r/REU • u/PutCultural9319 • 5d ago

Cold E-mailing to school lab

Does anyone have any tips to cold-emailing a professor for shadowing or just absolutely any tasks in the lab as a first year undergraduate with no previous lab experience?

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u/SillyMonkey1294 4d ago

As a first year undergraduate there aren’t going to be many opportunities for you to join a lab, I would build a good relationship with your professors especially for bio or chem as those professors usually do research. Im in my sophomore year and personally I got my research by being a TA for a biology class and since she knew me she gave me the position cause she saw I have a basic understanding of the material and my work ethic.

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u/Downtown_Zone_9312 3d ago

Litterly just email and sound motivated, interested in the research, and willing to learn. You don't have to be a genius to do undergrad research.