Hopkins Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program

描述（由申请人提供）：后学士学位的目标 研究教育计划（PREP）计划是我们现有的直接延伸 少数民族暑期实习计划：提供经验，将增加 成功申请和竞争以研究为基础的 研究生课程由代表性不足的少数民族，他们的教育和 特别是作为一个本科生的研究机会是有限的。核心 我们试图给予PREP学者的经验是研究的入门 作为一名科学学徒进一步发展，包括正式课程， 技术实验室培训，公开演讲和考试技巧将 为每一位PREP学者量身定制。 每年有五名候选人将被录取为学徒 在实验室工作的科学家，由合格的导师领导。导师将 根据培养本科生、研究生和 代表性不足的少数民族学生，并提出适当的项目， 未来的导师从这一点上看，招聘将基本上按照 技术人员，即，有兴趣的导师将进行面试，并提供 职位空缺（或不空缺），申请人将在提供的职位中选择 一个最适合他们的需求。这一经历与 每年都有几十名应届毕业生被该机构聘为技术人员。 求职的经历，积极地展示自己， 面试和处理一些不可避免的拒绝是非常有用的， 本身该计划的成功与否将取决于 学生申请/接受研究生教育;导师报告在六 月间隔;正式课程的成绩; GRE成绩;一年两次的研究 学术研讨会和年度会议报告。 PREP学者的进展将在持续的基础上进行评估 项目主任，每季度由招生理事会，每年由 咨询委员会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) program is a direct extension of our existing Minority Summer Internship Program: to provide experiences that will increase the likelihood of success in applying to and competing in a research-based graduate program by under-represented minorities whose educational and especially research opportunities as an undergraduate were limited. The core experience that we seek to give the PREP scholar is an introduction to research as a scientific apprentice. Further development, including formal coursework, technical laboratory training, public speaking and test-taking skills will be tailored to each PREP Scholar. Five candidates per year will be admitted to the program as apprentice scientists working in laboratories headed by qualified mentors. Mentors will be selected based on history of training undergraduate, graduate students and underrepresented minority students, and on appropriate projects put forward by prospective mentors. From this point, hiring will proceed essentially as for a technician, i.e., interested mentors will conduct interviews and offer an available position (or not), and the applicant will choose among the offers for the one best suited to their needs. The experience is the same as that of the dozens of recent graduates hired as technicians at the Institution every year. The experience of applying for a job, presenting oneself positively in interviews, and dealing with some inevitable rejections is highly useful in itself. Success of the program will be determined based on the number of students applying/accepted for postgraduate education; mentor reports at six month intervals; grades in formal course work; GRE scores; a biannual research symposium; and annual meeting report by each scholar. Progress of the PREP scholars will be evaluated on an ongoing basis by the Program Director, quarterly by the Admissions Council, and annually by the Advisory Board.