<p>So have any of you here done any science research? Because I was thinking of starting to contact professors but not exactly sure on how to go about writing the emails. Any ideas from those who are experienced?</p>
<p>lolz. you're just like me.</p>
<p>and i would suggest NOT saying you're doing it for any competition.
first ask if they are available.
then move from there.</p>
<p>but don't be too unforceful.
be aggressive in getting a spot.</p>
<p>haha. I'm not doing it particularly for any competitions. This really smart senior was like "Why aren't you working in lab? Go work in lab! " So here I am. Unfortunately,she doesn't have good connections so she said the lab she worked in was really narrow-minded and incompetent hehe.</p>
<p>I wanted to do my own experiments but I don't have funding neither. Neither does Rutgers apparently so currently, I okay project for ISEF but it would be nice if the mentors I worked with had more funding.Its so frustrating to hear, "I known your smart and motivated, but we simply don't have that type of money". And I wasn't requesting anything extravagant. So right known I'm just trying to build trust so hopefully maybe by next year they'll let me run my own experiments. </p>
<p>But I doubt it will work out so for now it just for the experience. But some awards to back up my competence wouldn't be so bad either:)</p>
<p>Are any of you taking a college class? If you were, it would be way easier, as you can talk to your professor, and get connections...Otherwise, I wouldn't know how you could contact one.</p>
<p>yeah that's why I i might be taking Molecular Biology at Princeton next year but I've heard loads of people on CC emailing profs and getting internships so I was wondering how does one go about writing such a email?</p>
<p>Read through that^</p>
<p>And search the "summer programs" forum for "professor research" or "email professor." Sounds stupid, but I got good info by doing that.</p>
<p>^thanks really helpful</p>
<p>and in addition to the link, go to this site called scholar hollar.com (omit the space between scholar and hollar when typing in the address bar).</p>
<p>There should be a sample of how to write a such email and a resume. it totally helped me to snag an internship at a Harvard-MIT lab for the summer and a UCONN mercury internship!</p>
<p>^Nice, I'll be sure to check it out. But, what do you guys all do if you get accepted by a summer program, but have to reject all the other college prof. offers?</p>