Hi Everyone,
I really want to get into the research field, and I genuinely do feel as though I have a passion for some sort of research (mainly biology). I live just outside of NYC, however, the competition for many summer programs (RSSP, RSI, Garcia) are super high, and I feel like I won’t get in.
Therefore, I want to begin to find somewhere to do research, possibly with a professor. What should I do? I don’t think that I would get any positions at Columbia or NYU, and I need to stay close to home because I need time to self-study the AP classes I’m doing next year. How do I contact professors to do research? Is it hard to get a position as a high school student?