How do you get a research job in high school?

silentsailor
Thu, 13 Oct 2005 22:07:32 +0000

I’m interested in bio/biomed stuff. Pay isn’t necessary, internships are great, hell, volunteering is fantastic so long as it’s interesting and will help me get basic lab experience. How would I go about getting myself involved? The primary strategy I’ve heard is e-mailing a prof at a local university and asking outright if it would be okay to help with their research, but what exactly do you say and are they generally receptive to this sort of thing? Would they want to know class schedules/test scores/etc? What kind of work would be expected and how much would one be expected to know upon going in? Would this even be possible for a sophomore, or am I going to have to wait until junior year? Any estimates on how many people I’m going to have to bug before I get a yes? (Could I possibly ask any more questions in one paragraph?)