hey !! i am sophmore in high school and i have been looking in on some programs i’m interested in but unfortunately all require a minimum age of 16 
however, i would really like to get started somewhere early before college and it doesn’thave to be an internship… i am just looking for programs where i can learn new things and benefit my future.
(ps- i want to major in BioMed !! so i am looking for anything science or technology related !!)
Thanks for reading 
Help appreciated !!
Is there a university near where you live? Sometimes you can do volunteer work in a lab that might later lead to an internship. There are some competitive summer internships for high school students. You will eventually turn 16.
Look into volunteering at a hospital! Many hospitals do require you to be 16+, but you may find someone (or a doctor’s office or clinic) willing to take on a mature 15 year old.
Formal educational internship in bio that doesn’t require age 16 is almost impossible. But if you let go the preference of science or technology, then hospitals are the easiest place to find internship because the work is physically difficult and never ending. Try visiting local small doctor’s office with a resume. It might be a one of busy day and they might have a growing list of patients to call for appointment confirmation or beds to clean.
Such experience can make you highly competitive when you eventually become 16 and ready for those extremely competitive internships at a major university hospital.
The University of Massachusetts Amherst has a 6 week summer research intensive program that is really great and allows students under 16. You have to be a sophomore. You (and another students or more) would be assisting a professor with research in a university lab 9-4pm and would have to do a poster presentation at the end. You can choose which research project you want to work on (they are on the website) and there are many in biology. Also, the dorms are nice and have a/c.
I visited a nearby research institution and was told researchers have essentially no time to spend with high school interns. Anything available was “gopher” or “greeter” work and they thought it would be a huge waste of a summer or part of a summer for a student, and boring at best.
Not sure why these help a student get classified as a “high achiever”. Maybe an ed specialist here can explain.
A student could simply observe for a few days to see if lab work (for example) was a possible career choice.
Is there a cost though?
Dental Career has become quite interesting with a lot of technologies like laser and 3D printing.
[Dentist in Pune](https://www.sparkledentalclinic.com/cosmetic-dentistry-in-pune.html)
Colleges want to see you spend your summers doing something productive.
That can mean:
Getting a job
Babysitting your siblings
Going to an academic camp
Taking a course
Volunteering
Just working at McDonald’s or summer camp or the like is awesome to get used to the working world. it does not need to be an “internship”