<p>I'm a high school student, and I was wondering if you needed connections or something to do research for a professor. Also, do you need to be extremely good at science? For those of you who did research, did you just e-mail random professors at a college?</p>
<p>Just e-mail people and see if they'll take you--although of course, having contacts who will vouch for you, etc. always will help. Also try looking for programs specifically geared toward high school student research, there are a bunch.</p>