It also seems that it is getting increasingly more difficult for college students to obtain good summer internships. It appears that those who have had previous internship experience have a leg up in obtaining them in college/earlier in college. Not sure if that’s true with the biological lab sciences, though.
My kids was in high contention for what would have been a prestigious summer internship as a high schooler that would have meant a similar adjustment – my relocating to the new location and working from there (not remotely, but my employer had a location there) and paying for summer lodging. It was something that we very seriously considered and that I was willing to do. It turned out that he was one of two final contenders and the position was offered to the other person who I believe was a college student, rather than a high schooler. But to us it seemed like a sacrifice worth making had it come through. But of course, that’s my bias showing and may be why I am responding as I am!