How do you get a research job in high school?

LJessica727
Sat, 15 Jan 2011 03:37:34 +0000

It’s funny, I think I followed this thread when I was looking for research positions as a high school student, five whooping yrs ago!

I’m a Physics major in college and it is best to contact them via email. Profs read emails every day. When you write them, be succinct, but show your passion. Read their publications and show them that you know exactly what they’ve done (obviously in about two sentences, not a whole paragraph…profs aren’t the most leisurely people). Attaching a resume probably doesn’t hurt, but they may or may not read it. I think February is probably a good time to contact them, it’s better to be early than late. And if you’re close by, it doesn’t hurt to visit them during office hours if you don’t get any replies. But remember that the key is to personalize the email and make it short enough to get their attention. After all, you may be looking for a research position, but they want to make sure that you are passionate about their research.