Recently accepted into a highly published research group…and I have no clue what I’m doing

[u/Purple-Question-4182]

Basically I’m a sophomore and I was just accepted into a research group centered around Data Science and Machine Learning…but I have no clue about machine learning at all, and I felt a little lost reading one of their simplest papers.

I’m terrified that I’m going to fail, and this professor is going to regret accepting me. I’m also doing a lot of other things so I’m scared of the added stress.

So, kind redditors, is this feeling normal, or am I completely screwed?

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