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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I went to an Ivy and I don't recall working on grant proposals for professors or original research. It is as if you believe the purpose of college students is to help itinerant professors and academics write journal articles and travel up and down the East Coast.[/quote]

I went to a SLAC with only small amounts of NSF/NIH funding relative to a research university.  I did independent research (including a thesis) with my professor. I also directed my own research independently rather than doing bitchwork for a grad student. I personally did not publish or help with grand proposals, however I have friends who did (mostly this had to do with timing and projects more than anything else).

DH went to a regional school in the south that people on this board would say gives a horrible education.  He also was involved in original research AND he wrote grant proposals and wrote a paper with his undergrad advisor.  He wrote an honors thesis.  His undergrad alma mater ranks horribly in terms of NSF/NIH grants.

However, since where both DH and I attended were very undergrad focused (in my case, no undergrads, in his case only bottom tier masters programs), we had a lot more independent opportunities as undergrads than people who went to schools that were better known for their research reputations.  This is because the schools were focused on undergraduate pedagogy rather than pumping out research.

I don't think the research reputation of schools has a correlation with the quality of opportunities that undergrads have to get involved in research in meaningful ways.[/quote]

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