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...will receive full credit for supervised research, and juniors who did satisfactory work in the program this year may also do research throughout the year, but for half credit. Sophomores, and any new juniors in the program, will begin with a term of reading and discussion before they begin labwork...
...these problems." Much of the time was spent reading about problems. "This is entirely within our conception of how the program should be run. We are not trying to train undergraduate lab technicians, but rather to show them how research is done. Reading is fully as important as labwork...
Besides the notoriously cut-throat competition for grades, Chemistry's greatest drawback is its huge lab schedule. An average of three afternoons a week for three years must be spent doing largely uninteresting labwork. Dividends, however, are paid on this effort. The Chem concentrator upon graduation can not only go on to further study, but can also command a good starting salary as a research specialist...