<p>Has anyone here done a summer NIH internship? I'm curious to know if it's organized well (ie, student interns hang out after working in the lab all day) because it seems that if they require you to find your own housing it would be somewhat fragmented in terms of social life.</p>
<p>Any thoughts y'all have on the subject would be great. Thanks.</p>
<p>I did the internship, and while I can't really comment on most of the intern activities (my lab was in Rockville rather on the main campus in Bethesda), I don't think the housing fragmentation is a big problem. DC is full of interns during the summer, so no matter where you live, you'll be surrounded by college students. I lived at GWU, and there were a few other NIH interns in my building (plus loads of other types of government interns, of course), and we all hung out at night and had a blast.</p>
<p>what about for high school students? do a lot of high school students do internships?</p>
<p>there's no way in hell you are going to get an NIH internship in high school</p>
<p>astrife, you're a fiesty one aren't ya? NIH internships for HS students aren't that uncommon.</p>
<p>high school students get NIH internships all the time</p>
<p>I may be applying to the NIH internship this summer as a junior. I was wondering whether it would be better to spend my summer doing this or working in a lab at UPenn where I am guranteed to be a co author of a paper that will be published in a well known journal.</p>
<p>if it were me id say upenn, you've gotta decide though</p>
<p>amoney, guaranteed publication looks good. on the flip side, i turned down an offer with guaranteed publication to work at nasa...and i'm getting two publications out of it.</p>
<p>then again, i could have just gotten lucky. it's really your call, and how important the security of a publication is to you. i will admit, though, having the publication [especially before college] does look extremely good on apps ;).</p>
<p>Thanks for your suggestions. I think Penn would proabably be a better use of my summer since I can get something out of it.</p>
<p>hey
i was wondering what kind of stats you need to have to get a NIH internship. Im a sophomore in high school and i was thinking of mayb applying for the internship. If you could post ur stats, id greatly appreciate it.</p>
<p>thanks alot</p>
<p>XCsupremacy, they care less about stats and more about grades in coursework (a's in bio or chem are pretty much implied) as well as your written statement. This really tells the researchers what you're interested in and what assets you have that you can contribute to the team. They don't really care for SAT etc...[should be obvious].</p>
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<p>anything specific i should put in my written statement?
thanks for the help</p>
<p>Well...why a specific research area interests you, why it would be worthwile to have you on the team. For example, what are you good at in the lab and how will those skills translate for them? Or, if you don't have prior lab skills, what do you hope to learn by working for them, and how will having you on board help them? Obviously, you can't make it sound as if you'll come in and turn the place around and get some results...don't make yourself sound better than you actually are (that'll be recieved poorly by anyone reading your app), but write confidently and clearly.</p>
<p>Some of my friends have talked about science fair projects, intensive labs in school etc. While I didn't apply to NIH, I applied to a host of programs at NASA (pure maths related) and I did just that - talked about what prior experience I had and both what I could contribute and what I hoped to learn.</p>
<p>Obviously there's alot more you can talk about, but I'll leave that to people more knowlegable about this area.</p>
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<p>thanks for all the help karthikkito</p>
<p>Sure thing...I hope all goes well with your application!</p>
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<p>yea, sorry if this is a dumb question. but how can one have guaranteed publication?</p>
<p>^There's really no such thing....</p>
<p>He/she was just assumming.</p>
<p>Well, it can be pretty 'assured' if they're working towards publishing at a conference with a specific date...and you're being brought on board for that very project.</p>
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