High School Lab Internships

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>I'm a sophmore in high school and i'm e-mailing college professors that are currently working on a research project (Psychology: Cognition, Perception etc or Neuroscience) and trying to obtain an internship in their lab during this summer. It has really become an endless search with countless "sorry we are not accepting high school students at this time", "check back before the summer", or no response at all. </p>

<p>I was wondering if anyone on the board could direct me towards any professors at Cornell University that are currently working on a research project, or a professor you have previously worked with on a project, or has accepted high school students, or anyone that I could contact.
I was hoping to work on a project that I could eventually enter into the Intel Science Talent Search during my senior year. </p>

<p>--May</p>

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<p>=== STOP Posting This On EVERY Single Ivy League Board NOW ===</p>

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<p>Poor kid... I see people have been giving you a lot of grief on this and other boards. I understand that science research advisors in high school give little guidence. </p>

<p>NYU has been successful with Intel type research... Check out the mentors listed on this website, I have heard that they are great. It's not a "research" program, but individual mentorships. I don't know if you are from the New York area, but housing might be difficult to find.<br>
<a href="http://www.psych.nyu.edu/academics/hs.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.psych.nyu.edu/academics/hs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>You can also check out the American Psychological Organizations website for high school research:<a href="http://www.apa.org/ed/pcue/studeres.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.apa.org/ed/pcue/studeres.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>You missed the deadline for the highly selective Stony Brook Simons program (written about in the New York Times last week), but you can apply next year. I've seen some neuropsychology projects come out of this program: <a href="http://www.stonybrook.edu/simons/applicationguide.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.stonybrook.edu/simons/applicationguide.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>If you want to be in St. Louis next summer, WUSTL has a great research program: <a href="http://www.umsl.edu/%7Esep/stars.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.umsl.edu/~sep/stars.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>You should find a professor at a local university, read a bunch of their papers and then email them.</p>

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<p>I would definitely agree with what jcas323 said. Professors love it when you seem interested in THEIR research and not just research in general. Saying you want to do research in biology won't get you anywhere but if you can read a couple of their papers and understand their research at a basic level, you have a much better chance. And don't get discouraged at the lack of replies. It's not easy for a high schooler to do real research. I'm a sophomore in college and still feel a little out of place at my lab since everyone else (except for a undergrad senior) are grad students or post docs.</p>

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<p>Some universities sponsor programs specifically for high school research during the summer. Check all the major colleges in your state to see if there is anything available; chances are, you wouldn't want to do research at an Ivy League (or similar) institution anyway.</p>

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<p>mass mail professors at every school with this message:</p>

<p>"Dear Prof. ____,</p>

<p>I want a good hook so I can get into HYP. I know nothing about science but I would like to get my name on a paper and become an Intel Finalist. I have no idea what your research is about but I really really want my name on it. This is important because I want to impress the people on a message board when I apply to colleges in 2 years.</p>

<p>Sincerely,
ohprettypetals"</p>

<p>You'll be golden.</p>

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<p>hahahaha....shizz, u just made my day, lol, nice one</p>