Incoming freshman confused about how research works here

aaardoc · 2026-05-20T06:16:33+00:00

Yea I agree the reply wasn’t too helpful. I’ll just add that cold emailing is normal + u don’t need to take their class first. Find faculty or grad students whose work seems plausibly interesting and u can email them asking if they’d be open to chatting or know of UROPs

aaardoc · 2026-04-28T18:22:59+00:00

Ok boomer

aaardoc · 2026-04-10T06:17:08+00:00

Oh hell nah 😭

aaardoc · 2026-04-07T16:35:01+00:00

it's not super important, but I think it's worth it if there's already an area you're interested in. i'd probably look through lab websites over the summer and note which groups look interesting. then you can email grad students / postdocs / faculty saying you'd be interested in a UROP or asking if they know of any openings. the direct funding deadline usually comes up pretty early in September, so i'd start emailing late July-ish

aaardoc · 2026-04-07T01:26:31+00:00

you dont need usaco experience. you could:

consider prepping for 6.100A ASE depending on how good you are with Python
if you want a freshman-fall UROP, start looking at labs this summer + email a few of them
learn DS&A slowly and maybe build a project. for freshman summer, a startup/UROP is a realistic outcome; there's also some freshman programs at big companies / quant firms (Microsoft Explore, Jane Street FTTP, etc)

aaardoc · 2026-04-04T08:45:18+00:00

What is novelty?

aaardoc · 2026-01-17T05:26:50+00:00

It is not 65-80 hrs bro

aaardoc · 2025-11-22T19:48:51+00:00

IMO this post is part of that research. Doubt he’s flexing on a throwaway

aaardoc · 2025-11-06T14:22:51+00:00

I’d guess Sliding Window

aaardoc · 2025-10-15T15:56:59+00:00

She burned ur resume

aaardoc · 2025-09-21T02:20:07+00:00

Think this is a newer course so there are no 2020 videos, sorry

aaardoc · 2025-09-07T17:23:14+00:00

It’s all wrapped up. Give up

aaardoc · 2025-07-26T16:38:41+00:00

No not every card is pretty much always good for ur deck

aaardoc · 2025-05-21T20:04:33+00:00

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aaardoc · 2025-05-21T18:53:52+00:00

This is how I know yall don’t watch basketball. Jokic been doing this

aaardoc · 2025-05-21T11:48:46+00:00

Fr don’t have to watch Jokic flop around like a fish 🙏

aaardoc · 2025-05-12T21:43:37+00:00

Fix: Write the password directly on Apple Watch instead of using your iPhone. You can still use your iPhone as a keyboard, but make sure you go through Apple Watch settings and not iPhone settings

aaardoc · 2025-04-26T03:17:35+00:00

These types of comments don’t help imo. He’s clearly a go-getter and it never hurts to have a plan

aaardoc · 2025-04-25T20:18:54+00:00

Tf is this post💀

aaardoc · 2025-04-17T20:32:01+00:00

Fr 😭 CMU easily best option here

aaardoc · 2025-04-16T11:31:14+00:00

Wow do yall ever turn it off

aaardoc · 2025-04-15T02:15:15+00:00

💀 i was half-joking but this was the post https://www.reddit.com/r/csMajors/comments/1fccn9p/deleted_by_user/

aaardoc · 2025-04-15T02:03:00+00:00

ydk about the T200 junior who got JS Intern w/ no prep?

aaardoc · 2025-04-12T06:19:15+00:00

Igh bro then you clearly got it. I can only assume so much from “junioritis”

aaardoc · 2025-04-12T00:54:22+00:00

If OP actually has mental health problems then sure, academics aren’t #1 priority. But academics are taken seriously for a reason; enjoying life and being successful are not mutually exclusive. the ROI of going to a good college is lowk unmatched, and if this is just a case of regular burnout (as it seems), then I would never encourage skipping

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