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06-04-2007, 07:39 PM
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#1 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 211
| Internship Search comes to a big fat zero..=(
ok, ive been looking for an internship for a while. im an above average (nothing brilliant) junior in high school with good scores and that whole deal. i applied to the one for juniors at drexel, NHS, and a few others, but they have yielded nothing! how willing are college professors to pick up a high school student?..i mean like a rutgers university professor or something. do u know of any other things i can do now, to get some type of nonpaid internship? yeah, i shoulda mentioned that, im not after the money at all... | 
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06-04-2007, 08:10 PM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 1,696
| high school internships don't really matter at all...get a license and pick up some girls. | |
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06-04-2007, 09:30 PM
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#3 | | Member
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Cornell
Posts: 790
| Yeah why do you want an "internship" in high school? Haha, I netted 2 total offers for the summer after my freshman year and none seemed like what I really wanted to do (as in, something interesting). Back to my old job for a 4th year.
In high school though, seriously, good luck. | |
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06-05-2007, 01:32 PM
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#4 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 752
| For a second I thought you were a junior in college, lol.
In high school?! I'm surprised you were expecting anything more...
Just chill, enjoy your time, etc. And if you parents give you a hard time explain to them that most organizations will not consider high school applicants. | |
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06-05-2007, 01:48 PM
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#5 | | Member
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 661
| bpatel, if your goal in this internship is to improve your college app, you would be just as well off working a regular part-time job | |
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06-06-2007, 12:29 AM
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#6 | | New Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 28
| I agree, don't worry about an internship now, it's hard enough getting an internship while in college. Get a part time job. | |
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06-06-2007, 09:26 AM
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#7 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 566
| Lol high school student looking for a legitimate internship position, amusing. | |
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06-06-2007, 09:30 AM
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#8 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 696
| Try to focus on local companies--in an area of particular interest. Do you have friends who have parents that might work at any of these companies? Son worked at "internships" during HS. All were at eng/computer related companies. His very first job was a very minimum wage--for 2 or 3 days a week, doing filing, cleaning of a basement/organizing engineering files, etc. It is not impossible to find something, you have to be persistent and try to sell yourself! Good Luck-- | |
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06-06-2007, 07:34 PM
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#9 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 5,211
| If I were a college professor, I wouldn't want a high school student anywhere near my research. | |
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06-06-2007, 10:20 PM
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#10 | | Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 904
| mattistotle wins on this thread | |
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06-07-2007, 03:26 AM
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#11 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: U of M Ross - ann arbor
Posts: 598
| hahah agreed. | |
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06-10-2007, 06:39 PM
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#12 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Dubai
Posts: 1,183
| Stop obsessing with internships, work etc.
Just have fun dude, you're in high school ... | |
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