Research Fair

Today, at the research fair, I was at the Chemistry Department Booth.  There was somewhat a crowd, so they decided to speak to us as a whole, then individually.  Since they knew a majority of us were freshmen, they gave us a lot of advice about doing research.  When deciding to do research, they advise us to pick a topic that we are very passionate about.  They explained that research is a very long process that requires us to sacrifice a ton of hours. Therefore, why waste a lot of time on research that is meaningless and uninteresting.  They also advise us to talk to the professor we want to do research under and show them that we have an interest.  Many of the professors are experts in their field and are constantly doing research.  If we continually show them our interest in their studies, they could ask us to join them on their research.   Everyone probably wants to at least plan on doing some sort of research during their college career.  But they gave us the harsh reality that not everyone can.