>>6530538Hey bud,
Since you have a parent in academia, none of this will probably be novel advice, but if you are wanting to get in to the materials engineering program, I would look at some of the papers that professors in that program have published, pick one that looks interesting, hit them up, ask some questions and then see if they are looking for any undergrad researchers to help them over the summer. Worst case scenario, they say no, best case scenario, you have an internship (more or less depending on pay) and an in with the program.
Hope some of that helped.
