Editor’s Note:  Thanks to Hutton Honors at Indiana University for providing this update showing how important undergrad research is for graduate school admission and for employment opportunities. 

Honors students engaged in intensive research endeavors are attractive to top graduate schools and to great companies.

Consider the Cox Research Scholars Program administered by Indiana University’s Hutton Honors College.

Cox Research Scholars are selected through a competitive process to study and apprentice all four years with an Indiana University faculty mentor on research or creative activity.  Each student receives a renewable scholarship and stipend that covers the total cost of attendance.

According to data compiled by the Hutton Honors College, by December of 2012, the Cox graduating class of 2011 had a 100 percent placement rate (either in graduate school or in jobs), while the 2012 cohort clocked in at 87 percent.  Graduate school-bound Cox alumni are studying at, among other institutions, MIT, Emory School of Medicine, the University of Chicago, and NYU’s School of Law.  Cox alumni are also employed at Deloitte Consulting, Cummins Inc., Price Waterhouse Coopers, and General Mills.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that it’s not merely research experience that gets the attention of recruiters, but rather, demonstration of research commitment and results.  In 2012, alone, Cox Research Scholars co-authored or presented more than 20 papers at major research conferences.

More at: http://inside.iub.edu/editors-picks/fyi/2013-01-24-iniub-fyi-cox-scholars.shtml