>> I would recommend for our students to talk to as many people as they can in their field
to be really involved with their department.
If undergraduate research is something that that they're inclined to I would say go for it.
But I would recommend that they do undergraduate research and really continue with that
if there's an opportunity to write an undergraduate thesis on the project
that you worked on as an undergraduate, I would recommend doing that.
It really teaches you about how to communicate science in a different way
than you would normally be used to just doing experiments at the bench.
I would also say to consider going to graduate school after the--
after graduating from your undergraduate program.
And if you do that I would recommend to start the application process
as early as the application is available.
It takes time apply for graduate programs.
And you're probably going to want to apply to more than just one program, 10, 15 or so.
And so you want to give yourself adequate time to really craft a good personal statement,
a statement of research interest and that sort of thing.