That is more or less what I'm afraid of. Though I have trust in this professor, we have already spoken about things we will go over this summer and it sounds like I will work closely with him as it's a small-ish project.
Is there any downside to doing academic research for pay vs. school credit as an undergrad? Say I have the option of either, if I choose to be paid will I still be able to ask my supervisor/mentor for a LOR even though I didn't take a "class" (research credit=course credit) with him?
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