<p>I'm a freshman (going to be a sophomore after the summer) in high school and I got offered to work in a laboratory at Villanova University in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. I will be making Cadmium Telluride Solar Cells, which are the new versions of Photovoltaics. I may also be working in a laboratory at University of Pennsylvania with Carbon Nanotubes. I'm going to most likely take up both offers. Out of curiosity, would these help any with College applications?</p>
<p>are you doing this on purpose? this is like the same thing as asking if smoking is bad for you.</p>
<p>wow, I cant believe they gave you that oppurtunity in the first place</p>
<p>^yeah, the OP must be really smart or have some sway within both schools.</p>
<p>im starting to think its a ■■■■■</p>
<p>You’d think that a person who gets this kind of opportunities would know the difference between science and engineering. Tsk tsk.</p>
<p>And also, who the hell recruits high school freshmen? Colleges barely recruit college freshman for research grunt work.</p>
<p>…OR, the other possibility I forgot to mention: this is a ■■■■■. I’m glad I’m not the only one that thinks that and finds the OP’s situation to be insane.</p>
<p>If the OP has a family member, or a family friend in these labs it is entirely possible that he/she got a summer job/internship with them. Here in suburban DC, any HS kid who really wants an internship with the federal government, or at the National Institute of Health can find one through a family member, family friend, or relative of a HS classmate.</p>
<p>Sometimes, geography is everything.</p>
<p>But I agree that the OP asking whether or not such an internship could help with college admissions does make him/her sound like a ninny.</p>
<p>If you guys would care to know, my father is the chairman of the ECE Dept. at Villanova University. As for UPenn, a science olympiad kid from my school works in the lab at Penn. Anyway, I knew it would be a great opportunity to learn more about engineering. Thanks for you’re “wise” comments.</p>
<p>^Be aware that revealing what you did in this post identifies you to a very large online community. Perhaps you are already aware of this, but I thought I should point it out just in case. There are a number of reasons (the most important being safety at your young age) why this is not a good idea.</p>