High School Research Opportunities

anon32910704
Wed, 06 May 2015 00:49:03 +0000

Generally, when people submit research to competitions done with professors, they’ve either:

   -Participated in a research summer program; or
   -Asked a professor if they could work in their lab for the summer.

And yes, research programs may take up the entire summer, because research is intensive. If you look further into some of them, though, you don’t necessarily have to go to the campus every day; you choose days when you’re going to come in with your professor. A few people do research at their home, but not many. Some people also have connections through parents/other summer programs that they use to get assignments in labs.

The reality of it is that research programs do cost a lot of money, take up a lot of time, and are very selective. You have to deal with it.