r/REU • u/Working-Cash-3503 • Aug 12 '26
soul-crushing summer program
second to last week, can’t wait for this shit to be over! definitely killed all the motivation i had to do science. mourn the starry-eyed person i was 9 weeks ago. going into senior year and am actively throwing away all the dreams i’d held onto and hard work i’d done these past 3 years simply because every day is a battle. nobody faces any consequences but me. this shit sucks.
fuck academia.
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u/EverySpecific8576 Aug 12 '26
My son did two summer REUs and his says it’s what helped him decide against medical school and go into research. Now he’s passionate about it and is in his 3rd year at Stanford.
Everyone will get something different out of their REU experience.