For those with 11th graders, has your child found a research internship for the summer? If so, any suggestions on what they did? This is a difficult thing for a 16 year old without family connections to do on their own even if bright and capable. |
The school doesn't provide? Why even go to the school if they outsource education back to the students and families? |
There are open application programs like https://www.biohubmaryland.com/internships/
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Cold email every UMD professor in your child’s field of interest. Have Your child do this, obvs, not you! One of them will bite- they know the program. |
This question is 5 months late, isn't it? |
Kids that do not find one are paired with a umd prof |
Exactly, why doesn’t the school provide this? On top of a rigorous course schedule (8periods)….students have to spend more time now searching for internships? Did not expect this from this magnet prgm. |
Sure. Builds character. |
I consider it an important part of the process. These kids are 17/18. They are finding jobs and applying to college. They can also find internships. |
Too late to apply. I received a couple of application email last week, but our university/institution has deadline way ahead and I can’t do anything now. I think Blair counselor should have told the juniors about the timeline as she is extremely experienced. |
Unless it has changed, Juniors take a whole second semester class relating to research and prep for the summer internship. It is unlikely a student is just hearing about the process now. My child had an internship at NIST and I think the application process started early in the year. As stated above, the program has a relationship with UMD so kids will eventually be connected with a professor if they are not able to find something themselves. |
Applications mostly started in early this year, but interviewing, sending out offer and onboarding all take time depending on how efficient the HR works, usually a couple of months. I usually have a couple of students contact me in late fall so when I create an opening, I already have someone in mind and budgeting a new position (costing $$) wouldn't happen magically. Internship with UMD could have pay or no-pay. With JHU and some other universities, they got paid, so everything involves money needs a well-ahead-of-time budgeting at mentor side. |
Do UMD researchers take non-Blair/PHS students too, or is this more magnet privilege to segregate students? |
Why wouldn't they? The magnet might act as a hook but they are many other types of hooks a kid can have. |
That's what I thought too. |