What are my chances of getting a summer research internship?

Career Opportunities & Internships
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<p>What are my chances of getting a summer research internship? Which do you think I will get, which do you think I will not, and please speak out of experience. </p>

<p>Most of these favor minority students, community college students, and those with no prior research experience. </p>

<p>Me:
Major: Chemical Engineering
GPA: 3.6
GPA toward major: 3.8
Strengths: Dean’s list Last 3 semesters. (lowest GPA 3.74 in the last 3 semesters), math and science tutor 5 days per week. A in Bio, Chemistry, and Chem Lab
Weaknesses: Only in Precalculus.
Letters of Rec: EOPS Counselor of school, CEO of Local Boys & Girls Club
Demographic information: African American, Low Income, First Generation College Student, From Single Parent home</p>

<p>Programs applied:
UC San Diego’s STARS
UCSB Inset
UCSB ICB
Northwestern - MRSEC
Johns Hopkins NCI
UC Berkeley - REU
Kansas State - REU
Pepperdine - Surb
Johns Hopkins - INBT
Cornell - BTI REU
Princeton - PCCM</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>UC San Diego’s STARS - Rejected
UCSB Inset - Pending
UCSB ICB - Pending
Northwestern - MRSEC - rejected
Johns Hopkins NCI - rejected
UC Berkeley - REU - Pending
University of Michigan - Accepted
Kansas State - REU - pending
Pepperdine - Surb - rejected
Johns Hopkins - INBT - rejected
Cornell - BTI REU -rejected
Princeton - PCCM - pending</p>

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<p>Jimminy crickets, what does one have to do to get one of these? You not only have the grades, but you have the demographics. I hope your pending apps pan out for you. Good luck and keep us posted!</p>

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<p>Very peculiar, I got contacted by University of Arizona, another school who’s application I did not finish.
Updates:
UC San Diego’s STARS - Rejected
UCSB Inset - Pending
UCSB ICB - Rejected
Northwestern - MRSEC - rejected
Johns Hopkins NCI - rejected
UC Berkeley - REU - Notified of Michigan Acceptance
University of Michigan - Accepted
Kansas State - REU - rejected
Pepperdine - Surb - rejected
Johns Hopkins - INBT - rejected
Cornell - BTI REU -rejected
Princeton - PCCM - pending
University of Arizona - Accepted</p>

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<p>I think that you should have had LORs from Professors that know you well in the areas of the internships or any related areas (basically STEM). I noticed that you left out most of the Northeast in your applications. I think that you would have had a shot at UMass’ REU. You could have tried some companies like Novartis in Cambridge, MA.</p>

<p>Congrats on the acceptances though - internships seem to be very, very hard to come by this year.</p>

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<p>I got rejected from UCSB’s inset. I’m pretty sure Princeton isn’t even going to reply. I got a personal email from UCSB, they said they liked me but I simply needed more Science and Engineering Classes.<br>
and thanks for the tip at for University of Mass. And I honestly didn’t know much about Good Chemical Engineering schools outside of California and some I had found out after the deadline.</p>