Is Undergraduate Research Crucial for Aspiring Physicists?

[andreaandreaa]

hello everyone,
How much important is doing undergraduate research during summer ? I'm a physics student of the second year, and next summer I could ask for doing research at LIGO or SURF. I'd like to ask you: Is this highly evaluated in the curriculum ? Is it important for my future work as a phisicyst ? Thank you for all your answers,
Andrea

 

[anjelin]

Yes, of course. Especially, if you want to continue your study later. You will gain experience in scientific research field. If you want to work as a researcher or scientist it will help you to work independently in future.

 

[geft]

Do it. I did my SURF last summer and I can already add two papers on my CV.

 

[andreaandreaa]

Could you tell something about your experience ? How it worked ?