u/namizrexe

hi! i'm currently an undergraduate student and i discovered ringle recently. i applied because i wanted a relatively lighter job for the summer. i've been working with them for around 2 weeks now and honestly the hours/pay seem great so it's made me a little suspicious (especially because i was hired without much prior experience). has anyone else here worked with ringle for a while, and can you let me know your experience and whether there's any "catch"?

I'm a sophomore (rising junior) who's been volunteering in a lab on my campus for the past 4 months, and I feel very hopeless about the time I've spent so far. I don't have the best track record with experimental results, all of mine keep failing regardless of how much I troubleshoot and it feels like I mess up something new each time I try a new experiment. I can also feel my mentor slowly getting tired of me and losing patience, which unfortunately I understand but isn't making me any more hopeful about my future time here. As of right now I just feel like a waste of reagents and money, I'm not really sure what to do because I don't feel like I'm improving. @ any other undergrads here, if you were in a position like this how did you get out of this slump? and @ the grad students/mentors is there anything an undergrad did to get on your good side/prove themselves?

i just signed my contract for summer housing and can't find a way to make the $150 prepayment. do we just pay that when we eventually pay summer tuition and housing costs?