ANYTHING For Summer After 9th Grade?

entomom
Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:09:32 +0000

Since you are female, there is one program that I know about if you will be 15 before the summer, Girls on Ice:

http://www.ncascades.org/programs/youth/girls_on_ice/

It looks like a wonderful experience combining science and mountaineering. However, one caution, when my D applied two years ago they got so many applications that they decided to select the participants via a lottery rather than by some set of selection criteria. The application requires essays and letters of recommendation, in my opinion that’s a lot of work to end up in a luck of the draw type of selection. You might want to call up the contact given on the website to see what their current selection process is.

I know of three competitive programs for after sophomore year: Cornell’s Nanobiotechnology Internships, NIH Internships and Texas Tech’s Clarks Scholars.