<p>It bugs me that I couldn't put a question mark on the thread title because of the character limit.</p>
<p>So, I'm a sophomore taking AP bio, AP physics c, AP env sci, AP stats, AP comp sci, AP world history, honors English, and honors French at my high school, and calculus III at my community college. 6 APs, 2 honors, and calc III.</p>
<p>I would really like to have some research of my own or become a lab assistant during my senior year, particularly in biology. How can I do this? I live quite close to UT, by the way.</p>
<p>Being a research assistant or having access to a major university's labs or even working under a university professor must be a tough thing to work towards in high school... how can I apply for such a position? Am I on the right track?</p>
<p>that’s what i did. Email professors. If one doesn’t accept you, keep emailing others in the same department. If all of them don’t accept you, try another nearby university. Worked for me. But then again, I don’t work there. I volunteer there. If you want to do your own research project, tell the professor you’re willing to volunteer at his lab. Eventually, the professor will tell you that to make your time seem valuable, he/she is wiliing to let you start a publishable research project. (worked for me)</p>
<p>You took way more rigorous courses than i did. So your stats are much better than mine. But then again, the fact that your school lets you do this should be taken into account. In any case, with your profile, you should not have much trouble in getting a position.</p>
<p>^ True. Most professors don’t even respond. However, one day you get that one Professor who’s awesome and wants to educate the future scientists of America email you back. :D</p>
