Physics and Astronomy Research Experience Reviews: REU's and Other Undergraduate Summer Research

What is an REU?
Is summer research for me?
Is it better to do research at my home institution or another school?

Student reviews:

• European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) - Geneva, Switzerland
• National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) - MD
• Santa Fe Institute - Santa Fe, NM
• University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN
• Plasma Physics at UCLA - Los Angeles, CA
• Ecology Research - Costa Rica and Ontario, Canada

The National Science Foundation has good documentation about the REU program and a list of all the sites. Also, an exhaustive list of REUs and other programs around the country is available from UPenn.

The Harvard Math Club has a similar site for math REU's.

Have you had a cool summer experience? Please dash off a quick summary and email it to Viva Horowitz '05 (vhorowi1-at-swarthmore.edu) or Robin Smith '03 (robinleslie-at-alum.swarthmore.edu). Include websites, email addresses, or other contact info for future students to learn about these programs. Don't be afraid to give an honest evaluation about whether the program offers an enjoyable and worthwhile experience; if you don't recommend the program to future students, be honest and say why it was not good. Add a technical abstract or link to relevant posters and presentations you've done if you like. Please have your review added to our site!

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