Are the opportunities more or less the same in all colleges (research universities vs LACs)?
Research opps in LACs and BRU (big research universities) are not going to be the same. In my biased opinion and experience (I went to a LAC, did research at a BRU) – there are pros and cons to each type of institution. At a true LAC, there are only undergrads (LACs are by definition, only UG colleges), so undergrads are the focus. Labs will be smaller, less likely to be run by “big shot” names doing front cover research (interesting questions nonetheless), but all the research opportunities in the lab are meant for you, the UG, and without grad students and post docs to compete with, you have a better chance being a more integral part of the lab. The lab will likely be more about teaching you how to research than publishing big-impact papers (however you might get be a first author on a paper…). LAC profs are there to primarily teach UGs – of course they have research obligations too, but I would say teaching is more of the focus. At a BRU, you might find profs that research first a
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