Undergrad Research: Possible w/High GPA?

[marmot]

Hey. I want to start researching and I am a second semester sophmore. I had pretty bad grades last semester however (3.2 and a 2.5 in EM honors). I am not too worried academically because it was a bad semester and Ill just step up my game, but wouldn't they make it impossible to apply for a REU, atleast now?

 

[eri]

Not impossible, but it will hurt a bit. With lower grades and (I'm assuming) no previous research experience, it might be easier to get a summer research job at your own university first. Have you tried talk to profs? After one experience, and higher grades, it will be easier to get a good REU somewhere else next year.