<p>Hello everyone,</p>
<p>I'm currently a junior, but I'm just trying to figure everything out ahead of time. Assuming that I haven't burned out by the end of senior year, is an internship between the end of high school and the beginning of college good for anything? I guess what I'm really wondering is whether this would look good for grad school.</p>
<p>I mean, getting real-world experience is always a good thing. If you mean will grad schools care about this, the answer is no, probably not. But an internship before college could help you get other experience during college that would be more relevant.</p>
<p>What grad school are you looking at? PhD programs typically care about research experience the most.</p>
<p>I’ll be looking at top physics grad schools.</p>
<p>tetratic, grad programs in physics could care less about internships you had before entering college. My daughter majored in physics at MIT and is now in physics at Harvard, doing research at CERN. What grad schools care about are the research opportunities you pursued as a college student, the recommendations you gained from physicists enthusiastic about your potential, and your academic performance. If you feel that you’re now in danger of burning out, just take the summer off. Just my two cents. :-)</p>
<p>:-* </p>
<p>Thanks for the reply. I guess I’ll look for a job next summer instead of an internship. </p>