Undergrad Engineering Research Summer Project

Does anyone know if 1st-years can do research projects during the summer? Am curious, as a friend of mine in Yale stayed back at uni for research, and he's a freshman. Thanks.

my part I dissertation

Excuse me? Part 1 dissertation?

An option. I can either take 6 examined courses over my first two years (in our tripos there is not Part IA or IB - we take all of Part I at the end of our second year), or take 5 examined courses and present a dissertation of 12, 000 words. At Part II we have to do a dissertation, so doing one for Part I is good practice, and you can do it over the summer, thereby giving yourself more time to focus on your other five subjects for the rest of the year.

I know it sounds a bit strange, but it works well so long as you are willing to give up about half your summer.

Does anyone know if 1st-years can do research projects during the summer? Am curious, as a friend of mine in Yale stayed back at uni for research, and he's a freshman. Thanks.

What and which college do you study? for some reason (maybe your single sex college views?) I thought you were a female

I wondered about that. Well no I am not a woman, but my mother was very involved in the feministic movement in the 70s so I have been fully indoctrinated by her .

I'm a first (soon to be second) year ASNaC (i.e. studying Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic) at Trinity College. What about you?

Is your mother Germaine Greer?
I am a 0 year arch&anther soon to be at Wolfson.

No, nothing nearly that extreme. She was just very involved in student politics, did very well at university (2nd highest first in English Literature in her year), and feels very strongly that men are not - at least in the arts - inherently 'better' at academic work than women.

Wolfson seems like a nice place (admittedly I only know two people there, but they seem really relaxed, bright, and interesting), I hope you enjoy it.

As for he gender tags, they would be very useful. I realised that by diving head first into the women's colleges things I might have sent that message.

Anyways for any reading this thread, since I guess I actually have not been properly introduced anywhere I shall post the following:

name: Levi
nationality: Canadian (grown up mostly in Africa)
college: Trinity
subject: ASNaC
gender: male
age: 19 (just finished first year)

Hmmm, you got an interesting backgroud...........