Summer Job for Caltech Admit?

[randomhazard]

<p>I will be attending Caltech next semester, and I've got a long summer ahead of me (until september 18th!). I was wondering if it would be a good idea to call Caltech career services and see if they might help me find an internship for the summer, but there's an issue with that idea; I currently live in Oklahoma City so they might not be able to do anything for me. Then again who knows, the long arm of Caltech connections might extend to here...</p>

<p>Is it a good idea to seek an internship before entering college? I'd like to get an internship with the oil and gas industry (I want to be a ChemE major and it's a big industry in Oklahoma) if at all possible. I have a friend who personally knows a recruiter for Devon Energy and he made it very clear that they only recruit interns from certain universities and they interview in September -- so it would be impossible for him to offer me anything.</p>

<p>Can anyone offer me some advice? I'm somewhat new to Oklahoma and I fear that I'll be doing absolutely nothing over the long summer.</p>

[HitMan]

<p>I don’t think Caltech career services would be able to help a prefrosh especially this late. </p>

<p>Also, unless job description specifically mentions it or you have really good connections it is almost impossible to get a good internship as a high school student. I applied to something like 20 internships for last summer and didn’t even get a response.</p>

<p>I suggest trying to do some research with a professor at a local university.</p>

[randomhazard]

<p>I’ve already been doing research the past two years (part of the reason I got into Caltech). My parents expect me to work during the summer and I’d rather do something that would be relevant to my studies…</p>

<p>I know it’s late, but I didn’t know where I was going to go to school until a couple weeks ago (when I decided on Caltech) so I had no idea about my summer plans. Are there any other options?</p>

[RacinReaver]

<p>Get a job at a local supermarket?</p>