no internship for summer; help!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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<p>I guess the title explains for itself but let me elaborate. I applied to some medical/science internships but I don't think that I might get them because they are titled to be extremely competetive. For info I'm a HS junior. I really really need an internship because I've never had one (especially medical since I'm really interested). So how am I suppose to get one? It's really not fair because I've been searching for internships since last to last year and it's not exceptional for me to not have one by now especially since I poured my whole personality over their requested essays (really feeling frustrated right now; haha...argg). Could anyone really help my hopeless plight, no matter how hard I try? I know that UNC has no internships but is there an indirect manner to which I could gain an internship? Time just flew by as I searched for one internship after another...I really tried to play it safe and applied to those programs that I was sure to get but of course that didn't help either. </p>

<p>Please, please, please help me...I need a mentor that's all, otherwise I have all research/lab credentials required. </p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>Most medical/science related internships are reserved for college students on a pre-med track since it is virtually a requirement for med school admissions these days.</p>

<p>Do volunteer work at a hospital in your home town for now, worry about the internship when you are in college.</p>

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<p>What are you interested in? When I was in high school I thought I might be into marine biology and so emailed some departments across the country asking if they needed any help in their labs (volunteer work) and Pomona and U Miami got back to me within a day. I worked with U Miami all summer and it was a wonderful experience. It helped that I had family around there and that my parents were totally willing to be there with me - it made things much less complicated.</p>

<p>Eadad is right though. Having an internship a. isn’t required and b. won’t actually be that impressive to colleges. It’s the new thing. Just do what you’re really interested in doing, and work hard at it.</p>