One aspect that sheds a little light on the answer to that question is Berkeley's renown as a research university. This is not true only for graduates; undergraduates also have many research opportunities.
Here is what one student had to say about undergraduate research at Cal:
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When I was in high school, I had no idea of what research actually meant beyond lab coats and safety goggles; I didn't know what pipetting or other lab techniques were. After my first semester here I decided to try URAP and was invited for the initial interview with Professor Harland...What surprised me the most is how often Dr. Harland is actually there - he is almost always in the lab. In fact it is very rare that he is not. I can talk to him anytime I get results and I talk to him almost everyday. That really surprised me is how accessible and nice he was. It also surprised me how Mustafa is still very involved and I can always ask him for help. Also, the next International Xenopus Conference will be held in Germany this September and Mustafa (a fellow undergrad) and Dr. Harland are both going to attend. Mustafa asked me to write an abstract for our project and so I sent it to him and he submitted it. What surprised me the most was that he put me as the first author on it. Mustafa will be presenting for us and I am very excited."
When I was in high school, I had no idea of what research actually meant beyond lab coats and safety goggles; I didn't know what pipetting or other lab techniques were. After my first semester here I decided to try URAP and was invited for the initial interview with Professor Harland...What surprised me the most is how often Dr. Harland is actually there - he is almost always in the lab. In fact it is very rare that he is not. I can talk to him anytime I get results and I talk to him almost everyday. That really surprised me is how accessible and nice he was. It also surprised me how Mustafa is still very involved and I can always ask him for help. Also, the next International Xenopus Conference will be held in Germany this September and Mustafa (a fellow undergrad) and Dr. Harland are both going to attend. Mustafa asked me to write an abstract for our project and so I sent it to him and he submitted it. What surprised me the most was that he put me as the first author on it. Mustafa will be presenting for us and I am very excited."Dipankan Bhattacharya, URAP Apprentice in Professor Richard Harland's Lab, Molecular and Cell Biology
Find out more about opportunities in undergraduate research by visiting the Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program website.
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