How do you get a research job in high school?

now0520
Sat, 22 Oct 2005 22:30:57 +0000

I guess I could answer some of your questions since I just spent a few weeks finding a professor that was willing to work with me and had a flexible schedule. I did email may professors at like 4 local universities in bio- something field since I’m very interested in anything bio and it is generally really hard to narrow it on one professor in case they dont accept high school students. I guess if you still dont get responses, you could call them but I didnt have to go this far. I mean if you want to know how many I emailed, I think it may have been about 70 professors and maybe 10 replied, ~5 asked to talk to me to see if we could figure stuff out so its really hard but if you can show that you just would really love the experience, I guess that helps. You dont really know what to expect going in, I suppose if you get professor in an area you are very interested in and know about, i guess it helps. if you have any research lab skills, it would also help to so the professor is like o i wouldnt have to waste so much time teaching this student all new stuff. I think its very possible to do your sophomore year if you really want to. I waited til my junior year just because I never really was focused on it and i felt it would be way too much work to draw up like 70 emails off the internet and at the end og my junior year, my teacher gave me a list so that made it easier. I dont know how many universities are near you but I basically had about 5 labs to choose from after emailing about 70 people. Location and traffic may also b a factor. Hope I helped.