<p>It’s sort of late to be asking right now … almost every summer program’s deadline was before April.</p>
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<p>Your best bet is to contact individual professors (see [this</a> thread](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/summer-programs/1063234-how-apply-independent-research-internships.html]this”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/summer-programs/1063234-how-apply-independent-research-internships.html) for some advice on this) and hope that they’d still like someone to help. Each professor and their lab has different needs, so you’ll just need to call/email around.</p>
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<p>Depends on the professor. If you make a groundbreaking discovery, you’ll probably end up writing more. And if you get stuck as just a lab assistant or something … ah well.</p>
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<p>No, you’re the intern/assistant …</p>