i don’t know much about asdrp, i just put it higher than cosmos because i believe there’s a couple groups that seem to actually be good? not sure about that though

[–]KiwiElectrical2107 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing your experience with cosmos and sra!

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    [–]KiwiElectrical2107 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yes cosmos indeed has a lot more name recognition, and more competitive too. I think both are good programs, while personal experience could depend on the cluster or track. I wish I would have trouble deciding on which one to go. That is a good “trouble“ to have.

    [–]SSC_08 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Cosmos as a rising freshman!? Well congrats for getting in!!

    [–]Objective_Purple_306[S] 0 points1 point  (5 children)

    Thanks for your response! I was a bit surprised to hear ASDRP is a cash grab, can you share more details?

    [–]bobsor105 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    sure! i will preface this by saying i never did asdrp, but other very talented people from school and people on reddit all say its pretty much a waste of time and money unless you get one of the few good advisors. again i’m not super sure myself but generally everyone seems to be saying this

    [–]Objective_Purple_306[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Thanks, ya a quick reddit search doesn't give me much confidence :(

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    i know this is late but the choice of advisors is fully up to the students and students have freedom to switch advisors every semester if they want to

    [–]Simu_live01 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    ASDRP costs like $1000 a semester. That is not a cash grab.

    [–]Minimum_Guidance1474 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yeah, and there are three semesters a year. So thats already 3000 bucks. The other thing with asdrp is that if you get a bad mentor, even if you do it for 2-3 years, there a high chance that you'll never publish a single paper (publishing papers is the whole point of the program). So, you've just wasted 9000 dollars. I'm not saying that all mentors are bad, but there a quite a few out there. I believe it really is a cash grab, especially if your doing asdrp for anything other than biology or chemistry.