<p>im going to sending email to the professors to do some research with them.(although im not even sure if any professor will accept me),ok,so,ASSUMING that a professor has allowed me to work with him/her,do you think i should spend more time with him/her or doing this summer program for ONE week instead?</p>
<p>Kopernik</a> Observatory & Science Education Center, Summer Science Institutes</p>
<p>btw,do you think doing this program will help showing the colleges that i have a passion on this EC-----astronomy?</p>
<p>You can do both – work with the professor over the summer, and just let him or her know ahead of time that you are planning to do this Summer Science Institute for a week. I’ve done this before in college. I worked a research internship but took a week off to do a statistics institute and just came back to the program after that.</p>
<p>Yes, it will help show that you have a passion for astronomy.</p>
<p>Same dilemma, actually. I also want to email professors for research opportunities this summer. How often are you planning to research with the professor and how long at 1 time?</p>
<p>Wow, so you mean about 6 hours a day? I want to do Econ research with a professor, I’m assuming that would take less time than any type of science research? I was actually counting on once per week, but seeing how you’re doing 30 hours a week, I feel like once per week is definitely not enough.</p>
<p>I think 30 hours a week is asking too much, and you likely won’t get that. I am a graduate student and I am required to do research, but I only do 20 hours a week.</p>
<p>This professor will have other graduate students to work with who will be his top priorities, and possibly some already-undergrads who are sticking around for the summer. In addition that, summer is still a busy time for professors. Some of them teach summer classes, and even the ones who do not use the summer to focus on doing intensive research and pushing out papers they couldn’t get out during the school year, polishing off grants, and preparing for fall conferences.</p>
<p>I would shoot for 10-15 hours a week (especially since this work is likely to be unpaid). 30 hours a week is asking for too much.</p>
<p>Sqdwfe, once or twice per week is absolutely fine at the high school level. When I was an undergrad trying to get into graduate school I think I worked 10 hours a week, which was maybe like 2-3 times a week.</p>
<p>Thanks juillet. If you don’t mind telling me, what kind of research are you doing? I am planning to research Political Science or International Relations, which I’m guessing is pretty atypical for high school students to research. I’m a bit confused in what to write to professors when I ask them about researching. In fields like this, could I actually start my own “project”, or should I simply be a research assistant?</p>