Summer REUs Still Open for International Students?

[Major Mei]

Hey guys,

I know it is hard to find one at this time but still want to give it a try...

So, and recommendations?

Open to international students, and are currently OK to apply(deadline: after today)

Thank you for you time and help!

 

[Major Mei]

Around 70 of you reviewed this but no one replied...
Is that so hard to get one during this summer at this point?
I am a freshman(I know that makes this even harder) and I really want to see how things work in this area.

Background info:
Robotics honors, academic honors and work experience as a robotics tutor in high school
GPA: Currently around 3.8, hopefully I am able to get a 4.0
got As in physics and astronomy
(if someone who would like to help me I will provide further info via email)

I am able to work 23 hours per day, actually I study hard during night time and try to deal with electrodynamics and modern phys in advance. Learning calc myself.
Any chances? Just set academic requirements for me and I will try to achieve. I have time to go through materials in higher-levels so that I can help as much as possible in the lab or research program.

Thank you for your help! If you want to check some further info do not hesitate to contact me:
majormei1008@gmail.com

 

[sutupidmath]

Hey guys,

I know it is hard to find one at this time but still want to give it a try...

So, and recommendations?

Open to international students, and are currently OK to apply(deadline: after today)

Thank you for you time and help!

I am an international student myself...

First there are very few REU programs that accept international students (due to the NSF policy),second there are even fewer that give some free housing to international students, and finally there are very very few which actually would pay international students (SMALL is one of them that i know of).

So at this time, you are not in a good position at all...but you should not give up, try to browse the webpages of all REU programs, and you might stumble upon one that accepts int. students and whose deadline hasn't passed yet.

Good luck!

 

[exe163]

I think it's best to check your local university to see if there is anything available. I got a friend, an international student, who will be working on research with a locally funded research program in physics this summer.

 

[Spriteling]

To be honest, almost every deadline for REUs has passed by this point. You'll have to carefully look at every site to see if there are any that are still open and give funding to internationals. You'll have better luck next year if you look in advance.