Summer Programs vs Individual Research?

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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<p>Hi everyone!</p>

<p>For a student graduating in 2013 (junior this year), is it better to join a summer program to conduct research for competitions like Intel or Siemens or to find a professor at a nearby college and perform an individual research project there (provided that a professor is willing to allow you to work in his lab)?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

2

<p>Both I think would look really good; I can’t answer which one is better, though.</p>

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<p>Doesn’t matter. You get research done either way. (Keep in mind that these 6-week programs don’t necessarily get you an Intel or Siemens project.)</p>