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   Abe Kohen to rick303@hotmail.com   
   Re: Any advice?   
   03 Mar 04 20:59:28   
   
   XPost: sci.physics, soc.college.admissions   
   From: akohen@xenon.stanford.edu   
      
   "rick++"  wrote in message   
   news:f7422d8e.0403020736.1e4a853f@posting.google.com...   
   > > Take Uncle Al's advice. Ask your department if you can place out of   
   > > the elementary courses. And read a biography of Einstein. If you think   
   > > you're bored, can you imagine how he felt.   
   >   
   > In most states there is public college with a research grad school.   
   > Transfer there.  Sometimes you start taking grad courses as a junior.   
   > A persistent undergrad can start doing research with a prof.   
   > In fact, this is required at schools like MIT.   
      
   I still think the guy's a troll, but you're absolutely right re undergrad   
   research and not just at MIT. However, I did not know/think that UROP was a   
   requirement at MIT.   
      
   Abe   
      
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