Frequently Asked Questions
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I already filled out the application: why am I getting emails about filling out Part 2?
Our application requires 2 pieces:
- The Google Form, a common REU Site application form that has a billion questions and lots of places to fill out fields and select from dropdown boxes.
- Part 2, which permits you to provide a statement of purpose, your unofficial transcript, and the names/emails of letter writers.
For reasons that aren't worth explaining, we have to have a 2 phase process. Unfortunately, it's not always easy to see that you need to do part 2, so we send reminders if we find a name in Part 1 that doesn't have a Part 2 submission.
If you accidentally filled out Part 1 more than once, then you will get a reminder email for the extra Part 1 submissions, unless we get lucky and pull out those submissions.
It's after the deadline, but I still want to apply. Can I still apply?
We will continue to accept new applications until the positions have been filled. All applications that are fully submitted before the deadline are guaranteed to be considered. However, if your application comes in after the deadline, we may make an offer to another student in between when you submit your application and when applications are closed. So please submit your application as soon as possible after the deadline closes, if you find yourself submitting after the deadline.
Faculty, you might get requests for letters for a few reasons: the student may be applying after the deadline because they just heard about the program. Or, we may have encouraged an applicant to apply even though the deadline has passed. In any case, please do submit your letters as soon as you can, using the URL you were mailed to do so. We will close down the reference submission form when we have filled all our positions.
We will continue to accept applications until all our positions are filled. If in doubt, go ahead and fill out an application.
You cannot graduate before the end of the CAT Vehicle program for the summer you apply. This is because we hope to prepare you for graduate school, and by the summer it is too late to apply. Instead, consider applying directly to the UA Graduate School for the chance to do research as a graduate student.
If you are interested in CAT Vehicle, we recommend you go ahead and fill out our application. Most of the Common Application questions will be the same (and we know this is boring). The way the common application works, you are considered in other programs only after they have evaluated their first set of applicants. Importantly for us, we need your Step 2 application, which will give us (and you) an idea of whether the CatVehicle REU and you are a good fit.