<p>My high school age son applied to a volunteer work in a lab. To our surprise to us when he met the professor, he praised his last year's internship work and offered him a paid internship. The money will be more than $3000 for two months. I am wondering if this internship which deals with proving new hypothesis about the cutting edge nanobio technology work. The professor told my kid that he sees a potential in him that is why he want to pay for internship. This project is very crucial for him and he will be working with two Ph.D. students. Anyway should he use this internship as a paid job during summer or should he use it as a summer course in college.</p>
<p>In addition he just won a national essay competition worth $2000.</p>
<p>Absolutely the job. This is what both of my sons have done. The older one got a wonderful letter of recommendation from the Principal Investigator professor that added greatly to his college applications. My younger (rising senior) is in exactly the same position as your son--this will be his 2nd summer in the Heat Transfer Lab, where he volunteered last summer. Your son will learn a lot, with money to boot!</p>
<p>The job and the experience gained from working with PhD students on cutting edge nanobio technology work is going to take him further than the college course especially if he is remotely interested in attending that school.</p>