Summer btw HS Junior and Senior year

[Anonymous]

My current UVA third year was a lifeguard every summer in high school, and was promoted to assistant manager the summer before senior year. Not sure if that helped at all. No internships or research.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:to be fair, nobody is pushing paper in internships anymore.

my kids are not the kids who had internships at Blackstone during HS bcs of their parents, but those kids made a ton of connections and had interesting projects. often for like 6 weeks and then went to Montauk for the rest of the summer. nice work if you can get it.

Please do tell…what substantive work are high schoolers doing at their non-STEM, six week internships?

My kid did economics research at a reputable institution with a large cohort of other interns, and presented a paper at the end. They continued their research this year and they meet with their mentor/supervisor each week for feedback and more assignments. They are hoping to do similar work somewhere else this summer AND take on a more regular PT job. They also applied to an internship that is more accounting oriented at a museum, which would be cool.

They know tons of HS kids with summer internships. Some are competitive and substantive, some are paid, some unpaid, some in name only through connections, some almost entirely fabricated. One kid has parents who pay a professor to "do research." They really vary, which makes sense in an area as large as as DC.

Please name the "reputable institution" - I work at an economics research organization and there is literally no scenario in which we would bring on HS students for any kind of internship opportunity. They simply don't have the appropriate skill set (and most "reputable" institutions don't hire kids period.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:to be fair, nobody is pushing paper in internships anymore.

my kids are not the kids who had internships at Blackstone during HS bcs of their parents, but those kids made a ton of connections and had interesting projects. often for like 6 weeks and then went to Montauk for the rest of the summer. nice work if you can get it.

Please do tell…what substantive work are high schoolers doing at their non-STEM, six week internships?

My kid did economics research at a reputable institution with a large cohort of other interns, and presented a paper at the end. They continued their research this year and they meet with their mentor/supervisor each week for feedback and more assignments. They are hoping to do similar work somewhere else this summer AND take on a more regular PT job. They also applied to an internship that is more accounting oriented at a museum, which would be cool.

They know tons of HS kids with summer internships. Some are competitive and substantive, some are paid, some unpaid, some in name only through connections, some almost entirely fabricated. One kid has parents who pay a professor to "do research." They really vary, which makes sense in an area as large as as DC.

Please name the "reputable institution" - I work at an economics research organization and there is literally no scenario in which we would bring on HS students for any kind of internship opportunity. They simply don't have the appropriate skill set (and most "reputable" institutions don't hire kids period.)

I would also be curious as my understanding is that there has to be infrastructure in place to deal with internships for minors. Whereas the Hill from what I understand is much more laissez faire HR wise and a better shot.