<p>Which programs are the best for research? I’m a rising junior and I’m compiling a list of programs to apply to next year. So far:</p>
<p>Rockefeller Summer High School Science Program
National Institute of Health (?, dont know much about this one, can anyone explain more?)
Research Science Institute</p>
<p>Anything else?</p>
<p>NIH - Insanely hard to get into, Unless you have previous contacts you have little or no hope (You are competing against college students, grad students, MD students, etc.)</p>
<p>RSI - Another Hard One - I consider the this the #1 Research Program in the Country</p>
<p>Simons Research Program - Hard to get into as well, but not as hard as RSI - 25% usually become Siemens or Intel Semifinalists - I consider this the #2 Research Program in the Country</p>
<p>Theres another good one in Wyoming called SRAP - They pay nice and its actually a good research experience</p>
<p>Here is a list to check out:</p>
<p>Science Biology and Math Opportunities for High School Students</p>
<ol>
<li> Research Science Institute, Center for Excellence in Education, MIT, Boston, free, math and science camp, very prestigious and selective, Juniors. [CEE:</a> Research Science Institute Introduction](<a href=“http://www.cee.org/rsi/]CEE:”>Research Science Institute | Center for Excellence in Education)</li>
<li> McGee Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Juniors, [Magee-Womens</a> Research Institute](<a href=“http://institute.mwrif.org/viewcontent.asp?sectionID=35537&subsectionID=354677]Magee-Womens”>http://institute.mwrif.org/viewcontent.asp?sectionID=35537&subsectionID=354677)</li>
<li> Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering, summer internships, juniors, 4 week program, [Pittsburgh</a> Tissue Engineering Initiative | Summer Internship](<a href=“http://www.ptei.org/interior.php?pageID=53]Pittsburgh”>http://www.ptei.org/interior.php?pageID=53) also has middle school 4 day camp.</li>
<li> Rockefeller University, New York, 16 years and up, research, pre-college science outreach program. [The</a> Rockefeller University - Summer High School Science Program (Outreach)](<a href=“http://www.rockefeller.edu/outreach/]The”>The Rockefeller University » RockEDU: Rockefeller University's Science Outreach Program)</li>
<li> EPGY, Stanford University, 4 weeks, $5000, grades 10-11, age 15-17, Biotechnology, [EPGY</a> Summer Institutes](<a href=“http://epgy.stanford.edu/summer/institutes.html]EPGY”>http://epgy.stanford.edu/summer/institutes.html)</li>
<li> Advanced Biotechnology Institute, Roxbury Latin, Boston area, ages 14 up, [Advanced</a> Biotechnology Institute (ABI) Home Page](<a href=“Loading...”>http://www.biotech-institute.org/)</li>
<li> NIH Summer Biomedical Research, age 16 up, Bethesda MD, [NIH</a> Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research](<a href=“http://www.training.nih.gov/student/sip/]NIH”>http://www.training.nih.gov/student/sip/)</li>
<li> Summer Health Care Academy, 1 week, grades 9-10, Pittsburgh, [Testimonials[/url</a>]</li>
<li> MIT, Girls in Mechanical Engineering, Juniors, women in engineering, [url=<a href=“http://wtp.mit.edu/]MIT”>http://wtp.mit.edu/]MIT</a> Women’s Technology Program](<a href=“http://mysite.verizon.net/vzevbs0y/id6.html]Testimonials[/url”>http://mysite.verizon.net/vzevbs0y/id6.html)<br></li>
<li>Clark University, Worcester, MA, 3 week health science program, seniors, [The</a> Sciences at Clark University](<a href=“http://www.clarku.edu/admissions/specialprograms/summerscienceprogram/index.cfm]The”>http://www.clarku.edu/admissions/specialprograms/summerscienceprogram/index.cfm)</li>
<li>Pennsylvania Governors School, Health Care, Pittsburgh, Juniors, 5 weeks, [Pennsylvania</a> Governor’s School of Health Care](<a href=“http://www.pitt.edu/~pgshc/]Pennsylvania”>http://www.pitt.edu/~pgshc/) </li>
<li>Nanobiotechnology, Cornell, 10th graders, 4 weeks, [NBTC:</a> Research Areas](<a href=“http://www.nbtc.cornell.edu/mainstreetscience/hs_internship.html]NBTC:”>http://www.nbtc.cornell.edu/mainstreetscience/hs_internship.html)</li>
<li>Brain Camp, Muhlenberg College, PA, juniors, 1 week, [Brain</a> Camp](<a href=“http://www.muhlenberg.edu/depts/neuroscience/braincamp/]Brain”>http://www.muhlenberg.edu/depts/neuroscience/braincamp/) </li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University, Center for Talented Youth, biology, neuroscience, 3 week residential, Baltimore, [Summer</a> Programs](<a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/index.html]Summer”>On-Campus Overview | Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY)) </li>
<li>Biology at Georgia Tech, juniors (sophomores too), 3 week residential, Atlanta, [Georgia</a> Tech :: Biology](<a href=“http://www.biology.gatech.edu/biotech.php]Georgia”>Bio@Tech | School of Biological Sciences | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA | Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta, GA) </li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon Pre-college, sophomore, [AP/EA</a> Courses - Carnegie Mellon offers Courses for College Credit](<a href=“http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/pre-college/apea.html]AP/EA”>http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/pre-college/apea.html) </li>
<li>Promys math summer program, Boston University, [PROMYS[/url</a>] </li>
<li>Point Park Biotechnology summer camp, 5 days, ninth grade, [url=<a href=“http://www.pointpark.edu/default.aspx?id=2735]Environmental”>http://www.pointpark.edu/default.aspx?id=2735]Environmental</a> Science and Rowing: Exercise Your Mind and Body :: Point Park University](<a href=“http://math.bu.edu/people/promys/]PROMYS[/url”>http://math.bu.edu/people/promys/) </li>
<li>National Youth Science Camp, seniors, free, nominated by governors of all 50 states, held in West Virginia, [National</a> Youth Science Camp](<a href=“http://www.nysc.org/]National”>http://www.nysc.org/) </li>
<li>NASA Sharp High School program, 16 years, possibly restricted to students in schools near NASA bases, [Dryden</a> Education - Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (SHARP)](<a href=“http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Education/Students/Research/sharp.html]Dryden”>http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Education/Students/Research/sharp.html) </li>
<li>High School Sports Medicine, Univ. Pittsburgh, 3 day workshop, [Page</a> not found](<a href=“http://upmc.com/Communications/MediaRelations/NewsReleaseArchives/2007/June/SportsMedWorkshop.htm]Page”>http://upmc.com/Communications/MediaRelations/NewsReleaseArchives/2007/June/SportsMedWorkshop.htm)</li>
<li>Anatomy & Physiology, Neuroscience, or Nanotechnology, Duke TIP program, ninth grade, 3 week residential, [Duke</a> TIP - Locations](<a href=“http://www.tip.duke.edu/summer_programs/center/locations.html#davidson]Duke”>http://www.tip.duke.edu/summer_programs/center/locations.html#davidson) </li>
<li>Human Biology course, Northwestern TIP program, Chicago, 3 week residential, [Equinox</a> Course Descriptions, Courses, Summer Program, Center for Talent Development, Northwestern University](<a href=“http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/summer/coursedesceq.html#49]Equinox”>http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/summer/coursedesceq.html#49) </li>
</ol>
<p>Also: Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science
Experiments in Biology
Univ. Pittsburgh, High School Honors Org Chem, 6 sat</p>
<p>Also: work through website by Howard Hughes Medical Research
[HHMI’s</a> BioInteractive](<a href=“http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/]HHMI’s”>Homepage | HHMI BioInteractive)</p>
<p>Clark Scholars at Texas Tech - $750 stipend + room/board etc., pretty selective, maybe the third most selective research program.</p>
<p>Jackson Labs has a nice internship program ($3k stipend?)</p>
<p>Anyway, you can gauge the selectivity of a program usually by seeing if you have to pay for it, or if you get paid.</p>
<p>Does anyone know about the Rockefeller University program? Is it good?</p>
<p>bump, I want to do rockefeller research, the courses sound prestiges and only 40 kids get accepted, but then again it could still be money raiser, Idk</p>
<p>Anne/PA’s list is fairly outdated - a lot of the programs don’t exist anymore.</p>
<p>Here is my opinion on the best HS summer programs for research:</p>
<ol>
<li>RSI</li>
<li>Simons/NIH</li>
<li>Clark Scholars/SIMR</li>
<li>Garcia/HSHSP/SSTP/Rockefeller/Drexel/Jackson</li>
<li>Everything else</li>
</ol>
<p>RSI, Simons, and NIH are extremely competitive, with acceptance rates of under 5%.
Clark Scholars accepted 12 out of 180 last year for an admit rate of under 7%. SIMR selected 42/800+, so around 5% (CA Bay Area only).</p>
<p>BTW, most of those I mentioned are for rising seniors. There are not many programs out there for underclassmen, so I recommend looking at other programs and opportunities in preparation to those that I listed.</p>
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<p>where did you obtain this info about Simons?</p>
<p>Although I do not know the exact numbers, this is the ballpark range I have been hearing from many different people. Even if it is not under 5%, the applicant pool is very self-selective due to the early January due date.</p>
<p>I was looking at the NIH website. It does not appear that housing is provided even for high school interns, is that correct? Seems like that would limit this as an option for anyone who does not live close to one of the facilities.</p>
<p>Just because you’ve been “hearing” that the acceptance rate is 5% and the applicant pool is self-selecting doesn’t mean you should make assertions like that without reliable sources to back you up. The website indicates that the acceptance rate is about 15%.</p>
<p>bump 10 char</p>
<p>Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program. I did it last year and it was great. I plan on applying again this year.</p>
<p>Purepecha9510, do you live in the area? I live in SoCal and am having difficulty finding housing to SIMR.</p>
<p>can anyone give a link to simons? and is NIH only for URMs? and can anyone give links to Garcia/HSHSP/SSTP/Rockefeller/Drexel/Jackson?</p>
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<p>Please find out on your own next time.</p>
<p>NIH:<a href=“https://www.training.nih.gov/student/sip/[/url]”>https://www.training.nih.gov/student/sip/</a>
Simons:[simons</a> page](<a href=“http://www.stonybrook.edu/simons/]simons”>Simons Summer Research Program | Stony Brook University)
Garcia: [SUNY</a> Stony Brook :: Materials Science and Engineering](<a href=“http://polymer.matscieng.sunysb.edu/hs.html]SUNY”>http://polymer.matscieng.sunysb.edu/hs.html)
HSHSP:[High</a> School Honors Science Program - HSHSP - Michigan State University](<a href=“http://education.msu.edu/hshsp/]High”>http://education.msu.edu/hshsp/)
SSTP:[Residential</a> Summer Science Camp for Gifted High School Students](<a href=“http://www.cpet.ufl.edu/SSTP/default.html]Residential”>http://www.cpet.ufl.edu/SSTP/default.html)
Rockefeller:[The</a> Rockefeller University » Summer High School Science Outreach Program](<a href=“http://www.rockefeller.edu/outreach/highschoolapp]The”>http://www.rockefeller.edu/outreach/highschoolapp)
Drexel:[Summer</a> Programs - College of Engineering<a href=“IDK%20whether%20this%20is%20correct”>/url</a>
Jackson: [url=<a href=“http://education.jax.org/summerstudent/index.html]Summer”>http://education.jax.org/summerstudent/index.html]Summer</a> Student Program - The Jackson Laboratory](<a href=“http://www.drexel.edu/coe/programs/summer/]Summer”>http://www.drexel.edu/coe/programs/summer/)</p>
<p>thanks so much! for NIH, do you know if i can do independent research that could be submitted to something like Intel? and also for NIH, do they provide housing?</p>
<p>I’m quite that if you do a research project that is deep enough, you can always submit it to a science project fair.</p>
<p>I’m not too sure about the housing at NIH so you might want to email them.</p>
<p>I started a thread and there’s a link that I posted that you may find useful.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/summer-programs/1066269-list-high-school-internships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/summer-programs/1066269-list-high-school-internships.html</a></p>
<p>For the SIMR, if I’m from the East Coast but can get housing and transportation (used to live Bay area so I have a lot of friends there who I can stay with) will that help my chances?</p>
<p>What would be better for an East Coaster, NJ Governor’s School or SIMR?</p>
<p>Garcia deserves to be much higher on this list in my opinion.
Out of 50 or so kids last summer, 11 were Siemens regional finalists (one team making it to nats), and a bunch more were semifinalists.</p>
<p>Of course, I’m biased because I went there, but oh well.</p>