Summer Science Programs

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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<p>Does anyone have suggestions for science programs (and research internships) open to rising juniors? After weeks of searching, I narrowed it down to only ucd ysp, cosmos, and cssi. </p>

<p>It does not matter to me if it is well known as long as it provides an intense research/learning experience, so please reply with the names of science programs you have heard about.</p>

<p>p.s. is there a young scholars program or a similar science program offered at ucsd?
Also, since I am thinking about contacting professors directly to hopefully secure an opportunity at a college/center that does not organize these programs, can anyone please tell me about certain university departments or research centers that are known for(or more open to) offering high school students opportunities to become interns or research assistants?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance and please respond</p>

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<p>I’m a rising junior too, and I found the KEI program, [KEI</a> Study Abroad & Intern Abroad in Pune, India](<a href=“http://www.keiabroad.org/programs/pune/overview.php]KEI”>http://www.keiabroad.org/programs/pune/overview.php)</p>

<p>UConn Mentor Connection,
[UConn</a> Mentor Connection 2012](<a href=“http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/mentor/]UConn”>http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/mentor/)</p>

<p>and Stony Brook Biotechnology camp
[Stony</a> Brook University - Center for Science and Mathematics Education (CESAME)](<a href=“Home | Institute for STEM Education (I-STEM)”>Home | Institute for STEM Education (I-STEM))</p>

<p>I have no idea of if you get to do an original project for the UConn thing… </p>

<p>What’s CSSI?</p>

<p>I’m also interested in any other science programs. And I’m thinking of contacting professors, too! I’m trying to go for an immunology research thing.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/summer-programs/1288485-carleton-summer-science-institute-2012-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/summer-programs/1288485-carleton-summer-science-institute-2012-a.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@quidditchcat
does the Stony Brook Biotechnology camp let students work on an original project?</p>

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<p>Does UCSD have a program similar to UCD’s ysp? I heard someone talk about a UCSD program (not cosmos), but nothing is coming up in my search results.</p>

<p>Any other programs out there?</p>

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<p>Which science programs allow students to participate in research projects that actually contribute to the professor’s research, rather than researching data collected by the professor beforehand to merely replicate for the sake of acquiring a bit of experience in the field?</p>

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<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>Yes, it appears as though the Stony Brook Program allows students’ own research, but you may consider contacting them to make sure.</p>

<p>OK I think the UCSD thing you’re talking about is here: [UCSD</a> Academic Connections Summer Pre-College Courses](<a href=“http://academicconnections.ucsd.edu/researchscholars/index.cfm]UCSD”>http://academicconnections.ucsd.edu/researchscholars/index.cfm)</p>

<p>The application is closed now, however. </p>

<p>Your last question I don’t really know the answer to. I think for YSP it’s not original research, you get assigned a mentor and you do the experiment they tell you to. This is based on what I’ve read on this forum. UConn Mentor Connection I really don’t know, I emailed the person who runs it but I’ve gotten no reply as of yet. The KEI Study Abroad you can do your own research with the help of the professor, but you aren’t replicating it.</p>

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<p>No, I am not interested in taking pre-college courses (if that was the case, I could simply register for courses at my community college).</p>

<p>What about arranging our own research opportunity with a professor? (I am aware that there is another existing thread that addresses this topic, but my question is somewhat different, and much more specific)</p>

<p>Are there research centers or colleges within the bay area that are known to offer such research opportunities to high school students? because it would not be practical to pursue any potential internships located beyond the area in which I reside, considering it is not an organized residential program.</p>

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<p>I don’t really know much about this, but I am also from the Bay Area. I just know of Stanford that MIGHT be willing, I don’t know yet. I haven’t sent my emails yet. I might try to contact Genesys and NuGen after I get my replies from Stanford.</p>

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<p>Maybe try UCSF too.
UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz too, depending on where you live in the Bay Area.
Also, Santa Clara University, even though they don’t have too many professors.</p>

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<p>Has anyone heard of Summer Research Program mentored by Melvin Green at UCSD? When I first found it the site appeared completely outdated and the link [UC</a> San Diego Educational Outreach and Support Programs](<a href=“http://planning.ucsd.edu/K-12_Outreach/existing.htm#career]UC”>http://planning.ucsd.edu/K-12_Outreach/existing.htm#career) is now broken; I have been searching for more information ever since and nothing is coming up at all.</p>

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<p>The link is somehow working again o.O
Student Summer Research Apprenticeship Program, Cancer Center sounds like another good internship opportunity, yet the entire site lacks direct links to the programs’ own websites and application forms.</p>

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<p>hm… that one says “minority” but never explicitly specifies the applicant pool as “underrepresented.”</p>

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<p>Ok I contacted the UCSD programs from that link, and all of the professors say they do not offer those summer sessions anymore. sigh</p>

<p>Are there any other research internships for rising juniors?</p>

<p>Does anyone know about research opportunities/internships at medical foundations, such as American Cancer Society? I have seen a few threads about them a while back, but nothing has been turning up when I search for them.
Any specific foundations?</p>

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<p>Here’s a list: [High</a> School Internships](<a href=“http://people.rit.edu/~gtfsbi/Symp/highschool.htm]High”>http://people.rit.edu/~gtfsbi/Symp/highschool.htm)</p>

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<p>the ACS research internships is only for high school students in Illinois. :(</p>

<p>there are only 1-2 internships on the website that are open to students who have not completed their junior or senior year, and you have to be underrepresented </p>

<p>must email professors as soon as possible then</p>